River Conditions and Fabulous Fishing-River Monster?

Bull Shoals Flood Gates at 2.4 feet

As of this morning at 8:00 am Bull Shoals Dam has 6 units of water on and 17 flood gates open with 18,000 CFS for a total of 32,400 CFS. Down from yesterday and perfect water for fly fishing.  Once again I hit the water yesterday morning for a bit of pleasure fishing on my own and because fishing this big water is way too much fun and catching the brown trout has actually easier because they are easy to pattern in this water.  Simply put fish the water that is usually dry on 8 units.

Way Too much fun

That’s a pretty easy pattern isn’t it? And it’s like fishing 13 units of water and you really don’t have to wait till the water drops down to 8 units.  It just goes to show that one can’t always believe what outdoor writers say.  😉   The Norfork river has one unit working again and is pumping colder water back into the river and it also has 6 gates open to the tune of 3,000 CFS for a total of 6,000 CFS which is just like running both of the units on that river. Reports coming into the shop have some guides and even some bank fisherman catching Walleye, Striper, Sand (white) bass and Large mouth bass from the ramps down through the Newlands hole.  The COE has been dropping the water on the white slowly so as not to “trap” fish in areas where they will not live so if you see some of these fish take them back to the main channel but be safe while doing it.

White River Monster ?????

A fellow spin fishing guide had one of his fisherman foul hook this creature.  It looks a bit like a worm and is 5 foot long.  I thought it was a lamprey but it does not have a mouth like a lamprey.  It was turned over to state authorities.  I’ve never seen anything like it!  Have You?  If so please contact me as I’d really like to know what it is.  The best I could come up with on the internet is a palouse worm (Driloleirus americanus) but it does not really look like that either.  It dosn’t look like anything I’ve ever seen but perhaps the biologist have an idea?

I know!  It’s the White River Monster

This from:  to read the complete story

http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=2790

Here is an eerie early morning photo of the dam from yesterday.

Early Morning on The White river

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Thursdays Fishing~Reel Recover~Tungsten Beads

Tungsten Beads In Stock.

Tungsten Beads

Tungsten beads in the colors above are in stock and ready to ship.  Gold, Copper Nickel Black (gun metal), Nickel and Black are the colors.  The Hot Colors of tungsten beads are also in stock and ready to ship.  See the fly-shop page for more info on sizes and colors.  Once again we will be there with a booth at the Sow Bug Round up in March  The show begins on thursday the 18th and runs through the 20th.  I will also have some PRIMO AAA partridge skins that are large, fresh and ready to tie with.

Fishing UPDATE:  Friday…. Caught a bit of a rise friday morning and fished down to Tucker Shoals hitting blue hole, white hole, the narrows and tucker.  Fishing was good at the narrows with some small brown trout caught as well as some bows.  It was also good at tucker with some decent numbers on SJ Worms and eggs.  Amazingly after lunch the water levels were steady with NO fluctuation.  That seems to be rare anymore.  Today will be spent fishing from blue hole down past rainbow and into hurst hole and maybe johnson bar depending on the wind.  The lake level is just above the 654 level and is hanging out at 654.06 with generation scheduled for 150 MW or three units.  Of course the schedule for yesterday was wrong so I’m not counting on it being right for today but like a marine my motto is Improvise and adapt.  Sundays predicted generation schedule looks just like saturdays.  Mondays schedule looks even lower with 100 MW scheduled for most of the day except for spike in the morning and again in the evening.

Primo AAA partridge

As you can see from the picture it is twice as large as the regular partridge one gets and the price is only $36.00  I will also have the styro type indicators in round, tear drop, foot ball shape as well as the white palsa indicators.  You will like these prices so don’t forget to drop by and check it out.

Styro Indicators (football shape)

Fishing on thursday was a challenge for sure and we had to work for every fish we landed.  I fished with Bob from Rogers Ar for a 1/2 day.  Bob was kind enough to bid on and win a trip I donated for the Reel Recovery retreats held here in Arkansas and as the successful bidder Bob and his wife stayed a night at the River Cliff Cabin.  Bob and I fished for the morning which was sunny and wind free.

Thanks to Bob for supporting Reel Recovery.  Help support the Reel Recovery program by donating time, money or other support.

If you are in the area don’t forget to drop by the Fly Shop and say Hello.  All the information is free.

Welcome to Fly Fish Arkansas. The leading fly fishing guide service on the White & Norfork rivers. Fish with the best! Forget the rest.  Providing  safe, educational and enjoyable fishing adventures since 1995.  Take your next fishing trip to the White River and fish with Jim at Fly Fish Arkansas. Call 870-404-8906 or send an e-mail to jim@flyfisharkansas.com

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March Special:  2 Nights Lodging and a Full day of fishing $499.00 plus tax on lodging.  Lodging at River Cliff Cabin.  Call 870-404-8906 or 870-431-7777 to book.

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