Wild Key West in the early 70s a handful of writers on their way to making their names a film maker and a song writer all pursuing the relatively novel idea of tarpon on a fly rod. Thankfully the film maker was there to record it all. The film Tarpon remains a classic iconic among […]

Dally’s guide and all around good guy Ben Levin will be talking international fly fishing travel and the saltwater mecca that is Cuba in Fayetteville on September 22. Ben has a wealth of knowledge outside the USA lower 48 been hosting trips to Cuba for several years as well as extensive guiding experience in Chile […]

KICKING off a new and exciting online feature our online Fly Of The Month deal saving you big $ on hot flies. Every month we will be putting out a new fly deal: For September it is the under the radar Silver Bullet color of the ever popular Dally’s Tailwater Jig pattern. Buy 12 and […]

Coming soon RIO announces their new compostable spool replacing the previous plastic spool in fall of 2023. It is made from 100% recycled newsprint and is both recyclable and home compostable. Replacing the plastic spool will keep 20 000 pounds of plastic out the the landfill per year which is enough plastic spools to cover a […]

My goodness what a week it has been since we last had the pleasure of conversing with you all. August rounded out nicely with a solid hopper bite stellar temperatures and a blossoming brown trout bonanza. The weather took offense to my backhanded slights last week and decided to mend its attitude a bit. Cooler […]

Time to go to your app store and run an update on your favorite fishing app Dally’s White River Fly Fisher. Apologies to all for being off line this week but 4 days isn’t too bad after almost 10 years and thousands of downloads the App. The App received a major overhaul brought about by […]

The greatness of YouTube is saving gems like this the irreplaceable Lefty Kreh teaching the principles of fly casting

Our ever-popular White River Fly Fisher app for phones and other mobile devices is getting an overhaul. Almost 10 years and thousands of downloads the App is getting a major overhaul brought about through our original partner closing down and a new one emerging. For the time being it looks like the original app wont […]

The concept of an Alabama Rig fly gets joked around at most fly tying gathering here courtesy of Loon’s video collection here is the Sweet Home Alabama Dagur Guðmundsson is an Icelandic brown trout and Atlantic salmon guide who spends his off season guiding carp and bass on the central coast of California. In this […]

A barred owl is facing an uncertain future tonight despite its rescue from discarded fishing line by AGFC enforcement officers from the banks of the White River above Cotter yesterday. We found the owl on a guide trip yesterday upside down exhausted with one leg tangled in what was estimated to be 12lb test line. […]

It’s hot. It’s sizzling scorching blazing stifling roasting sweltering scalding boiling. Whatever superlative you want to attach to this week’s weather is fine by me so long as it conjures images of Dante’s Inferno. Any praise I heaped upon the weather in the previous two weeks has alchemized into words of sweaty sticky contempt. Nonetheless […]

“In ‘NexGen ’ filmmaker RA Beattie tells the story of generational bonds and friendships formed through fly fishing. In the film Beattie offers a new perspective as the film is told from the point of view and with the narration of Jack Buccola — a 12-year-old angler from Bend Oregon. The film follows Jack as he […]

An Idaho Fish and Game study from last summer is getting publicity again over its findings that warm water trout fishing may not impact trout populations as much as assumed. As water temps go up catch rates go down. Read the full report at the link below. Trout anglers cause some low amount of fishing […]

Southern Culture On The Fly magazine has a new issue out with a bunch of content including triple tails tarpon brookies and permit. Click To Read

Check out Chris Hunt’s great read in Hatch on the Salt R8 then come by the shop and cast one In the SALT R8 Sage has continued the trend that we’ve seen in its predecessors namely the SALT and SALT HD — one of maintaining or increasing recovery speed while reducing the amount of force […]

Throughout the course of Oliver White’s life fly fishing has been at the root of a series of once-in-a-lifetime events. What started as physical therapy led to the financial district a business opportunity and a near-death situation. His pursuit of fish on the fly now takes him to the mythical magical country of Bhutan to […]

Speak it into existence so they say. I merely mentioned the notion of pumpkin spice lattes in last week’s report and no sooner than the report went live autumn whispers began to arrive in the early morning breeze. If you’ve been on the water as of late that morning commute on the river has been […]

I confess to not being totally across northern hemisphere medicinal plants so my knowledge of elderberries came via Monty Python and Elton John. After yesterday’s fishing I can also point that when squashed the juice is bright blue and apparently trout don’t mind an elderberry snack either. The action was rolling fairly thick and fast […]

Todd Moen and Brian O’Keefe revisit the magic of bass from Oregon’s high mountain streams 15 years after their first epic From Catch Magazine: “Out West is a fly fishing journey for smallmouth bass into Eastern Oregon’s high desert streams. Brian O’Keefe returns on camera here nearly 15 years after Todd’s original ‘Alpine Bass’ made […]

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 […]