April Vokey returned to the White this past winter with husband and daughter and they fished with Tadd and Steve. Enjoy her video

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 […]

There’s never a perfect time to write a fishing report it seems because as soon as you post it conditions change and some of the report becomes inaccurate.  This report has the same issues since our water conditions will change later this week –but I’ll try to cover what I think will work then too. […] The post May 1 2024 Fishing Report appeared f...

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 […]

Water this week on the White has been a little less stable than in previous weeks. Though daily projections have called for fairly steady flow each day has consisted of ups and downs that require timing and know-how to optimize fishing success. Flows have been as low as 900 cfs and as high as 15 000 […]

Stop by the Fly Shop and test cast the new Orvis Helios and you can be in the running for an all expenses paid trip for two to Orvis’ Vermont headquarters two Helios rods and a $3000 Orvis Gift card. For many the chance to spend a day fishing with Orvis’ Chief Enthusiast Tom Rosenbauer […]

The White River is in an interesting phase right now. Overall water is still hovering in that 40 megawatts range. Afternoon bumps have been more common lately as near-90 degree weather has forced many to kick on the A/C after lunchtime. With long bouts of 40 megawatts or less is present caddis try to get […]

Minimum flow has been a notion of the past at least during the last seven days. For the first time in what feels like forever generation on the White never dipped below 1 000 cfs. 20-45 megawatts has been typical with only the rarest of bumps between 100-200 megs. It stands to reason that consistent low […]

March left all of us locals stumped with lots of pondering as to what this year will hold — not on the fishing side of the spectrum but on the types of water flows we might see. Captain Steve Dickey said in the 15 years he has fished Lake Taneycomo he has never seen so many […] The post April 10 2024 Fishing Report appeared first on Lilleys' Landi...

Cotter Trout Fest is raffling off a $10000 Honda 4-wheeler for its 22nd event next month and you can get your tickets at Dally’s The First Security Cotter Trout Festival will be the 22nd Annual – Cotter Big Spring Park event on May 4th 10am – 6 pm. The 2024 Honda TRX 4Wheeler with a trailer […]

The weekend on the White sang the minimum flow melody with only sporadic and short-lived bumps of H2O. We really did not see any mentionable water until Tuesday. Minimum flow never returned until a short two-hour window mid-day on Thursday. The days in-between saw long periods of pretty stable water – albeit low most days. […]

There is a lot of buzz around the movie Mending The Line as a rare film with fly fishing as a central component. But fly fishing isn’t the whole story. Now on Netflix Due out June 9 the film tells the story of “A Marine wounded in Afghanistan is sent to a V.A. facility in […]

The spring bugs are almost here and its time to be filling your boxes and Davy Wotton’s SLF Trans Caddis is a must have in both colors. Watch the video tie the bug and have fun this spring. Materials List Bead head optional. 2mm for hook sizes 12/14 Wing..Swiss straw or Raffine natural color straw […]

“The rain came down and the floods came up.” I found myself singing the popular children’s song from time to time as I spent countless minutes bailing water from my boat during Monday’s torrent. At one point a small rainbow we had caught slipped from my hands fell into the boat and was actually able […]

Wanting to break into the fly fishing industry or perhaps looking for a fun parttime position. Dally’s Ozark Fly Fisher is looking to fill a couple of positions on the retail floor with passionate friendly and fun fly fishing enthusiasts. This is not a river guide position. Fly fishing experience is mandatory fly tying a […]

We’ve been saying for weeks that spring has shown off early here in the Ozarks. February and early March saw long stretches of temps in the 70s which got the trees blooming early and forced many a pair of Chacos out of retirement. Yet here we are entering into the official spring season and a […]

Iconic fly fisher fly tyer artist and teacher Dave Whitlock will be honored with a memorial overlooking Dry Run Creek tomorrow night at 5.30pm Whitlock was instrumental in designing the improvement project for the creek which stands as the world’s best fishery for youth the mobility handicapped. Dave’s widow Emily his close friend Davy Wotton […]

Brian Wise ties Galloup’s Slick Willy

Master tyer and matrialsbguru Davy Wotton is being honored at this week’s Sowbug Roundup in Mountain Home. The theme of the 2024 Sowbug is “The Elegant Wet Fly” fitting in that the wet fly is central to Wotton’s mastery as a tyer angler and guide/instructor. So this week we offer this video from our archives. […]