“Tale as old as time song as old as rhyme.” Redundancy is the key theme this week as generation on the White has continued the same steady cadence that we’ve seen all summer. The lake is well below power pool but these hot dog days of summer call for big afternoon pushes. Essentially each day […]

Low water dominated the weekend on the White mostly influenced by mild temperatures and how low the lake is relative to power pool. Generation held to minimum flow most of Saturday and Sunday aside from a small bump peaking at 2 500 cfs Saturday evening and a thunderous 1 200 cfs Sunday afternoon. For transparency’s sake I […]

Talk about a pleasant surprise. Temperatures dipped a bit this week and days on the river have been a breath of fresh air. The break in high 90s couldn’t have come at a better time as the long blistering hours on the water have been draining. Low to mid-80s have held steady the last couple […]

The month of July was a major game changer for Lake Taneycomo not so much in the way of fishing but in the topography of the lake itself. Two weeks ago early on the morning of the 17th Branson took on a massive very localized downpour of rain bringing 8 inches over the period of […] The post August 1 2024 Fishing Report appeared first on Lilleys'...

Gather ‘round. We’ve got lots to talk about. As most of you have probably seen in the news our area was pummeled Tuesday night with torrential downpours – anywhere from 6 inches up to 17 inches depending on where you stood in Baxter Stone and Marion Counties. Devastating floods raged through the White River valley […]

The AGFC has warned boaters to use caution on the White River below the Buffalo after torrential rains last night. The White was high and muddy yesterday morning and didn’t clean up much until just below the Dam. Scheduled high flows had been held back at least til 4pm. Clean flows will help clear out […]

Lake Taneycomo is in pretty good shape this summer.  Our water quality is very good compared to past years.  Clarity is excellent water temperature is holding at 49 degrees and the dissolved oxygen content is very good for mid July.  The generation pattern has been very consistent this past month with no generation mornings and […] The post July 1...

Hurricane Beryl’s effects came sweeping through our neck of the woods Monday evening and into Tuesday. It brought with it some much-needed precipitation. Southern Arkansas received quite the deluge while north central Arkansas was given a good drenching too. The rain was enough to delay morning low water for a day but minimum flow quickly […]

Bull Shoals Lake now sits below current power pool. As such after a mild drop from the big water discussed last week to a steadier 40-50 megawatts on Monday minimum flow returned early Tuesday morning. This week’s pattern has been typical of current conditions. Mornings have been characterized by long bouts of minimum flow and […]

It has been a tale of high water yet again this week. In fact generation on the White has not dipped below 10 000 cfs once this week until early Friday morning for a short-lived 9 400 cfs. A pattern has held true however with “lower” big water in the AM and a push to about 20 000 […]

The Memorial Day Weekend tornados devastated the Norfork Salesville and Briarcliffe communities including a bunch of people who lost everything. The Norfork community is holding a fundraiser Saturday June 29 at Two Rivers Fly Shop in Norfork. They will have raffles a silent austion door prizes food and live music. Kick off is 10am […]

Aside from Saturday generation on the White River has been more than 10 000 cfs during essentially all of fishing hours this week – thus exemplifying the moniker the “Mighty White.” The biggest peak this week was just over 21.5K cfs and flows have averaged in that 13-15K range most days. Though the White is no […]

The weekend on the White River offered nice big steady water around the clock. Those big bumps have hit upwards of 21 000 cfs though not usually during typical fishing hours. As such if steady low water is your goal start your day way downstream. If you want to ride the push fish minimum flow in […]

Nice email in this week from Ian Bullen and his crew from (largely) Oklahoma after 3 awesome days on the White Hey Steve…It’s Ian Bullen. Wanted to say thank you for a wonderful trip. Your guides are top notch and are all real pros. 3 of our guys hit a personal best. Louie Crider 23″ […]

June started off with a bang with a weekend of some pretty incredible dry fly fishing with browns looking up for cicadas. For those who found themselves in the right place at the right time the bite was silly at times. It seems that the cicada bite has peaked and is now on its way […]

It’s been an interesting spring season for fishing on Lake Taneycomo. If I had to script it I’m not sure I could create a better scenario as far as the water conditions we’ve had so far. We’ve seen up to nine gates opened at the dam bringing in a lot of shad and other food […] The post June 1 2024 Fishing Report appeared first on Lilleys' Landing...

As many of you have experienced or heard tornadoes ravaged our area in the early morning hours of this past Sunday. Though seemingly everyone in the entire region was impacted ground zero seems to have been in the Pyatt-Snow area and the Briarcliff-Salesville area. Dally’s own Draven and Vincent roommates living in guide Ben Levin’s […]

Two of the shop’s mainstays Vince Cusimano and Draven King walked out of their rental cabin Sunday with barely the clothes they stood in lucky to be alive Both their vehicles and that of Draven’s girlfriend Gabi were heavily damaged by a devastating tornado which swept through our area. The cabin they rented owned by […]

Generation on the White this week has tried to hold to steady patterns though kinks in this pattern showed up from time to time. Weekend water saw lengthy periods of flow between 6-8 000 cfs during fishing hours. This trend continued into Monday until late afternoon with a jump up to nearly 13 000 cfs by nightfall. […]

Saturday night on the banks of the White River the local fly fishing community will gather for a remarkable annual celebration the F3T Under The Bridge Festival. Set in the spectacular natural setting of Big Spring Park the festival features music food trucks local craft brews from Norfork Brewing and Rapp’s Barren and the Cotter […]

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 […]