Made the trek over to Mountain Home, AR to fish the Norfork Saturday with a couple fishing buddies. We were able to catch a Cutthroat, few Browns, and lots of Rainbows. We used a variety of tackle from flies to jigs to crank baits. They ended up generating on Saturday morning so we decided toContinueContinue reading “Norfork Winter Trip Jan 24th, Trout keying on the Scud in Tan or Brown”
Category Archives: Fly Fishing
Lake Keith in Cave Springs, AR is back, kinda.
Spent Sunday exploring Lake Keith in Cave Springs, AR and learning more on the history of this interesting place. So neat to find out they used to have a small trout hatchery there over 100 years ago at the mouth of the cave spring. One small raceway with a couple different sections is all theyContinueContinue reading “Lake Keith in Cave Springs, AR is back, kinda.”
Nine on a Dime size 22 midge patterns.
Nine size 22 midges fit on the face of a dime. I was finishing up making my small midges by using up all the size 1/16 tungsten bead heads I bought. Those things are a pain to tie. So hard to handle the hooks and beads and string and vise all in such a smallContinueContinue reading “Nine on a Dime size 22 midge patterns.”
Tying up some size 22 zebra midges.
After a tough weekend a couple weekends ago I wanted to add to my arsenal with tiny midges. I bought some size 22 hooks and went to work. The first hook I started tying snapped out of vice and went somewhere in the house. I started to tie my second midge and the same thingContinueContinue reading “Tying up some size 22 zebra midges.”
Roaring River Jan 11th
Nice cold and dreary afternoon to get out and fish for a little while. Tried Roaring River in Southern Missouri this afternoon. I thought the rain drizzle would stop earlier in the afternoon, but it continued almost all day. Thinking it was going to stop, we decided to give it a go. The water wasContinueContinue reading “Roaring River Jan 11th”
Three for Three Fishing
Started the year out great with 3 straight days of fishing. I was able to get out for a few hours of fishing the Beaver Tailwaters each day to start this year. I was going to go for four, but my friend ended up sick this morning and with snow, cold weather and strong wind andContinueContinue reading “Three for Three Fishing”
Almost Got Skunked, Jan 2nd
Another great day to hit the water for the New Year. Fishing was a little tough this morning. I only managed to land one fish on a Rootbeer Midge and that was after I had tried nearly everything in my fly box. When I got to the Beaver Tailwaters around 9:30am, I found they hadContinueContinue reading “Almost Got Skunked, Jan 2nd”
Happy New Year 2015
Nice cold day for fishing. Great way to start the New Year! Big winter storm pushing our way today, but I still managed to get out and get a couple hours fishing in this afternoon on the Beaver Tailwaters. The fish were pretty active on the surface, but I haven’t figured out how to getContinueContinue reading “Happy New Year 2015”
Beaver Tailwaters Dec 27th
Great morning fishing in the cold and freezing rain. Fishing was pretty productive with several different midge patterns. Good midges were Black with silver, Black with copper, White with red thorax, Blue dun, Purple, and Rootbeer. Sub-micro jigs in white and olive were productive as well. Caught around 30 fish in about 4 hours. WeatherContinueContinue reading “Beaver Tailwaters Dec 27th”
Beaver Tailwaters Dec 26th
Great morning fishing!!!! Great morning fishing the Beaver Tailwaters. Morning started out pretty cold, then the sun came out and it was beautiful. Almost got warm enough to take off my jacket. Then the wind picked up and the cloud cover came back and the temp dropped. Didn’t get real cold, but it did aContinueContinue reading “Beaver Tailwaters Dec 26th”
NWATROUT Fly Fishing Guide 