WHITE RIVER FLYGUIDE
WHITE RIVER FLYGUIDE
Ron Yarborough's
Ron Yarborough's
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Phone: (870) 688-1755
10644 Hwy 62E  Harrison, AR 72601
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Photos 2010
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1-22-10: This brown was landed while fishing big streamers with sinking lines on the White River.
1-22-10: My friend, Mark Lavelle with a nice brown. We were fishing streamers with sinking lines about 6 miles downstream of Bull Shoals Dam.
1-22-10: This brown fell for a big streamer!
1-27-10: Streamer fishing again with Mark!
1-27-10: Steamer fishing the White River!
2-2-10: Releasing a nice brown below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
2-2-10: Long time client Shell with a nice brown. He landed this fish while fishing egg patterns on the White River.
2-2-10: Long time client, Terry with one of several browns he landed below Bull Shoals Dam.
2-2-10: Terry landed this brown while fishing a san juan worm.
2-3-10: Bob, long time client from K.C., landed this nice brown while fishing egg patterns below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
2-3-10: I've been guiding Jim for almost a decade. Every trip is a blast with him in the boat! This is one of several nice browns he landed on the White River.
2-3-10: Jim, along time client from K.C., with one of the browns he lande while fishing egg patterns and san juan worms below Bull Shoals Dam.
2-4-10: A cold and nasty day on the water with Mark! Sleet is no fun but is better when the bite is good!
2-4-10: Mark with one of several nice browns he landed during a nasty weather day on the White River.
2-4-10: Rain, sleet, snow or shine!!
2-5-10: The fish don't seem to mind the rain or snow! What a cold wet day!!
2-6-10: Bud, from Charlestown MS, landed this brown while fishing egg patterns below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
2-6-10: Cal, from Charlestown MS., landed this brown while fishing san juan worms and egg patterns on the White River.
2-6-10: Cal landed the this brown while fishing shad patterns during this years first real shad kill.
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2-13-10: Glen, a long time client from AL, with one of several nice brown trout that he landed below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
2-13-10 A brown landed with a shad pattern below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River!
2-13-10: Glen has fished with me for about 6 years but has never had the opportunity of fishing the shad kill until yesterday! He liked it!!
2-13-10: Jim enjoyed another good day of February fly fishing on the White River!
Feb.13
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2-14-10: Jen with a really nice rainbow that she landed while fishing the shad kill. Not bad for her second time to fly fish!!
Feb.14
2-15-10 One of the four nice browns that Jim, from KC, landed. With wind chills of 13, we didn't really want to take the time for a photo opp!!
2-16-10 Double browns, in the neiborhood of eighteen inches, landed by Jim and Bill.
2-16-10 After four straight days of sporatic shad kills, we didn't see a one. However, we managed to have a great time anyway. When Jim and Bill, brothers from TX, are in the boat, the laughs never stop!!
2-16-10 Once again, no real shad kill but the shad were trickling through. Jim and Bill managed to pick up several nice bows while drifting shad patterns.
2-18-10 Charles landed this nice bow below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River while drifting egg patterns and san juan worms.
2-19-10 The bows and browns were plentiful for Charles and Nancy while fishing down stream on the White River.
2-19-10 Motoring up stream to take advantage of the next rise in water level.
2-20-10 Charles, from Atlanta, landed this brown about nine miles down stream of Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
2-21-10 The release of a brown that Jonathan landed.
2-21-10 Jonathan, from St. Louis, brought this brown to the net just before magor rains and winds set in. We were drifting eggs and shad patterns from the boat with about four units of water running.
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2-20-10 A close up of one of the browns that Charles brought to the net.
Feb.20
2-25-10 Brad and Brent with one of the rainbows that they landed while fishing egg patterns and san juan worms below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
2-26-10 Bob with his son Brad at Rim Shoals.
2-26-10 Brad did a great jod and enjoyed his first fly fishing trip.
3-9-10: High winds and falling water are a challenge for anybody on our tailwaters. Terry landed a decent number of bows while the water dropped about three feet with wind gusts of 30mph!!
3-10-10: Terry, a long time client and good friend from LA, with a nice brown that he landed below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River while fishing midge patterns
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3-13-10: Pat, a long time client from D.C., with a nice brown that he landed while wading and dead drifting a hares ear nymph on the White River.
March13
3-18-10 After several weeks of guiding, I had a chance to get out on the water with my good friend, Mark Lavelle and do a little wade fishing myself. We had a great bite while fishing various midge patterns!!
March18
3-19-10 This brown was landed on the upper end of the White River while wade fishing during a spectacular midge bite.
3-19-10 One of the nice browns that fell for our midge patterns while wade fishing the upper end of the White River.
March19
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3-19-10 Beautiful brook trout landed while fishing midge patterns.
March19
3-23-10 Mel, from NC, landed several nice rainbows like this one while fishing midge patterns below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River during increased flows of about 6 units. Not bad for a youngster of 85 years!!
3-23-10 No, this is not a trout and it wasn't landed with a fly rod. It's a yellow perch that we found floating down stream from Bull Shoals Dam on the White River. Although these fish have never been "officially" stocked in Bull Shoals Lake and are not native to this area, occasionally you'll fin
3-23-10 One of several nice rainbows landed by Mel, from NC, while fishing midge patterns below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
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4-5-10 Tom, from New York, landed this nice brown from the boat while drift fishing a midge pattern and san juan worm with about 5 units of water running on the White River.
April 5
4-7-10 Tom enjoyed a good day of fly fishing midge patterns and san juan worms below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River during a 6 unit flow.
4-7-10 Tom with one of several nice rainbows that he landed during a 6 unit flow below Bull Shoals Dam.
April 7
4-8-10 After 5 days of fly fishing the White River, this is just another rainbow for Tom.
April 8
4-9-10 Bill enjoyed a good day of fly fishing below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River. This is one of several nice bows that he landed while fishing san juan worms and midge patterns.
April 9
4-11-10 Billy landed this brown and a good number of nice bows while fishing the high water flows of the White River below Bull Shoals Dam.
April 11
4-11-10 Although Rick is an experienced fly fisherman, he had never fished the higher flows of the White River. He landed this brown and some nice bows while drift fishing the equivalent of 7 units from the boat.
4-11-10 I've guided Billy and several of his friends for a number of years. He's an avid outdoorsman and talented fly fisherman that moonlights as an ER Doc in Little Rock. He landed this brown while fishing the high water flows of the White River.
April 11
April 11
4-19-10 Phil, from St. Louis , landed the fat bow below Bull Shoals Dam while fishing a midge patterns on 6 unit water flows.
April 19
4-22-10 Tom, from St. Louis, landed this brown while fishing a san juan worm below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River with about 5 generators running.
April 24
April 22
4-24-10 Joe landed a countless number of rainbows while fishing midge patterns from the boat below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
April 24
4-24-10 John, a super nice guy from Hendersonville TN., landed this bow during one of several rain storms that we experienced throughout the day.
4-23-10 Mark, a talented fly fisherman from "up north", landed a countless number of these guys on the White River while fishing a midge pattern. Landing rainbows, a brown and a brook, he missed the AR. grand slam by one cutthroat!
4-23-10 Here's a brown. Where's that cutter?
4-23-10 We've not seen many brook trout on the White River this year. Although they outnumber cutthroat trout, it was the cutter that denied Mark of the AR. grand slam!
April 23
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5-2-10 Tom, from Tulsa OK, enjoying a morning of wade fishing on the White River.
May 2
5-2-10 Elayne landed a countless number of nice fish while wade fishingon the White River.
5-2-10 Tom and Elayne, from Tulsa OK, landed a countless number of nice rainbows while drifting from the boat and wade fishing on the White River.
May 2
May 2
5-2-10 The fish are taking advantage of this year's caddis fly hatch!
May 2
5-5-10 Not only is the air thick with hatches. My boat and everything else is covered with midges and caddis!!
May 4
5-5-10 Robert, from CO, makes a trip to the White River every year with his father, Jim. This was the first trip, in a couple of years, that wade fishing was possible.
May 5
5-5-10 Jim, from TX, has fished the White River for years. We were wade fishing one of the shoals, located on the upper stretch!
5-5-10 Jim and Robert with one of a good number of double hookups!!
5-7-10 Bruce, from Tulsa OK, with one of the nice rainbows that he landed While fishing midge patterns and caddis emergers on the White River.
May 5
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5-8-10 Ron, from Jonesborough AR, and his friends landed a good number of nice rainbows like this one, while fishing caddis emergers and midge patterns on the White River.
May 8
5-12-10 Kerry landed a countless number of nice fish but this was the first brown of his trip. He landed it about 100 yards from the boat ramp.
5-12-10 Kerry landed several nice browns on the White River while fishing midges, caddis nymphs and caddis emergers!
May 12
May 12
5-13-10 Mike, a long time client from New York, landed this nice brown on the White River shortly after the water flows increased from zero generation to about 5 units.
May 13
5-16-10 Tom, a talented fly fisher from Quincy IL., landed this respectable brown, along with a good number of other fish, while fishing streamer patterns on a rainy day about ten miles down stream of Bull Shoals dam on the White River.
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5-20-10 Marty, one of my long time clients from NYC, with a nice brown that he landed on the White River below Bull Shoals Dam while fishing san juan worms and midge patterns.
May 20
5-22-10 John, a super nice guy and talented fly fisher from Little Rock, landed a good number of solid, hard fighting rainbows while fishing a variety of midge patterns and emergers on the White River during the 1 to 2 unit flows.
5-22-10 Matt, a talented fly fisher from Little Rock, with one of the nice rainbows that he landed below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River while fishing a variety of midge patterns and emergers.
May 22
May 22
5-25-10 I finally had a chance to take myself fishing for a few hours on one of my days off. I focused my efforts on an area down stream that has been holding some really good fish. The mossy conditions created more than a challenge but with a little work and patience it paid off!!
May 25
5-29-10: 14yr. old Jarrett, from Tupelo MS, enjoyed an afternoon of fly fishing on Dry Run Creek. He also landed a good number of nice rainbows while fly fishing on the White River from my boat with his uncle and grandfather!
May 29
6-2-10: I landed this nice brown a few miles down stream of Bull Shoals Dam, on the White River with about three units flowing. The water remains trashy during the higher flows but there are windows of opportunity if you understand how to read the water fluctuations.
June 2
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6-3-10 Streamer fishing from the boat on the White River with about three units running.
6-14-10: Mark, from KC, enjoyed his first float trip on the white River. He landed this cutt and several nice rainbows while drift fishing midge patterns below Bull Shoals Dam.
6-14-10 Mark with one of the nice rainbows that he landed while fishing midge patterns below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
6-14-10: Mike landed this cutthroat during his first trip to the White River while drift fishing midge patterns from the boat with about 5 unit water flows.
6-14-10: Mike, from NM, with a nice bow that he landed while fishing midge patterns below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
June 14
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June 14
6-25-10 Safe to say that the fish are feeding heavily on mayflies at this time. The floor of my boat was covered at the end the day.
6-25-10 Matthew, a first time fly fisher from TX, landed this White River brown trout below Bull Shoals Dam while fishing mayfly emergers with about 7 units flowing.
6-25-10 Judith landed her first rainbow with a fly rod less than 5 minutes in to the day.
6-25-10 Matthews landed a good number if nice rainbows while drift fishing emergers and midge patterns on the higher flows of the White River
6-26-11 Judith "caught" on quickly to fly fishing! She landed a good number of nice fish during her first fly fishing trip to the White River. This nice bow was landed while fishing mayfly emergers with about 6 units flowing on the White River.
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6-30-10: Nice White River brown that was landed by Daniel, a 14yr. old client from Texas, while drift fishing Midges and emergers from by boat on about 6 unit flows
7-1-10: Bob, a long time client from St. Louis, shows the first trout that his wife Lou has ever caught! It was Lou's first fishing experience and she did quite well! We were fishing zero generation on the White River from Wildcat Shoals To Cotter.
7-2-10: Pretty little brown taken on a dry fly while casting one of Steve's recently refinished bamboo rods.
7-2-10: Steve, talented fly fisher from KC, landed this nice brown while fishing a hopper and dropper rig on the White River during zero generation.
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7-6-10: Sue landed a good number of healthy, hard fighting browns, bows and cutts.
7-6-10: Sue, one of my long time clients from LA, landed several nice cutthroats while fishing a hopper and dropper rig during our low water float on the White River between Wildcat Shoals and Cotter.
July 6
7-6-10 Release of a White River Cutthroat!
July 6
7-17-10: My friend, Mark from Shreveport LA., landed this nice brown on the White River while we were fishing streamer patterns from my boat with about 3 units flowing.
July 17
7-19-10: Jordan, a first time fly fisher from LSU, landed this nice rainbow while fishing emergers and midge patterns on the White River, below Bull Shoals Dam with all 8 generators flowing.
July 19
7-20-10: Tom, a long time client and good friend from Quincy IL., landed this nice brown while fishing streamer patterns during the high water flows of about 7 units below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
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July 23
7-23-10: Carla, a beginner fly fisher from Michigan, landed this nice brown on the White River below Bull Shoals Dam while fishing san juan worms and midge patterns during the recent 8 unit flows.
7-23-10: Gary, an experienced fly fisher from Michigan, landed a good number of nice rainbows on the White River below Bull Shoals Dam while fishing san juan worms and midge patterns during the recent 8 unit flows.
7-22-10 J.M. landed a good number of nice rainbows during his first trip to White River. He did a great job fishing the 8 unit flows from the boat.
July 22
7-24-10: Fish are feeding well on san juan worms and midge patterns during the high water flows at this time. This rainbow was landed on the White River below Bull Shoals Dam with about 6 units flowing.
July 24
7-26-10: Morgan, from St. Louis, landed this decent brook trout during the recent high water flows.
7-26-10: Release of a nice White River Brown!
7-26-10: Morgan landed this nice brown while drift fishing san juan worms and midge patterns on the White River below Bull Shoals Dam with about 5 units flowing.
July 26
7-26-10: Morgan, from the St.Louis area, landed a good number of very nice rainbows, a decent brook trout and a couple of good browns while drift fishing the high water flows of the White River.
July 26
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July 26