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Spring is typically a wet, often stormy, time in the Ozarks. With saturated soils and recharged aquifers, our rivers rise quickly in response to almost any rain. Subsequently, scheduling a trip to coincide with fishable water can be a mix of good planning and luck. But when it all comes together, you’ll find some ofContinue reading “The Challenges of Spring Fishing”

As is often the case, summer’s low, clear, water lasted well into fall this year and we enjoyed a run of great fishing using a dry fly with a nymph suspended below it. Our rig typically consists of a large, high-floating terrestrial pattern teamed with a small beadhead nymph. Most fish take the nymph, butContinue reading “Fall Dry/Dropper Fishing”