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-red soft hackles
-red ***(soft hackle with a little peacock herl in the middle)
-olive soft hackles
-olive wooley buggers
-egg patterns(but may not work yet at that time of year)
-small brown wooley buggers will get the brookies in Norfork)
-sow bugs, sow bugs, sow bugs
-scuds
-zebra midges!! red worked best last time.
Don't forget some Pheasant tail or Copper johns. They seem to work. That said, the fly I almost always start off with on the White is a tan scud.
John Berry posts a regular water and fishing report for the White River System that can be read at http://www.berrybrothersguides.com/fishingreport.html . It will give you some information on the water and weather conditions as you get ready to go.
TxEngr
The White is trout fishing at it's finest. You don't need many different fly patterns. Sow bugs in different colors, black zebra midge, sculpin patterns and olive wooly buggers. Go to rim shoals, that is a catch and release area, with lots of pocket water. I've been there 2X and I love it. 15" rainbows really, really fight. Wildcat shoals and the narrows are good too. I tell you what I wish I lived there, the fishing is so good.
-JK
Add a tan scud to the list and you are set! It's my no. 1 fly on the White.Quote:
Originally Posted by jkilroy