Here's the situation as best I can describe it.
The White river flooded it's banks, leaving a lot of water to subside. Greer's Ferry dam(the dam that controls the Little Red) is a good bit above generation pool. Now, Greer's Ferry needs to get water off the dam but can't because the Little Red runs into the White. So, temporarily there is somewhat restricted generation out of Greer's Ferry. So the fishing is at least decent...as long as you fish in the morning that is. They were generating from (about) 9am -noon(And then some I think). Afternoons were a washout for the most part. The generation schedule said only on hour of generation in the am and that cost a whole afternoon of fishing. I HATE when they do that!! Just stick to the %#@$%@# schedule!!
Got to fish with my daughter who attends a nearby college. We had a blast together. She really has the fly fishing gene and needs to stick with it. She's only fly fished maybe 3 times before and she spent the whole morning fishing a slow-moving water section and NEVER ONCE got her line tangled up! She caught 3-4 rainbows on drift flies.
I drifted from the dam to Cow Shoals in the kayak on Sat afternoon. A waste of fishing time since they generated but a nice float anyway made easier by faster-moving water.
White river out of it's banks:
"Island" at well-known spot
Greer's Ferry dam (don't bust now!)
Daughter with a nice rainbow
Roughly a 16 in. brown
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