Spent the last two weekends spending some quality time with the family on vacation this past week. All 3500 miles of it. We saw some amazing sites from Arkansas to San Antonio to Carlsbad,NM to Tucson to Phoenix to Grand Canyon to back home in Northwest Arkansas. It was a great trip! I had the …
Cold Day Fishing – Beaver Tailwaters Nov 14
With snow in the forecast and the temperature starting at a frigid 27 degrees, that was still not going to stop me from getting a little fly fishing in this Saturday morning. I thought about fishing many times throughout the work week and on my way from work Wednesday evening I had even convinced myself that …
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Fishing Beaver Tailwaters Nov 8th
After a rough weekend last week due to the early and long generation schedule and a tough/long week at work, I was itching to get out there and catch some fish this weekend. I got up and was at the Beaver Tailwaters just a little after 7am. I decided to try a new section I …
Barometric Pressure Effects On Fishing
What impact does the change in barometric pressure have on fish? My Grandma's joints hurt and my wife tends to get a migraine before big weather changes, so there has to be something to the barometric pressure change that impacts humans. With this philosophy, one would think that maybe a fish could be impacted by …
Purple Zebra Midge
The Purple Zebra Midge is an excellent pattern to use on Norfork all times of the day. I've caught fish until I was tired using this pattern. I've had marginal success with it on Beaver Tailwaters. UTC 140 purple thread on size 16 hook, silver tungsten bead head and silver ribbing. Have several of these …
Blue Dun Zebra Midge
Here's a nice pattern to use when the sun is high and bright. Works well on Beaver Tailwaters. UTC 140 Blue Dun thread, size 16 hook, silver tungsten bead head and silver wire.
P&P Zebra Midge
Proven pattern that seems to work well when the sun is high. Developed on the waters of Taneycomo by manager Shannon at River Run Outfitters, but I found it works well on Beaver Tailwaters as well. Tied on size 16 hook. Lt. Cahill 6/0 thread. Copper tungsten bead and copper wire. Pearl tinsel on top …
Rusty Brown Zebra Midge
Here's a proven pattern of the Rusty Brown Zebra Midge. Size 16 hook with copper tungsten bead and copper wire. UTC 140 Rusty Brown thread. Very effective on Beaver Tailwaters as well as Norfork. In early October I caught probably 15-20 trout in and hour on the Norfork with this fly. Over half of the …
Ruby Zebra Midge
Here's one version of the Ruby Zebra Midge. Has the Firefly red under body, with a single strand of black embroidery floss over it on size 16 hook.
Fishing Nov1
First cold morning fishing opportunity of the year, with temps in the mid 20's. I checked the generation schedule using the link below: http://www.swpa.gov/generationschedules.aspx Found they were planning on generating from 7am to 11am for the Beaver Tailwaters, labeled as #11 across the top of the list, which means they start around 6am, and will …
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