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 […]

YETI PRESENTS: From the Golden Mahseer of Bhutan and 3 AM hallucinations in the Texas heat to hoping for the legendary Jubilee we’ve got 8 new films that’ll take you all over the wild. YETI Presents is coming soon releasing now through October. Yeti Presents on You Tube

Pumpkin Spice Latte anyone? The weather we’ve had over the last week which has offered much needed relief from the scorching summer heat has me feeling all the autumn feels. It seems like summer has really just started but in reality we only get to enjoy about another month before it gives way to fall.  […]

We have introduced The Mission a South African e-magazine to readers in the past and if you scrolled through you might have noticed the distinctive tyer Andre van Wyk. He he ties the The Beast the techniques have many many possibilities. The “Beast” fleye – a baitfish/squid imitation invented by Bob Popovic using his hollow […]

On the face of it rigging out for hopper season might seem a lot less complicated than the long weighted multi-fly rigs we use to search the higher flows for the feeding depth. (Mostly) one plump fly a leader and tippet is pretty simple. But as with most things in fly fishing definitive answers can […]

Dally’s Guide Mike Sexton will join his US Masters fly fishing team mates next month to defend their World title won in Italy last year. The 2023 World Masters Championships will be held in British Columbia from September 20 to 30. Last year’s victory for the team was the first adult gold medal in fly […]

Brian Wise just released a new video with the Holographic Gurgler a flashy modern version of Jack Gartside’s original. Another variation in black fooled my biggest river smallmouth bass in Tennessee a few years back and I keep meaning to whip up a few for our local creeks. I might step down a hook size […]

We have been extremely fortunate here on the White River this summer. You have seen our reports detailing mornings of low clear water followed by big water afternoons. Ultimately such a flow schedule really does cater nicely to everyone and their preferred style of fishing. Wade fishermen experience lengthy periods of quality low water throughout [...

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks is asking anglers keep kill and report the smallmouth bass catches from the iconic Bitterroot River. Montana FWP last week confirmed the catch of a bass in the River FWP has enacted an emergency regulation for the lower stretches of the Bitterroot River after officials last week announced the “first […]

Manchester VT is something of a time capsule. It’s a two-stoplight town lined with marble sidewalks manicured lawns and immaculately restored colonial homes…….. It’s a stark juxtaposition of old world meets new which also happens to be the perfect analogy for the township’s most well-known resident the Orvis fly-fishing shop. Inside the Orvis Fly-F...

Our fishing report for Lake Taneycomo could be a cookie cutter analogy of last month’s report.  Our generation pattern is exactly the same our water temperature is about the same and the bite is also the same as in June and July.  The trout are locked into a daily pattern of eating and resting just […] The post August 1 2023 Fishing Report appeare...

April showers bring May…showers. Rain has spilled over into the beginning of May and it has been a wet week to say the least. From long drizzles to pop up thunderstorms Arkansas spring is here to stay. As such lots of water is plunging into our twin lakes and causing them to rise. As we’ve […]