OUR November Fly of the Month features one of the best cone head small streamers on the market Coffey’s Conehead Sparkle Minnow from Montana Fly Company. You can get this tasty morsel in 3 hot colors: the JJ; the Brownie and the Smoke. You will received 2 of each color plus a bonus fly while […]

Exotic destinations are cool that is for certain but there is plenty to love in videos looking closer afield in a new light. The Pacific NorthWest is damp and wild familiar latitudes to which I grew up in. So enjoy this excellent piece from Catch’s Todd Moen. “FLY FISHING the PUGET SOUND in Washington State: […]

Project Healing Waters the highly organization supporting and rehabilitating disables veterans has a new chapter in Mountain Home meeting twice a month at Dally’s Ozark Fly Shop in Cotter. The new program is spreading the word among disabled veterans to build its membership and expand its activities including outings fly tying rod building and cast...

“A True Blitz is Chaos” Blane Chocklett. Enjoy this short

Canadian researchers have been looking at artificially cooling sections of rivers as a sanctuary for salmonids against rising river temperatures. Thanks to Moldy Chum for the find in Time.com In the midst of a heat wave in Nova Scotia Canada this July humans sought out air conditioning and shelter in the shade. Fish in the Wrights River meanwhile c...

If you like to fish Lake Taneycomo with no generation then you’ve been loving the last five months.  There have been a handful of days when the water ran all day.  Most days it has been off a majority of the time. These conditions are a favorite for fly fishers especially those fishing immediately below […] The post November 1 2023 Fishing Report...

Our monthly photo contest winner and winner of a $50 gift card to the shop is Randy Hall! Randy sent us this picture of a crisp fall morning. Randy’s wife Shellye is standing on the river bank looking for the perfect place to throw a cast! We have also been running a photo contest among […]

Don’t forget the Bull Shoals Catch and Release Area closes tonight at midnight until February 1. The Catch and Release Area closes to protect the coming brown trout spawn. The State Park also becomes a daytime catch and release area for all brown trout From Nov. 1 to Jan. 31 the area is closed to […]

Check out this Orvis Podcast with George Daniel telling host Tom Rosenbauer about his new nymphing technique and 10 foot fly rods My guest this week is the great George Daniel who is always pushing the envelope evolving and experimenting. He tells us why he uses a 10-foot fly rod for nearly all of his […]

Only a couple of spots remaining for Dally’s guide and US Masters fly fishing team member Mike Sexton’s White River EuroNymphing class on Saturday November 4. We are delighted to be able to put this class together with Mike to tap into the knowledge of a 16 year international fly fishing career. Mike is one […]

Talk about dangling a carrot in front of a legless hare. This fall’s shad kill on the White has been one giant tease. We haven’t gotten extended bouts of dead shad spilling out through the dam mostly due to lack of generation but the shad kill wants to happen – needs to happen. It has truly become a “you […]

From RIO Products: RIO Products has adopted a new 100% compostable and recyclable spool—the most sustainable fly line spool ever made. Their new spools are made of 100% recycled newsprint from renewable resources that have been used at least once and will deliver the lowest environmental impact of any spool on the market. Once you’ve […]

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Simon Gawesworth with the Far Bank Fly Fishing School teaches essential river casts to present the fly better in a variety of soituations This episode of the Far Bank Fly Fishing School series focuses on a selection of essential casts that all river anglers should know. Some of the casts in this episode allow anglers […]

If you didn’t get a chance to see the documentary Undammed Bentonville film-maker Andrew McNeese’s exceptional film on the Buffalo River now you can. The film celebrates all aspects of this remarkable river ecosystem during the 50th anniversary of the saving of the Buffalo from planned dams from hiking photography canoeing and fishing the latter […...

I don’t want to rush things but my Christmas Classics Spotify playlist may have gotten dusted off this week in celebration of chilly mornings. I’m one of those people. But can you blame me? The weather out there right now is something to behold and has me feeling all the warm fuzzies.  Feel free to poke fun […]

We have had some awesome responses to last week’s unveiling of our monthly photo contest but perhaps we should have made it clearer that we were looking for current images. No matter if you sent in something historic but we are trying for images at least within the current month. As we said last week […]

Enjoy this movie about the true Golden Trout of the American West. Follow Seth Blackamore as he takes a few new friends high into the Eastern Sierra Nevada in search of Golden Trout. Blackamore has been exploring these mountains and lakes for almost a decade and this adventure proved to be the wildest one yet. […]

Fly fishing legend Lefty Kreh was honored with a statue unveiling in his home state over the weekend. Read this report from Beau Beasley for Midcurrent.com How fitting it is then that outdoor lovers can join Lefty Kreh near the very spot he was born at a quiet beautiful community lake open to all for […]

Really cool little tip for cleaning up your fly fishing rig and swinging hooks for travel via a car boat or on foot from Dom over at Troutbitten.com. I don’t miss hook keepers on fly rods since pretty much all of my fishing is done with 9′ fly rods and 10′ plus leaders and I’m […]