Norfork Tailwater

It is only two miles from the dam at Norfork Lake to the White River, but this short stretch packs quite a punch! Its waters are the place of fishermen’s dreams, sporting all four species of trout—rainbow, brown, brook and cutthroat. During generation, wading is tough, but access by boat and drifting fishing is excellent. There are several public accesses on the river at low water. Ackerman’s accesses the lower part of the catch-and-release area in the lower part of the river and has premiere fly water for both the novice and the experienced angler.

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Dry Run Fun

John “Junior” Boatwright is a fine fly fisher, a regular on these pages and man with a serious sense of humor.

He gave me the giggles when he emailing wanting to book Chad and myself for what he described as the Dry Run Creek Goat Rodeo: Four kids under 12, 3 of whom were novices to fly rods. In actual fact it was easy _ they were all great kids, and Dry Run held them enthralled. read more…

Berry’s Norfork Trip, February 14

I awoke to the crack of thunder. My yellow lab, Ellie, is storm phobic. I could hear her moving restlessly about the foot of the bed. She was where she wanted to be, in the bedroom with us, but did not like what was going on. I got up and checked the weather. There was a front that was moving quickly through. The forecast for the afternoon (sunny, sixty eight degrees but very windy) was much better. As is usual, my mind turned to fishing. I figured that it should be a nice afternoon to go fishing. read more…

Winter is here

I glanced at the thermometer that is located in the corner of my rear view mirror on my way to River Ridge Inn to meet up with my client. It was fifteen degrees. I felt pretty confident that I could handle the cold weather but I was concerned about my client, a first time fly fisher. I arrived a few minutes early and Scott was a bit reluctant to jump into the weather. He invited me into his cabin for a cup of coffee. We chatted for a few minutes and waited for the sun to get a bit higher in the sky. About the time it had warmed up to around thirty two, he was ready to start. read more…

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