Fly Fishing Helps
Be sure to also search the video post category on the blog for instructional videos.
- Fly-Fishing the Shad Kill (PDF)
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Some thoughts on threadfin shad and how to fish the shad kill phenomenon on the White River tailwaters and reservoirs.
- An Assessment and Analysis of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities Associated with the Appearance of Didymosphenia geminata in the White River Below Bull Shoals Dam
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ADEQ's full report on Didymo in the White River.
- Wade Safety on the White River Tailwaters
- Ten Mistakes Anglers Make (PDF)
- How to Fill Your Fly Box (PDF)
- Understanding the Spawn
Facts and arguments against fishing to spawning trout.
- White River Access
A visual and text description of access points (under development).
- AGFC Snake Guide
A fact booklet on Arkansas snakes.
- White River FAQs
Corps of Engineers FAQs on how they operate the White River dams
- Annotated Fly-Fishing Bibliography
- Rising Water (Quick Time Movie File 4.7MB)
Anglers coming to the White River tailwaters for the first time can have a hard time understanding the daily and extreme fluctuations in river stages that can occur due to hydropower generation. Here's a time-lapsed narrated video showing the beginning of rising water at Rim Shoals on Bull Shoals tailwater. It at least gives an inkling of what one may expect. Video lasts about 6-minutes.
- Understanding Minimum Flow