In the spring, when rivers are often flowing high and fast, I rely on a technique known as the “bump-twitch,” a hybrid of nymphing and streamer fishing that uses a floating line and often incorporates aspects of each method during . . .
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Podcast: Winter Fishing in Shirtsleeves with Jamie Rouse
You may not be able to fish without a jacket every day on the famous tailwaters of Arkansas, but it’s always a possibility. A nice change at this time of year. This week, I talk with Jamie Rouse of Rouse Fly Fishing about what . . .
Read MorePro Tips: Top 10 Flies for Winter in Arkansas
Written by: Kati Rouse, Rouse Fly Fishing
Kati and her husband, Jamie, throwing streamers on a sunny early winter afternoon.
Photo courtesy Rouse Fly Fishing
Here in the Ozarks, our winters are pretty mild. Unless we are in the middle of a cold snap, our lows stay around freezing and our highs are in the upper forties, and sometimes warmer. Luckily, all of our big fisheries are . . .
Read MoreVideo: “Buffalo Brothers” in the Ozarks
About 90 percent of the media you see about fly fishing in Arkansas involves a huge dam and giant tailwater trout. Here’s a great, 11½-minute video that focuses on the “authentic Ozark . . .
Read MorePhotos: Learning on the Water
Written by: Kati Rouse, Rouse Fly Fishing
The other day, I had the pleasure of taking out Gracie Edwards, co-owner of Fayettechill in Arkansas. She had never had anyone teach her how to cast a fly rod and had not caught a fish in the last couple of years, . . .
Read MorePhotos and Story: Four Days on the White River
Written by: Emily Roley, Taos Fly Shop
Emily shows off a beautiful brown, even if it isn’t the monster she was looking for.
Photo by Ron Sedall
Here is the extent of what I knew about the White River the morning we head east: it is in Arkansas, it is a big tailwater, and it is home to massive brown trout. Of these three facts the most . . .
Read MorePhotos: Dads’ Day Out on the Little Red
Written by: Drew Ross, Looknfishy
The grogeous browns that the river is famous for were more than willing to eat flies.
Photos by Drew Ross
Getting to fish with friends isn’t something I get to do very often, primarily because I fish during the week while most responsible people are at work. But just before Thanksgiving, a buddy called . . .
Read MoreClassic Video: The Fishiest Little Crick On Earth
Dry Run Creek is a stream in Arkansas that is open only to children under 16 and qualified handicapped anglers. That leaves the rest of us to just watch and drool. Yet another example of George Bernard Shaw’s brilliant observation: . . .
Read MoreVideo and Photos: Developing “Streamer Arm” on the White River
Articulated meat was the order of the day.
The plan was to take our kayaks and chase smallmouth bass on a river in the Ozark Mountains. However, the recent flooding in North Arkansas washed out that plan. So we packed the hog . . .
Read MorePhotos: A Birthday to Remember. . .on the Water
Drew Ross, Looknfishy
I think that most of us would accept this beautiful cutthroat as a birthday present.
Photos courtesy
My wife talked some buddies into taking me fishing to celebrate my 40th birthday because she knows I would rather fish with my friends than have a party. We fished he Norfork and White . . .
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