North Fork And White Rivers in Arkansas fishing reports

05/24/06:

Fishing on the White. Submitted as a public service by SPRING CREEK ENTERPRISES 417 273 4859 schnabs@webound.com

Fishing for trout on the White River has been doing well. With low or no generation Berkley Power Eggs in yellow, Sunrise and pink have worked well along with red worms and nightcrawlers. With generation the Buoyant Spoons, Little Cleos and Countdown Rapalas are the baits of choice. The fly fishermen have done extremely well with little generation on olive Woolly Bugger, Blood Midges, San Juan Worms, trout crack and red fox squirrel nymphs. The Brown trout are being caught on Shad Raps, suspending rogues and nightcrawlers.

Report #2

Trout fishing on the White and Norfork rivers continues to be good, best baits are Berkley power Eggs in Yellow, Sunrise , or Pink, also live Red Worms or Nightcrawlers. For lures, try Buoyant Spoons, Little Cleos, or Countdown Rapalas. Brown Trout are being caught on Shad Raps, Rogues, or Live Nightcrawlers.

Until next week, this is Ron Schneider wishing you Peace and good fishing. Report compiled by Ron at schneidersrods@schneidersrods.com

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Report #2

Summertime tactis for the North Fork of the White

With warm weather soon upon us (or upon us now) tactics are going to have to change a little. The biggest change is fishing times, with high floating traffic during the weekends it is best to fish during the week. There may be a few boats on the river but not the numbers we see during the weekends. If fishing during the week is not possible get on the river EARLY, daylight or a little before is usually great and plan on getting off the river around 2:00, (depending on where you float or wade) and then heading back to the river around 4-5:00 p.m.

Second tactic, although it's not really a change from the "regular" fishing tactics on the North Fork is fish [U]deep[/U]! If you are nymphing and don't lose any flies during the day you just didn't fish deep enough. A 9' leader usually 5x will work just fine but all in all if I am nymphing I will have a dropper on making my whole set-up around 13' long....the water gets crystal clear during the summer and 13' is a minimum.

Another good thing about Summer time is night fishing. Night fishing is honestly usually a "hero or zero" kind of fishing. 3X leaders with big nasty sculpin patters, Woolies, or anything that will push a little water, combined with a sink tip can be a deadly combo. Fish that are measured in pounds instead of inches are what you are looking for during night fishing. Fish the pools and tailouts below a riffle for the big boys.

Finally during the hot summer days the bigger fish tend to hold in the shadows of over hanging trees which a lot of the time means less than 3 feet of water, perfect to do some great sight casting to those fish. Don't get me wrong, there is a reason they are holding there....it's cool. They may not be in the mood to take every fly thrown at them (are you usually in the mood to eat something when it's 100 degrees out :P ) but if you can pester them enough sometimes you can get a reaction out of them. I usually thrown crawfish patterns at the fish that hold in these spots. This is the time of year when the bigger fish are seen day after day holding in the same spot so they are fairly predictable.

Have a good summer, Brian
Compiled by Brian Wise guide bnwise@lycos.com
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