I fished the Arkansas again today and had one of my best days ever on the river. The fishing came alive between 2 and 4 and I landed over a dozen butter-belly browns.
I fished between BV and Nathrop until the wind came up and made casting difficult. There were some caddis and BWO in evidence but no real hatch and no fish rising. I did have a couple of fish hit the stimulator I was using as an indicator but I took all the fish on either a prince nymph or a small flash-back pheasant tail nymph.
I was curious so I just measured my net. The opening is 12 ¾” by 15″. The net bow is cherry wood and was hand made for me by Ron Thompson of Shelby, Ohio. Thanks Ron I’m sure you’ll be happy to know I’m putting it to good use.
By Tuesday afternoon the sun was out and the river above Howard was in decent shape. I guided for ArkAnglers for a group of visiting businessmen on an day out from their meetings in the Springs. This is my second season working as an on-call, part-time guide for ArkAnglers. 