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JUNE 4 to the 10, 2001 Well, it was that time of year again.
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the Northfork
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Larry Carli - John Maples - L.C. Clower and
Brenda -
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Bull Shoals State Park 
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-Guerry Simmons  Guerry makes his coffee the old fashioned way, "One cup at a time." (pictured Guerry, John, Larry and DK and Jason discussing flies.) - |
Jason Got his first shot at fishing in Arkansas on the
Northfork We fished down stream, but eventually went back to below
the dam. Fishing has always been been good to me there. The
first fish I ever caught in Arkansas was in this stretch of water. Jason
seemed to like it. Even though it was about 45º to 55º
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And, true to form, I
did catch a fish here. I was using a substitute muddler with
the barb bent down and it had  passed
the T-shirt test. However, I spied an Arkansas fish and game truck
in the parking lot and decide to try the same "test" on my vest.
The fly flunked! It was about that time that I saw John M.
talking to a couple of guides about the increased flow tests. I decided
to join them, until the AF&G agent left. But He came down and
joined us. So for the next few hours I stood there smiling and nodding,
knowingly at everything that was said... |
We returned to Bull Shoals Campground and decided
to try the trophy trout area, up stream. I was not  having
much luck, when I noticed my rod was acting strange. Earlier in the
day I'd put a fly into the bamboo just below the second ferrule.
The rod was starting to give way at that point. Jason,
on the other hand, kept going up stream and hooked up with two very
nice fish, one 18 in and the other a little smaller. |
 (Ron, John, L.C., Guerry, Steve, Jason behind Larry and DK) Bill Todd arrived later that night and remarked on a "Pink Electric Bird?" Larry got the quote of the clave award with, "You mean by the string chili pepper lights? that's us." Later Jason got instruction on how to tie the "Scud." from Larry and Bill.  |
 But, of course as these things go, it didn't stay that way for long. The whole gang ended up discussing where to go and how to fish this day. 
(Ron, Jason, Steve, Larry, Brenda, John, L.C., "Floyd" and Bill) |
 We followed the crowd down Wildcat Shoals but ran into John M and Ron G. who'd actually been fishing behind us.  |
what ever I said, it must have been funny! John and I exchanged rods for a few test casts. How do some folks make it look so easy...  |
It was time for a visit to Rim Shoals. The
water here is 
decidedly warmer than at wildcat or the Northfork, which was good because,
by this time my waders (Yep - I'd tried a quick repair) were leaking more
than in the morning. I hooked and lost one nice fish and another
small fish. Had several bites but couldn't get a stick on them.
Jason also hooked what he considered the best fish of the trip, but we
never got a look at it. This time I'm having problems holding the
camera! But look
at the bend in that rod! |
Home sweet home. Not to shabby for a couple of Florida Crackers.
If you're flying into the area you could do a lot worse. The park
has two of these "Rent a Camps" located right next to the trophy
trout area below the dam.
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 What's
a Bar-B-Q without cooks? And that's one thing that NoArk
has plenty of. If you come to a NoArk you won't go away hungry!
Of course Steve had his famous Red Beans and Rice. But I didn't get
a picture of it. I was too busy eating!
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Bill Todd brought his new creation - corn bread - he's now required to bring the same each and every NoArk.
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FOOD! |
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Tall tails r' us. |
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Waiting for the swap |
"It was this tall or this long" |
John Stanford and friend showed up Saturday evening for the BBQ, but I didn't get any good picks of them.... |
"I'll be back" |
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"I"m taking my coffee and going home now..." |
See you all next year...
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Now that you've enjoyed my web page, try john sanfords pictures from the BBQ. |
