A detailed look at the Emergency Catch and Release Regulation issue by Lynn Burkhead in Fly Fisherman.com It’s big news in a region where White River and Norfork River trout fishing contributes millions to the local economy annually. And since the year-round trout fishing potential–including the region’s famed winter streamer season–is fodder on so...

By popular demand had a flood of new interest when we announced thenlegen Cheech Pierce would attendingnthe Lovefest/Fly Battle weekend are are extending the entry deadline to Nov 15. Its simple show us your tying skills on an articulated streamer and get selected in the final 8 to battle it out in front of cheech […]

We are stoked to welcome the big guy with the beard Clark “Cheech” Pierce to the Streamer Lovefest band of tiers for January 24 2026. Steve and Cheech met at Sage’s R8 fly rod launch in Montana in 2022 and the invitation was broached after figuring he would fit in. Most of us got to […]

The $300 million industry built on the White River below Bull Shoals and the Norfork Tailwater teeters on the shaky foundation of 70 year old hatchery and water quality issues from Norfork Lake. Eighty per cent of the Norfork National Fish Hatchery production for 2026 died in a recent fish kill prompting the Arkansas Game […]

For the official record_ for what we think come back tomorrow am. Also read Bryan Hendricks piece for the Democrat Gazette here The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) has implemented a temporary 120-day emergency order effective immediately to reduce daily trout possession limits in the state’s four major coldwater fisheries due to a signific...

Fly tying video auteur fly designer guide and all around good dude Brian Wise will host the inaugural Fly Battle in Streamer Stadium Mountain Home on January 23 next year for a seat at the return of Dally’s Streamer Lovefest. The showdown in front of a live audience (upstairs at Rapp’s Barren Brewery) will also […]

Own a piece or two of true fly fishing history with a massive online auction of the late Dave Whitlock’s personal collection of rods and reels. Many rods feature Dave’s signature making them a truly desirable piece of history. The auction at http://www.davewhitlock.com starts Saturday at 10am and ends 3pm Sunday. Live Facebook sessions on […]

Help us unearth the next streamer fly tying guru and fill a seat for the legendary return of Dally’s Streamer Lovefest in January 2026. The best 8 patterns submitted to our mail in competition will compete for the ultimate prize in Streamer Stadium (Rapp’s Barren Brewery) in Mountain Home AR on January 23. Eight tyers […]

Dave Wiseman has fished with me for better than a decade and hooked and landed some giant trout in Arkansas and pursued trout and taimen from Mongolia to Patagonia. And I never thought we would pry his green dry fly stick from his hand. This year I made a convert from Dave with my new […]

JOIN the coolest global fly tying competition and you could win a coveted seat to tie at the reborn Dally’s Streamer Lovefest and other great prizes. In conjunction with the Lovefest we introduce the ultimate fly-tying showdown: the Fly Battle: a contest for amateur tyers to pit their streamer tying skills. On January 23 in […]

RISING from the ashes the world’s most epic fly tying party is reborn. Its Dally’s Streamer Lovefest  @ the Diamond State Fly Co in January 24 2026. Lovefest founder Steve Dally has joined forces with Morgan Guss and Logan Huff of Diamond State answering the myriad calls to resurrect the legendary event. And the rebirth […]

Trout fishing on Lake Taneycomo has been pretty good the last few weeks.  About six weeks ago a big number of rainbow trout were stocked in short order.  My understanding was that our hatcheries were over crowded and officials had to reduce numbers.  These rainbows were a little on the small side and most were […] The post September 17 2025 Fishin...

Can’t believe its been 3 years since the two Kyles from the Ozark Podcast came to Cotter for a session on hopper tactics. The same lessons apply today for better presentation: The trio go over the hopper basics then Steve gives his 5 tips to better presentations For Android users try the spotify link here… If […]

Where has the year gone we are into August already. The weather has been pretty darn warm but so has the fishing if you are in the right place at the right time. There is a lot of water out there filling in the gaps between the fish. The hopper bite is getting rolling with […]

Wyoming authorities have banned pegged trout beads and other attractors from two high pressure tailwaters in a bid to reduce the incidence potentially lethal injuries. Wyoming Fish and Game last week agreed to the new regulations which include the ban on pegged attractors on the Cardwell and Gray Reef sections of the North Platte after […]

We’ve seen a great deal of water pass our dock this spring and summer!  And it continues to run but there’s a light at the end of this tunnel.  Table Rock Lake is dropping one foot every 3 days and is almost down to it’s power pool lever (917 feet).  Before it gets there I […] The post July 17 2025 Fishing Report appeared first on Lilleys' Landing...

With the high flows on both our tailwaters now settling in it is appropriate to drag this How To video from the legend Gabe Levin. This leader setup gets get your flies down to where the fish are feeding fast faster than standard tapered leaders (they do give you a way of reusing the butt […]

Well its been building all spring but the big water is finally here. We are now starting to see big chunks of the day with between five or six units of water which is high but more friendly to fish than secen or eight units and more fun than flood gate conditions. Bull Shoals Lake […]

There’s a few things that have come to mean summer in the Ozarks: stepping out side into a soft warm cloak of air at dawn the smell of baked grass and dirt popup storms blooming in the west; and the long slow rise of a brown trout to your fly. There hasn’t been too much […]

After weeks of non-stop heavy flow from Table Rock Lake we’re back to turbines-only medium flows here on Lake Taneycomo. Table Rock’s power pool changed from 915 to 917 feet (summer pool) which has taken some of the pressure off to drop TR’s levels; thus the slower flows.  But there is rain in the forecast. […] The post May 16 2025 Fishing Report...

A detailed look at the Emergency Catch and Release Regulation issue by Lynn Burkhead in Fly Fisherman.com It’s big news in a region where White River and Norfork River trout fishing contributes millions to the local economy annually. And since the year-round trout fishing potential–including the region’s famed winter streamer season–is fodder on so...

By popular demand had a flood of new interest when we announced thenlegen Cheech Pierce would attendingnthe Lovefest/Fly Battle weekend are are extending the entry deadline to Nov 15. Its simple show us your tying skills on an articulated streamer and get selected in the final 8 to battle it out in front of cheech […]