White River Fishing & River Report
Wednesday March 10, 2010
River Levels
The water levels on the White River tailwater change daily due to the 8 turbine generators on the Bull Shoals dam that the Corps of Engineers operates hydroelectric power. The discharge of water is proportional to the number of turbine generators operating during the day. For the current water levels, call the Bull Shoals Powerhouse (870) 431-5311. The recorded message is report of current conditions only, not a forecast for future water releases.
Hatches
Midges.
Fly Patterns
Standard Flies: Caddis, red asses, 56'ers, Copper Johns, Prince, Birds Nest, woolly buggers and scuds. Big flies: crawfish, sculpins, Zonkers etc. can take some bigger brown trout when the water is up some.
14 Day Forecast
The White has reached power pool. It looks like they are running 2 units almost 24 hours per day. That is enough water to get a boat up and down the river and still allows wadeable water too. This should continue unless another rain storm occurs.
The Sow Bug Roundup is happening in the next two weeks. The corp is
going to do their best to have the generators off during peak fishing
times for the event.