White River….

[Mike Livingstone]

A couple of us are going over to Cotter Arkansas to fish the White next week. I know the caddis were coming off pretty good. Curious if anyone on the board here has been over, or knows what may going on. Going anyway, but just pumped up and wanting to know what to expect. Fall is the only other time I’ve been out there. I do know the generation seems to be way back. We will float and wade.

[Mark Sides]

My fishing gang (me too) went down there this past fall chasing the big Brown Trout.
We were using 8 – 9wt. sticks with fast sinking lines and throwing flies that felt about the same as chucking a wet sock. The time of year kept us fishing underneath the entire trip.
Our deal was primarily floating. We started off wading just below the dam and then floated for the next couple of days.

The big focus, what the guides really keyed in on was what kind of volume the dam would be putting out, if any. They told us this was a real influence on the quality of fishing.
I’ll start another thread with some pics so as not to hijack your thread.
Your adventure should be a bit more “colorful”….ours was brown and grey but still a lot of fun, there are some damn big fish in that river, we had two monsters on in 3 days, both hooked up late evening and failed to land either one.

[Michael Phillippe]

I may be passing through northern Arkansas in late July visiting relatives. Is the White worth a visit that time of year?

[Mark Sides]

I may be passing through northern Arkansas in late July visiting relatives. Is the White worth a visit that time of year?

I think it would be…you can wet wade it that time of year as well, but as mentioned a lot is based on what the dam is putting out. There are some good fly shops that can tune you in as to how its fishing.

[M. Wood]

Don’t overlook floating the Buffalo or Crooked Creek down into the White.

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