Norfork River

TIME: 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM

WEATHER: PC, Low-50s

WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units

LOCATIONS FISHED: 2^nd Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access and 1^st Island below McClelland’s

FLIES USED: #14 Gray Norfork River Scud, #14 T-Worm, #20 Furnace Cockleburr

ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston

HATCHES: Midges

OTHER: Fished with Mel and Slim. Initially, the Norfork was running 2 units so we headed off to fish Roundhouse on the White. Kay called and said they turned the Norfork off, so we turned around and headed back. Supposedly it was turned off at 8:00 AM, but for some reason, it did not get turned off until 9:00 AM, so we waited, and waited, etc. Finally, we waded in while the water was still high, and the fishing was terribly slow. We then worked our way upstream to the island below McClellan’s. Slim managed to catch a few fish on the way up. We got into slow rising fish at the tip of the island, and managed to fool some pretty nice fish on dry flies. I caught more than a half dozen on the #20 Furnace Cockleburr, and Mel and Slim also caught fish.

Norfork River

TIME: 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM

WEATHER: PC, Low-50s

WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units

LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, 2^nd Islands above Ackerman/Handicap Access

FLIES USED #14 Gray Norfork River Scud, #14 T-Worm, #20 Furnace Cockleburr

ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston

HATCHES: Midges

OTHER: Fished with Mel. It was a SLOW bite, and no fish were interested in the scud. I did manage to catch only 4 or 5 fish on the #20 Furnace Cockleburr. Mel also managed to fool a few fish. He fished the previous afternoon and did fairly well on a dry fly.

White River

TIME: 8:30 AM TO 12:00 PM

WEATHER: PC, Mid-70s

WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units

LOCATIONS FISHED: Bottom of Roundhouse Shoals and downstream of Ships Ferry Access

FLIES USED: #14 Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph dropping a #16 Tan Scud; Peacock Ice-T Mini

ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston

HATCHES: Midges

OTHER: Fished with Kay and Ron. Initially, we fished Roundhouse Shoals, but very little action. I caught one fish. Moved to Shipps Ferry; water was a little high, but we fished the #14 Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail nymph solo. Both Ron and I caught a couple of dozen fish each; my largest fish was a 15-inch rainbow.

Norfork River

TIME: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

WEATHER: PC, Mid-70s

WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units

LOCATIONS FISHED: 2^nd Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access

FLIES USED: #14 Gray Norfork Scud, #20 Dunn’s Dun

ROD USED: 10 ft 4 wt Winston

HATCHES: Midges

OTHER: Fished with Kay and Ron. Upon Ron’s arrival we immediately slipped into waders and began fishing. The Norfork fished really slow, but Ron managed to pick up 4 fish on the Gray Scud. I caught 4 fish as well. Ron is becoming an excellent fly fisher, and just needs to spend lots of time on the water. Kay picked up a couple fish downstream in a very difficult area. None of us caught any real big fish; most were in the 12-14 inch range.

White River

TIME: 12:00 Noon to 4:00 PM

WEATHER: PC, Mid-70s

WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units

LOCATIONS FISHED: Bottom of Roundhouse Shoals and downstream of Ships Ferry Access

FLIES USED: #14 Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph dropping a #16 Tan Scud; Peacock Ice-T Mini

ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston

HATCHES: Midges

OTHER: Fished with Wayne. Initially, we fished Roundhouse Shoals, but very little action, at least for me. I caught 3 fish; Wayne picked up a dozen or more. Moved to Ships Ferry where I fished the #14 Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail nymph solo. Wayne caught about 2 dozen fish and I caught about a dozen and a half. No big fish were caught.

Norfork River

TIME: 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM

WEATHER: PC, Low-50s

WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units

LOCATIONS FISHED: 2^nd Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access

FLIES USED: #14 Gray Norfork Scud, #14 Tan Norfork Scud, #14 Ice-T Mini, #14 T-Worm, #20 Dunn’s Dun, #20 Kay’s Grey

ROD USED: 10 ft 4 wt Winston

HATCHES: Midges

OTHER: Fished with Kay. It was not as windy as the previous day. Kay and I struggled to catch fish, fooling only a couple each. I threw everything at them I thought would catch fish, with little luck, not even a bite. The river is fishing really slow, and very technical. Small midge hatch, #32 or so, coming off, and the fish were eating them, but would not take anything else.

Another Newcomer

TIME: 8:30 AM 12:00 Noon

WEATHER: PC, Low-60s

WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units

LOCATIONS FISHED: 2^nd Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access

FLIES USED: #14 Gray Norfork Scud, #20 Kay’s Grey

ROD USED: 10 ft 4 wt Winston

HATCHES: Midges

OTHER: Fished with Kay and Sandy. Sandy is from New Jersey, is a friend of our friends, the Geerys, and was in Arkansas to remodel the Gerry’s house. He had never flyfished before today. After a short introduction to casting, he began fishing and was a natural, catching and landing four fish on the scud. He is now hooked!

Norfork River

TIME: 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM

WEATHER: PC, Low-50s, Very Windy

WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units

LOCATIONS FISHED: 2^nd Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access

FLIES USED: #14 Gray Norfork Scud, #14 Tan Norfork Scud, #14 Ice-T Mini, #14 T-Worm, #20 Dunn’s Dun, #20 Kay’s Grey

ROD USED: 10 ft 4 wt Winston

HATCHES: Midges

OTHER: Fished with Kay. It was windy, dark, and cold; and I couldn’t see the emerger flies on the water. Kay and I did manage to take 4 fish each. I caught mine (3 rainbows, 1 brown) on the gray scud, T-worm, and tan scud, but fished the other flies hard. It was the coldest 53 degrees I’ve been in.