Sage introduced new SPEY R8 RODS and classic looking SPEY reels to kick off 2024 By utilizing our proprietary Revolution 8 graphite SPEY R8 rods heighten the smooth transfer of energy throughout the three key components of the Spey cast allowing anglers to effectively Lift line off the water Load the rod sufficiently and Deliver […]

Trout Unlimited 2024 Fundraising BanquetSaturday February 17th 2024Doors Open at 5:30 p.m.ELK’S LODGE     101 Elk Way Mtn. Home AR Ticket price includes buffet meal and dessert. Cash Bar. $40 Single Ticket      $60 Pair of TicketsSponsor Tables provides reserved seating sixteen drink tickets and a sponsor gift. $600 Send us an email to whiterivertu...

AGFC Trout Management Program is urging anglers to take extra care of their catches in frigid temperatures. Program head Christie Graham said air temperatures below zero can be lethal to trout and suggested if trout were lifted for a photograph not longer than for a minute. And while the Norfolk Dam generators remain out of […]

Here’s something to warm the soul on a snowy day in the Ozarks. Ben and Steve have 2 seats left on their June 15 to 22 trip to Cayo Largo Cuba for a spectacular and importantly not snowy live aboard trip to some of the finest flats fishing on the plant. Cayo Largo is the best […]

I suppose it’s time to whip out the ol’ Stanley thermos for these frigid days on the water – though I fear for my safety with all the chaos surrounding Stanley products right now. Nevertheless the White River frostbite is no match for a hot cuppa joe so I think I can brave the mobs […]

Nice film to warm the soul as we plunge truly into winter… 14 minutes hanging in the Caribbean… Enjoy

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 […]

It’s spring time on the tailwaters caddis popping gusty winds and dealing with spring rails but the fishing has been a lot of fun. Bull Shoals Lake has officially crested after recent torrential rains and is on the way back down as the Dam has ramped up releases each day this week. Norfork has floodgates […]

Timely to repost the video I shot with fellow guide and great friend Chad Johnson during the spring of 2020 on fishing the White River’s epic caddis hatches. Every year is slightly different but there is a lot of solid information in here Listen to our great friend and colleague Chad Johnson fill you in […]