It’s 2024 and time to restart our Monthly Customer Photo Contest where you could win a $50 Gift Certificate just by sending in some pics of fishing with us. It doesn’t matter whether you have joined us on a guide trip or merely stopped by for advice. Send us your fun fishing images from 2024 to […]

Eagle watching year round is one of the highlights of any float trip on the White River system. But did you know January is Eagle Awareness Month? Arkansas State Parks has a bunch of information on eagle watching tours or ask your Dally’s guide. From the AGFC Facebook page They are fond of our natural […]

We are finally starting to see winter arrive here in the Ozarks after a very mild autumn.  Our lake water temperatures are still just above 50 but should drop steadily in the next few months.  We had a very late lake turnover this season because of the warm weather.  All in all our fishing forecast […] The post January 8 2024 Fishing Report appear...

Between Tom Rosenbauer and Tim Flagler there is plenty of experience behind the vise. Enjoy this podcast on how tying has changed and a while lot more How has fly-tying changed in the past 50 years? It’s changed a great deal in the time that Tim Flagler and I have been practicing it and I […]

Let’s hope none of you rang in the new year like me – wrapped up under a blanket adjacent a heating pad with Ricola cough drop wrappers littering the floor. Ol’ Jack Frost nipped my nose pretty good this go-around and put me down for the count for a few days. However he couldn’t keep […]

We at Dally’s trust you all had a holiday season full of making countless memories both on and off the water. Now that Christmas has come and gone I’m taking wagers on the over/under of how many days it will take me to put away all the décor and discard this spruce that adorns the […]

Retired AGFC fisheries biologist Ken Shirley will deliver a presentation on the history of the White River at Trout Unlimited #698’s meeting Tuesday January 2. The meeting will be held at El Chicos in Mountain Home. Social Hour starts at 6pm meeting starts at 7pm

A recent report out of North Carolina showing mountain trout fishing in that State was worth $1.38 billion in 2022 more than doubling since 2014. The report has sparked questions as to the economic impact of trout fishing in the White River system and other trout fishing opportunities in Arkansas. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources […]

Watch the 2024 F3T Teaser Reel and mark down May 27 for the spectacular F3T Under The Bridge Festival in Cotter. Growing bigger and better every year the Under The Bridge Festival has built a reputation as one of the best F3T stops in a fantastic setting on the banks of the White River. Live […]

This is a video you can sink your teeth into close your office door for an hour or save it for some down time over the weekend instead of last minute shopping. Spectacular scenery massive predator fish and big streamers on fly rods. Sounds like our kind of silliness. This Norwegian expedition to tackle Atlantic […]

It feels like Thanksgiving was just 10 minutes ago and that Halloween was only 15 minutes ago yet here we are rounding the corner into Christmas. Time is an enigma and seems to go by faster and faster with each passing year. Typical of this time of year the river is quiet. Seeing another boat […]

Click here for a neat little video in the Orvis One Minutes Tying Tips series on how to build neater head on your flies

Cold mornings and high flows the mist wafting off the White River brings back memories of winters past and if you happen to be a certain type of fly fisher it means big flies big rods and big fish.In 2015 I tried to capture some of that feeling of what was happening on the White […]

For the fly fisher who has (almost) everything we have just added two rare and collectible items to our reel case from Hardy and Abel. The Hardy Bros 150th Anniversary set of 6 iconic Lightweight Reels in a Perspex case or the limited edition Abel Super 8 reel with James Prosek inspired striped bass anodising […]

Don’t worrry about the early spinning rod adventures in this Aussie saltwater film. The permit on fly and ridiculous sightfishing scenes here in northern Australia have to be seen to be believed. Enjoy Is there any form of fishing that is more exciting than sight fishing big fish in shallow water? On spin or fly […]

Unlike last week I did not have to call upon the Paw Patrol to distract the kiddos this week to help me write this report. The kids hit the hay pretty early after an evening making Christmas sugar cookies hitting that sugar high and crashing harder than a Ferrari at a demolition derby. I’ve eaten […]

Enjoy this podcast on commercial tying with Allan Rupp who we came to know through his visits to the Sowbug Roundup in recent years and his connections to our late friend and icon Dave Whitlock. Get ready to journey into the enthralling world of fly-tying as we bring you an episode packed with expert insights […]

Nice little video here on making the right style of head with the right products When you want to use a glossy finish–one that stands out from the fly materials and when you should go with a penetrating fish–one that soaks into the materials. The effects of each are quite different and knowing which to […]

Nice video here from troutbitten.com on getting flies free from snags which works in wadeable streams. Similar principals apply when boat based fishing on our tailwaters. You can also read the Troutbitten.com article here

As per my wife I smell like fish. I sit here sipping hot coffee after a day in the cold wind ripping streamers down the Norfork. Paw Patrol plays in the background to distract my minions while I write this report because as soon as I finish up here they will dogpile me like a […]