Beaver

Fishing Report 12-14-09

feeds@yuku.com (zhoyt) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:21:25 GMT

Generation has been sporadic, but there is some low water wading at some point during the day. During periods of low water, try swinging small soft hackles (sizes 14-18) or stripping small streamers such as wooley buggers, .56ers, slump busters or sparrows (sizes 8-12). Also, try nymphing with small scuds, sowbugs, pheasant tails and zebra midges (sizes 14 - 20) using 6x or 7x tippet with a 9 to 12 foot leader. Use as small an indicator as possible in natural colors like white, blue or black...

TRip Report 12-7-09

feeds@yuku.com (zhoyt) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:17:52 GMT

I copied this from my blog.....the original can be viewed here:
http://justfishinguides1.wordpress.com/

I was needing to get away and wet a line…..badly. So I took Monday morning and headed to the Dam. A combination of cold weather, beginning of the week, etc, would mean very little fishing traffic. I arrived at the ramp to one other fisherman. We chatted about what was working and the way winter had...

Fishing Report 12/8/09

feeds@yuku.com (zhoyt) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:43:37 GMT
Water releases have slacked off some and the Table Rock Lake level has gone down so there is much more wading access. The fish have been staying near the bottom and hitting mostly nymphs. Sowbug/scud patterns, small mayfly nymphs such as pheasant tails and copper johns and bead head midge patterns have been working best. Small olive woolly buggers fished with a sink-tip line are picking up nice fish.

New Winter Hours At The Dam Store

feeds@yuku.com (midge master) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:57:27 GMT
Starting Mon. the 7th of Dec. we will be closed Mon.-Thurs. and open Fri.-Sun. 7am to 5pm
If you need anything the days we are closed, feel free to call me on my cell [479-244-7200].
If i,m around I can met you at the store so you can get what you need.
Thanks
Bryce[midge master]

Midge Master

feeds@yuku.com (Drew Creek) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:30:33 GMT
Bryce:
Haven't been up to Beaver yet.... way to much on my plate and a huge backlog. What's the number I can call to find out about the current generation conditions at Beaver? I have the number for Norfork/Bull Shoals.

Is there any word on when they'll start releasing water from Beaver to lower it down to TPP?

Dave

FOUND!!! at Beaver Tailwater 11-25, and trip report

feeds@yuku.com (skillet283) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:36:59 GMT
I fished the dam ramp area at Beaver on Wednesday afternoon. It was very slow. I netted 3 fish, maybe missed a couple more takes and had one LDR. The only thing that seemed to work was gray and silver zebra midge, fished deep and twitched every now and then. Overall pretty boring day.

On my way out I did find somebody's fly reel. Looks like it had fallen off a bumper or top of car. Unfortunately it also looks like it got run over, as it won't turn at all. If you are...

Healthier habitat coming??

feeds@yuku.com (zhoyt) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:26:00 GMT
Just wanted point this out from the article I posted on Norfork in the Conservation section......

The commission also approved a budget increase of $110,000 to improve trout habitat in the White River below Beaver Lake. The money will come from a federal grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Fishing report 11/13/09 and Conditions Update

feeds@yuku.com (Scott Branyan) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:08 GMT
Water has been running more as the corps tries to keep the lake level under 1129 msl. Last week they had been running all morning before shutting down around noon. Generation came on again in the late afternoon. Friday, they shut off around 9:00, and folks were wade fishing soon after. Our fishing was very slow. In talking with other anglers, nine or ten fish for the afternoon seemed average on assorted methods. Fishing was best around early afternoon for us. There are some larger, beautiful...

Dam Store website

feeds@yuku.com (Publisher) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:23:34 GMT
Bryce, the website beaverdamstore.com looks like it has been hijacked to a holding page labled ice2017.com. Even google links are redirecting to that page.

I looked it up to get the phone number to call you about the water conditions...will try you later but thought you would want to know about the site as soon as possible and didn't have an email address for you directly.

One Fly

feeds@yuku.com (BFuller) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:41:41 GMT
Will there be a one fly this year or have I missed it?

Stimulus funds to improve fishing at Beaver Lake

feeds@yuku.com (BFuller) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:46:56 GMT

Stimulus funds to improve fishing at Beaver Lake pkloer

Updated: 2009-10-26 10:57:45

To restore the quality of trout fishing at Beaver Lake's...

Report 10/22

feeds@yuku.com (Scott Branyan) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:29:41 GMT
Beaver tailwater has fished pretty well the past couple of days with Table Rock getting down under 919 now. Very restricted wade fishing still. Afternoon generation pattern has been broken with occasional morning generation over the past week. Water came on at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday. It ran from 5:00 a.m. to around 8:00 a.m. Wednesday morning and was off for the rest of the day.

Dark woolly buggers have been working well. Also a good variety of nymphs fished deep about 6-8 feet under an...

Report for 10-14

feeds@yuku.com (davek) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:57:10 GMT

Fished below Beaver in my kick boat starting about 9:30 and finishing about 3:30. I worked my way from Parker up past the turn around to the steps in the campground. The short story is that the fishing was slow but enjoyable. I experimented with several different patterns at various depths but didn't catch more than two at any one spot. My top fly (which I didn't tie on until 2:00) was a diamond midge fished at about 6 ft deep. I did...

Itching for the Bite

feeds@yuku.com (zackro) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:46:14 GMT
Nice job excavating those trout-hungry striper from the river fellars. From the sounds of it the river seems to have come down closer to normal than when i was there last. I make it to spider creek twice a year but have had to fish spider tablerock the last few seasons. Really jonesing to catch some trout, hopefully table rock lake has gone down, so I can go back to my normal fall routine. Liked reading all the posts FISH ON!

Tailwater suprise

feeds@yuku.com (jsmartt) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:43:48 GMT
A fishing buddy and I were fly fishing the artificials only area below beaver dam last Saturday and did quite well with olive wolly buggers. About mid afternoon we decided to call it quits and began working our way up river to the walk in access just upstream from the new log cabin. We stopped for a few casts at the big hole just below the cabin. (the hole is not as big as it used to be since a lot of gravel has washed into it from the high water earlier this spring and summer). Anyway as...

Beaver Tailwaters Report 9-5-09

feeds@yuku.com (zhoyt) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:31:24 GMT
Lots of canoe traffic has had fish on the tailwaters rather skittish. They are still catchable though. Weather has been very nice to us with mild temperatures and comfortable amounts of rainfall. The water below the damn is starting to lower back to normal levels with the other Dam Systems on the White unloading their water. The fish have been feeding well this spring and summer, so they are nice a plump. Guys using spincast gear should try a smaller rainbow or brown trout colored rebel hard...

Didymo on Beaver

feeds@yuku.com (zhoyt) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:16:01 GMT
Sad but true. Ken and I fished Beaver Saturday morning and found some good amounts of this stuff floating around.

Beaver Lake Cleanup September 26,2009

feeds@yuku.com (zhoyt) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:45:13 GMT
Not so much about our Tailwaters.........but.......

Schedule of events for 2009 Annual Beaver Lake Cleanup
Saturday September 26th, 2009

7:30 to 8:00AM - Registration
Volunteers can check in at 7:30AM at the launch ramp at one of the following parks -
Prairie Creek Park
Hickory Creek Park
Rocky Branch Park
Lost Bridge Park
Supplies and lunch tickets will be distributed at the check-in.

8:00 to 11:30AM - Cleanup
...

beaver report 08-16-09

feeds@yuku.com (Drifter) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:58:38 GMT
Beaver tailwaters is a little high from Table Rock. Wading is tough at the crossings. Why is the best places on the other side of the river. The clients were mainly spin fishing. The fish were mostly K-Mart fish and would follow the plugs to the boat and turning off. Guess they were waitnig for the blue light special. We really need more Walmary fish in there. They buy (bite) any thing. At crane roost bluff the fihing picked up and they tried some fly fishing after I picked up 5 fish in about...

Beaver Drawn Down Complete

feeds@yuku.com (Scott Branyan) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:33:25 GMT
Beaver lake is back to normal managed lake level. Generation was shut down today until around 2:00 p.m.

Table Rock is slightly high and this will make crossing the river in areas impossible until TR comes down a little more. Paving operations are still ongoing this week and the road from Bertrand to Parker Bend is still closed.

I was on the tailwater last evening and again this morning. Fishing was not spectacular. Some nice fish in the slot limit and throughout the...