A year to be thankful for. ADIOS 2014, bring on 2015

Well it seems to have been quite a while since may last post and without due cause, but I have overcome some major medical issues and now can proceed with the rest of my days. After spending my entire spring and summer sidelined with recouping from  surgery I have time to look back and still be thankful for the time I have spent with the people that mean the most to me. After an entire season had past I did get a chance to do some fishing and teaching some fly tying classes. It seems as if flyfishing is much like riding a bike, if you fall off you need to pick yourself back up and grab the handle bars and pedal on. The little fishing that i have done was productive. Mostly spring creek and local stuff, I did manage to get out to the West Branch and even Pulaski twice. Valley Creek still my favorite and even in late November manage to drum up a few fish on olives. Not a bad year and I am very lucky to still be here. I missed out on some friends  and have met a few new one too. I am so ready for 2015 and plan to make up for my lost time on the water this season. We already have plans and dates for our 2015 season and are planning a few new adventures this coming year. Happy Thanksgiving and have a Merry Christmas.  I looking forward to seeing you On the Run!!!


Steve

The White River and the Norfork April 4-5

Fish with our pals from Arkansas for a few days and had great number of fish in the boat. Despite the cooler then normal temps for Arkansas this time of year the fishing was up and down. The White River is running much colder then normal and the fish are still in winter mode. The surface action was no were to be found on the White but the nymph fishing was right on point. Most of the fishing was done with zebra midges and caddis larvas. All seven of our guest had a good day on the White, but the fishing was not up to par for this most spectacular river. Day two found us down on the Norfork with better water conditions and some bugs on the surface. Everyone had double digit day with fish with some fat rainbows making the day fun. One of our guest even hit the quadfecta day with a cutthroat rainbow brown trout and brookie. I just missed the quadfecta myself not able to get that cutthroat in the boat. I always want to thank Larry Babin, Paul Bobby

and Dominic Zametto for there expert knowledge on these river. They make it look easy some times. Have a good spring and I will see you on the run.

Steve