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WHITE RIVER FLYGUIDE
WHITE RIVER FLYGUIDE
Ron Yarborough's
Ron Yarborough's
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Photos 2009
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1-2-09 First nice brown of the year!
Jan.2
1-2-09 Fred from Kansas City landed this brown after battling it through a very rough shoal! Job well done Fred!!
1-3-09 This pic doesn't do justice for how pretty this nice bow actually is!!
1-3-09 Ted with one of several nice browns of the day!!
1-3-09 This wasn't Ted's first rodeo!!
1-3-09 Ted from St. Louis, with the catch of the day! Enjoyed fishing with ya Ted!!
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Jan.2
1-18-09 Geoffrey with his first White River Rainbow!! Fishing at Widcat Shoals!!
Jan.18
1-18-09 Geoffrey landed fish on Dry Run Creek, White River and Norfork River. All in the same day!
Jan.18
2-2-09 First rainbow of the year landed with a shad pattern!!
Feb.2
2-2-09 This years first brown landed with a shad pattern!!
Feb.2
2-6-09 Bob, from Tyler Texas, with a nice brown below Bull Shoals Dam.
2-6-09 Bob landed this nice cutthroat while fishing a shad pattern below Bull Shoals Dam during high water!
Feb.6
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2-12-09 Guides day off during a good shad kill!!
Feb.12
2-12-09 Mike, from Flippin AR., enjoying a good shad kill!!
Feb.12
2-12-09 The rainbows and browns are taking advantage of the food source that the shad are provideing!!
Feb.12
2-20-09 Jim, long time friend and client, stuck it out through fridays tough bite ( due to fish being gorged with shad) and managed to land this nice brown, along with a few rainbows. Ejoyed fishing with you Jim!!
Feb.20
2-24-09 Guides day off. Fishing surface shad patterns below Bull Shoals Dam!
Feb.24
2-24-09 Steve, long time friend and fellow guide, with one of countless rainbows taken on the surface. This was an average size rainbow for the day!!
Feb.24
2-25-09 Bob, a long time client from St. Louis, with the first fish of the day!!
Feb.25
2-26-09 Strait Hill, from Indiana, enjoyed his first trip to the White River.
Feb.26
3-1-09 Bob, from Denton TX, landed this very nice brown while fishing a shad pattern below Bull Shoals Dam.
March1
3-3-09 Jay handled this very nice brown like a pro!!
3-3-09 Take a close look at the belly on this brown that Jimmy landed!! Ya think this fish has seen it's share of shad?
3-3-09Jay with the first fish of the day!
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3-4-09 Nice early morning rainbow to start the day!
3-04-09 Shell with one of the browns he landed during the shad kill!
3-4-09 Terry, long time client and good friend, enjoying the shad kill season!!
3-4-09 Shell with the fish of the day!!!
March4
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3-7-09 Jim Osborne with a very fat White River brown that was caught down river at Monkey Island catch & release area.
March7
3-17-09 At age 14, Bill is proving to be a really good fly fisher!!
March17
3-17-09 Bill made three consecutive cast and landed three really nice fish!!
March17
3-3-09 I'd say that Jay had a killer day on the White River!!
4-16-09 Wally's first time fly fishing high water from a boat. He caught on quickly!!
4-16-09 Wally, from MO., landed several nice fish during his trip to the White River
4-18-09 Jay landed this nice White River rainbow below Bull Shoals Dam during the high water flows. Not too bad for a 13 yr olds first time with a fly rod.
5-1-09 John from TN. landed this respectable White River brown during last weeks rainy weather.
5-2-09 Terry from LA, wade fishing one of the White River shoals with about 3 units of water running!
5-2-09 Sue from LA, landing a rainbow with about 3 units of water running on the White River.
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5-14-09 Wally had a great day fly fishing soft hckles and emergers. Wally and I spent the morning wading below Bull Shoal Dam and the afternoon drifting from the boat.
5-8-09 Jim and his son Rob with a very nice double below Bull Shoals Dam.
5-13-09 Kim and her husband Mike drove from New York to enjoy some wade fishing on wildcat shoals. We did very well with emergers and soft hackles!
5-8-09 After landing a brown trout of about 21 inches, Rob and I managed to let it slip out of the net before we could get a pic. So we settled for this one.
5-8-09 Mary Jane with her first rainbow trout taken on a fly rod.
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5-19-09 Paul had a great day fly fishing below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River useing midge patterns with about two units of water running. This is just one of several rainbows this size to the net!
May19
5-20-09 Marty and Mike, from New York, with a very nice double below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
5-20-09 Marty had an outstanding day! Fly Fishing midge patterns below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River is the ticket!
5-20-09 Mike with just one of several very nice rainbows he landed while fishing midge patterns below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
5-21-09 This was the first fish of the day for David. He did very well on his first trip to the White River!!
5-21-09 Todd, from AL, with his first fish taken on a fly rod. He is proof that NASA engineers can fly fish too!!
5-24-09 Skip, from LA, landed this 20 inch rainbow fly fishing midge patterns below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
5-25-09 Bill, from PA, landed this beautiful brown while fishing prince nymphs at Rim Shoals on the White River.
5-28-09 Carl, a very good fly fisher from PA, enjoyed his first trip to Bull Shoals Dam on the White River!
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5-30-09 Brain, from Chicago, showing his first trout caught on a fly rod. Him and his wife really know how to enjoy the day on the water!!
5-30-09 Kathy and her husband Brian were a blast to have in the boat! Although, she's still not quite comfortable with holding the fish for the perfect photo opp.
6-2-09 Ripp, from LA, with a very nice rainbow that he landed on a hopper pattern below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
6-3-09 Ripp landed this brown trout below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River with a midge pattern. Not bad for his first time with a fly rod!
6-3-09 Ripp with just one of several really nice rainbows he landed while fly fishing below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
6-3-09 Terry, from LA, a long time client and good friend showing one of the rainbows he landed below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
6-5-09 This is a fish of a life time for most people but Matthew did it his first time fly fishing! Not bad for 15yr old!
6-5-09 Matthew loves to fish and is prooving to be quite good at it.
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6-10-09 Sherman, from Virginia, says that your only as old as you feel! At age 86, he continues to fly fish on the White River every chance he gets! He landed this beautiful rainbow below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River while fishing midge patterns.
June10
6-18-09 Charles and five of his friends came from Atlanta to fly fish the White River. They did very well and Charles says they'll be back for more fishing!
6-19-09 Jim, from Atlanta, shows off a very fat and sassy rainbow that he landed below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River while fly fishing with a mayfly emerger.
6-22-09 Tom and his wife Jane are long time clients of mine and it was a joy for me to watch him land this nice brown! He was fishing below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River while useing a midge pattern.
6-23-09 Jane and her husband Tom have fly fished with me for years and it's alway a pleasure haveing them in my boat. Here, Jane shows off her pearl necklace. I mean really nice rainbow Trout that she landed with a mayfly emerger below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
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6-24-09 Bill, from Kansas, enjoyed fly fishing below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River. He landed this rainbow and several others with a mayfly emerger.
June24
6-25-09 Bill Lewis, from TX, earns a steak dinner from his brother Jim after landing this nice bow!
June25
7-3-09 Terry, a long time client of mine from LA, landed this nice brown with a san juan worm. We were fishing below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
7-3-09 Terry landed this bow below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River whilie fishing with a midge pattern.
7-3-09 Sue had a great day of fishing below Bull Shoals Dam, on the White River. I've had the pleasure of fishing with her and her husband Terry for about seven years and we always have a good time on the water!!
July3
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7-7-09 Jim, from KC, makes it down severl times a year to put a stomping on the fish! Enjoyed it Jim!!
July7
7-9-09 Barrett, the young man on the left and locally known as "MR. B", helped his dad, Aaron, land this really nice bow while fishing below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River. Mr. B is a fantastic boatman but net operation is his specialty!!
July9
6-30-09 Theo, a 13 yr. old from Ohio, came down south with his mom and stepdad to fish Dry Run Creek. He did very well on his first fly fishing expedition! He hooked in to several monster browns and landed sveral really nice rainbows! He's well on his way of becomeing a master angler!!
June30
7-17-09 Bob, from Houston TX, enjoys learning new fly fishing techniques as much as landing fish! He did a great job landing this rainbow while fishing a midge pattern below Bull Shoals Dam, on the White River. Enjoyed fishing with you Bob!!
July17
7-21-09 Drakes first nice rainbow on Dry Run Creek.
7-21-09 After spending a very rainy morning on Dry Run Creek with Patrick's son Drake. We decided to drive over to the White River so that Patrick could fish as well. He landed this respectable brown trout below the dam while fishing a midge pattern.
July21
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7-21-09 Drake, From Independence MO, landed this monster brown trout during a rain storm on Dry Run Creek.
7-21-09 At age 12, Drake is proving to be quite the fly fisher. He did a great job with a san juan worm on Dry Run Creek!
8-6-096 Luke Mayfield enjoyed his last trip to Dry Run Creek, before turning 16 this year.
8-6-09 Hard to believe this fish had room for the san juan worm that it took!! You can probably guess which fish had the other in it's mouth!!
August6
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8-28-09 This colorful cutt was caught with a midge pattern below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
August28
8-27-09 A brown trout taken on a hopper pattern below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
August27
8-27-09 Hoppers have been working real well, just ask this brwon trout!
August27
8-27-09 Midge patterns can be very productive on the White River!!
August26
8-27-09 Another nice bow taken with a midge pattern at Bull Shoals Dam on the White River!
August27
8-14-09 Just an example of how pretty these fish are below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River!
August14
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8-27-09 This rainbow fell victim to a hopper pattern below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
August27
8-27-09 Under water shot of a nice bow at Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
August27
8-26-09 Dayton, From TN, landed this fat brown while wadeing below Tool Creek on the White River.
8-14-09 Mark, from LA, landed this very nice rainbow with a huge hopper pattern he has been playing around with. We were fishing below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
August14
8-14-09 This brown was caught with a new soft hackle pattern below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
August14
8-11-09 A nice rainbow taken on the surface at Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
August11
9-6-09 Mac, from Fort Smith AR, with a nice rainbow. Him and his grandson, Chad, enjoyed two good days of fly fishing on the White River!
9-9-09 Judy landed this very nice rainbow while fishing below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River. Her and her husband, Steve, traveled from Lafayette CA to experience what the White has to offer!
Sept.6
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9-15-09 Mark, from LA, shows one of many rainbows this size that he landed on hopper patterns this past week!
9-15-09 Mark with one of several very nice browns he landed while fishing hopper patterns on the White River!
9-15-09 This very nice rainbow fell for a hopper pattern on the White River!
9-15-09 When the conditions are right, rainbows like this one are not that uncommon to land while fishing hopper patterns on the White River!
Sept.15
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9-21-09 Barbara, a long time client from New York, landed this nice rainbow below Bull Shoals Dam, on the White River, while fishing a san juan worm.
9-16-09 Hopper fishing below Bull Shoals Dam, on the White River, can produce some really nice fish. Even in a huge rain storm!
9-24-09 Bill, from Chicago, enjoyed a several good days of fly fishing on the White River during his trip to AR. This is just one of many nice rainbows that he brought to the boat!!
9-27-09 Karl, from St. Louis, enjoyed seeing some hopper action below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River!
10-6-09 This nice brown fell victum to a hopper pattern below Bull Shoals Dam, on the White River!
10-6-09 My fishing buddy Mark, landed this nice bow while fishing from my boat in high water. If I could just get him casting better, he'd do pretty good!!
10-6-09 Randy, from Memphis TN, shows what hopper patterns can produce this time of year below Bull Shoals Dam, on the White River!
10-6-09 Although, we had a late start due to a rain storm. Randy enjoyed a good day of fly fishing below Bull Shoals Dam, on the White River. It was great to have Randy back in my boat!!
10-10-09 Richard, a long time client and one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, landed this nice bow below Bull Shoals Dam, on the White River. It's always a pleasure be on the water with him and his wife, Margaret!!
10-11-09 Duane, from Texas, is new to the sport of fly fishing and did very landing this nice bow while fishing a hopper pattern below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
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10-13-09 Bob, a long time client from St Louis, landed this really nice brown trout below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
10-13-09 Bob, from St Louis, with a nice bow caught with a san juan worm below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
Oct.14
Oct.14
10-22-09 Doff, from Fort Smith AR, shows a very nice rainbow taken on a san juan worm while fishing below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
10-22-09 Doff landed this brown with an egg pattern while fishing below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
Oct.22
Oct.22
10-27-09 My fishing buddy, Mark, strikes again!! We were fishing about ten miles down stream from Bull Shoals Dam, on the White River, when he landed this brown on a streamer pattern.
Oct.27
11-4-9 Nice Cuttroat landed about ten miles downstream from Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
11-9-09 Jim had quite a day on the White River. This nice bow was just one of countless others!!
11-4-09 Mark and I playing around on my guides day off.
11-9-09 Jim, my long time client and good friend, landed this nice brown while fishing egg patterns about 16 miles below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
11-5-09 A decent brown landed about 30 miles downstream of Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
11-9-09 You'll usually see more eagles this time of year on the White River. We spotted these about 12 miles downstream of Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
11-7-09 Betsy, from Dallas, landed this nice brown during her first trip to the White River.
11-11-09 There's always a shot at a big brown. This one was landed about ten miles downstream of Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
11-11-09 Playing around with my under water camera.
11-11-09 With several browns and countless rainbows, John had a great day on the White River!!
11-11-09 John and I with one of his browns. He landed it about 15 miles down stream of Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
11-11-09 Lucian, from TX, with the fish of the week. This brown was landed about ten miles downstream of Bull Shoals Dam on the White River. He and his brother in law John, enjoyed their first trip to the White River and say they'll definately be back!!
11-12-09 Ray, from TN, landed several nice browns during his two day trip. When he wasn't fighting browns, he was schooling the rainbows. Probably see him on the ESPN Outdoor shows in the near future!!
11-12-09 This is Lucians fish after we revived it.
11-15-09 (David, Jon, Tim and Pat) A two day group trip of four people that Jimmy T helped out with. Tons of rainbows and thanks to Tim (pictured with the green jacket)for several nice browns. Tim can lay down some mean line!! Enjoyed it guys!!
11-14-09 One of Tim's brown trout after reviving it.
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11-18-09 Ted, from St. Louis, took a day away from work and fly fished the White River with me. It wasn't his first rodeo. We fished together back in Jan. and had a good time then as well. Enjoyed it Ted!!
11-18-09 Ted with one of several nice browns he landed about eight miles down stream of Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
Nov.18
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11-18-09 Egg patterns can produce nice browns this time of year on the White River!
Nov.19
11-18-09 San juan worms can also produce nice brown trout this time of year on the White River!
11-18-09 White River brown trout!!
11-19-09 Fred enjoyed his first trip to the White River and is planning another for the shad kill!
11-19-09 Fred Gray, a fly fishing guide from Colorado, showing one of the brown trout he landed during our trip on the White River.
Nov.18
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11-27-09 Jason, from California, with a nice brown trout. He's been fly fishing for about ten years but this was his first trip to the White River. Jason did well, with seven browns in this size range to the net!
11-24-09 Local fly fishing legand, Villines, and I spent a day on the water and landed several nice fish like this one. We spent the majority of the day wade fishing about ten miles down stream of Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
11-24-09 White River brown trout, like this one, are keyed in on egg patterns and san juan worms at this time.
11-27-09 One of several brown trout that Jason landed.
Nov.27
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12-1-09 Due to it being the first day of high water after a long period of low flows, we saw some trashy water. However, Jason stuck to our plan and landed several nice browns along with a good number of rainbows. We were fishing about ten miles down stream of Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
12-1-09 After wade fishing his first two days, Jason had an opportunity to fly fish high water(between 6 and 7 units) while drift fishing from the boat on his third day.
Dec.1
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12-11-09 Denee, from Alabama, having fun on a cold winter morning. Her and her husband Kyle, had a good day fly fishing nymph rigs on the White River with the equivalent of nine units of water.
Dec.11
12-11-09 Kyle landed three browns of this size and countless rainbows while fly fishing very high water on the White River.
Dec.11