Have you ever found yourself caught between a rock and a hard place? Even more so have you ever had a decision to make between two opposing options both with uniquely attractive qualities and both existing exclusive from one another? Such is life on the river these days. Minimum flow is distinctively beautiful in and […]

Casting 4 A Cure Memphis is holding its third annual fundraising dinner for LeBonheur Children’s Hospital as well as Rett Syndrome Research on October 1. The organisation has raised over 23 000 over the past two years with more than 200 attendees expected to the event which will be held at Grind City Brewing Co. in […]

The Mission keeps coming up with stories interesting to all fly fishers not just those from the magazines South African homeland. In the latest issue check out the article on Alaskan Sheefish and remote Angolan Tarpon among other things. Click to read

Louisiana fisheries authorities are proposing major changes to recreational redfish catch limits in a bid to restore declining redfish stocks. Louisiana redfish attract plenty of attention from our customers and particularly the crew of guides who head south every winter The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) adopted a Notice of Int...

Enjoy this film on one man’s hunt for the elusive permit “Wildlife biologist and comedian Eeland Stribling has caught some impressive fish over the years but one has eluded him. In this short film we tag along as he heads deep into the Yucatán to find it.”

A Celebration of Life for iconic Ozarks fly tyer and fly fisher David Knowles will be held at 11:00 am Friday July 7th at Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville. Dr David Knowles was the originator of staple flies for the region including the Ruby and Rootbeer Midges and the Y2K and a stalwart of […]

If you were to ask us if it feels redundant to type the words “ruby midge” and “root beer midge” week after week in our fishing report we would certainly be lying if we answered with a confident no. It seems that every week for the last decade plus those two fly patterns have always […]

We couldn’t have anyone better to write about the life of iconic Fayetteville fly tyer and fisher David Knowles than his close friend fly fisher and high regarded writer Clay Henry. Thank you Clay I’ve written about everyone’s football heroes for the last five decades. Heisman Trophy winners like Billy Sims and Barry Sanders were […]

Ozarks fly fishing has lost another iconic figure with the passing yesterday of fly tyer and fly fisher David Knowles. Knowles was an icon to many White River fly fishers staples like his Y2K the Ruby and Rootbeer Midges were a must have on any trip and his ability to turn out a gross of […]

Interesting article on the impact of the ’22 flooding of the Yellowstone River and how the fishery is rebounding. Click To Read

After what was quite the enjoyable mid- to late-spring for weather in the Ozarks summer has come in hot – literally. The Ozarks saw its first few days of 100-plus degree weather of the year and we could feel every scorching humid degree out there on the river. Fortunately there are few places better to […]

Short but typically beautifully shot film on the lifecycle of mayflies for many the bug that inspired or cemented their connection to fly fishing. Enjoy

Great pattern for our summer sulphurs Bob Quigley’s Film Critic combines elements of his iconic Hackle Stacker and Cripple designs. Quigley passed away in 2012 but his patterns will float on. Change colors on Charlie Craven’s tie above to suit our bugs and fish it hard. Or swing by the shop and pick up […]

When fly fishing first came on the scene you can bet they had never envisioned modern iterations of the sport. What was once an innovative and effective way to imitate adult mayflies on the water’s surface has transformed into various subsurface techniques dedicated to imitating all stages of an aquatic insect’s life cycle and tossing […]

Simple yet effective the Comparadun is a reliable mayfly imitator. Charlie Craven ties them well. The Comparadun pattern has been one of my go-to patterns for a long time. This fly is the ultimate in simplicity and lends itself well to a variety of mayfly species. You can simply change the colors of the materials […]

They took their time but those rainy days have finally arrived after an extended absence through much of the spring. The last week has seen a good bit of life-giving rain especially for our undammed warm water streams like Crooked Creek and the Buffalo River. Several stormy mornings have forced fishermen off the river for […]

This might not be an essential lesson for our tailwaters but anyone who picks up a fly rod will come across a situation when they are casting in heavy cover. Watch this Orvis video featuring Dave Jensen. The best trout are often in places where other anglers don’t even attempt to make a cast. In […]

The 2023 All Species Odyssey has been done won and most of the aches and pains earned over the weekend wearing away. Eighteen teams caughted and released 21 species in Arkansas public waters over the 14 hours fishing in what was tougher conditions than past years. Popular venue Crooked Creek was largely out of play […]

Louisiana fly fisher Myles French currently is holding the unofficial Arkansas all tackle tiger trout record after find a 22″ Tiger Friday Myles and his father David long term friends and customers of the fly shop and our guides were fly fishing below Bull Shoals Dam with guide Ben Levin a day chasing trout before […]

Renowned Ozarks artist guide and instructor Duane Hada and teenage partner Zakiry Rorie won his second All Species Odyssey yesterday with a hard-earned 14 species for the Creek Crawlers team. Hada told the crowd assembled for the trophy presentation that 14-year-old Zakiry who has been fly fishing just 4 years played a major role in […]

OFFICIAL F3T Under The Bridge Festival tickets will go onsale locally next week for the epic fly fishing film show anywhere. Cotter-Gassville Chamber of Commerce has stepped up with a huge new LED Screen to allow earlier screening of the films and better images along with a new sound system all on the banks of […]