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Chris and I took a June
trip to Northern Arkansas. With the warm weather we had quite a few
options. On the first day we did a float trip on kickboats on the Norfork
tailwater. In the morning, the hot fly was the tan scud. The
globall also provided some action. We knew they would run water sometime
that day but were surprised when they started about noon, about 2 or 3 hours
early. Shortly after the water was on I hooked a big brown on a
woolie, but with all the water etc, I could only get him within a
foot of the net before losing him. We had the good fortune of running
into a fellow fisherman who talked to us for quite a while about high water
techniques using san juan worms. Even though the flow was at 3000 cfs we
were able to fish, mostly wading, all afternoon. Chris was able to hook
an land a memorable 19 inch brown.
The next day we canoed
Crooked Creek for smallmouth and did real well. The best fly was a rubber
legged crawfish pattern that I tie. We also caught some on woolies and
crayfish pattern. We learned that 150cfs is perfect for floating.
We ended the trip on the
third day with morning fishing at the Handicap Access on Norfork. No
giants this time, but we did real well on tan scuds, globalls, and san juan
worm patterns.
