Fly Fishing the White River, Arkansas

Just got home from a super trip fly fishing the White River, Arkansas.  After last years trip in April my buddy and I planned a return this May.  However, the rona thing casued us to phostphone until May.

The caddis hatch was on the down side but we found some rainbow, cutthrout and brown trout willing to eat dry flies but the nymph bite was great all day.  My buddy brought his hog island, which was nice since we only had low flows until about 2 pm each day.

The Corps of Engineers would bump the flows up to about 4 or 5 units each afternoon.  This provided a chance to throw streamers.  Althought, we would have rather had the lower flows and nymphed...but you take what you can get.  Trust me we were super happy to be fly fishing the White River and not a complaint was heard. 

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Check out the two videos below to seehow great th fishing was, inspite of it being at the end of the caddis bite.  We'll be back up next year, but probably a few times before that also.

Part 1

Part 2

Fly Fishing the Iowa Driftless (w/ free maps) and video

Hey guys wanted to put up some resource's that I have found very useful during the last few years travel to the Iowa Driftless.  These are free to use and provide maps, stream type, access, and a ton of other information that is really helpful.

Links:
Iowa DNR - Trout Streams Map
Winneshiek County Trout Streams Map
Allamakee County Trout Streams Map

 The first, is the Iowa Dept of Natural Resources page.  They have a great website that provides a ton of information about their trout water.  Definitely want to give this a look if you're traveling to the areaa.

Second are the free maps.  You can download the map via, pdf link or you can grab one at the Decorah, IA visitors center or probably any visitors center in the area.  I just mentioned Decorah, IA becasue I picked up mine there a few years back.
These colored maps are super helpful.  They are packed with stream information, parking access, type of trout (wild vs stocked) and provide a written description on the back for each stream.

Video from the trip