Now that the spawn is here on the Little Red River I have a little free time again to post and fill you in on some highlights from the last two months.  Unlike most anglers and guides on the Little Red, I choose to leave the spawning Brown trout alone.  I just don't see the joy in catching fish on spawning beds that are already tired and stressed enough from the rigors of spawning... not to mention... its not vey sporting.  Alright... enough of the spawn-rape tirade.

   The last two months have presented a variety of water conditions.  Currently the river is dead low and difficult to navigate, but only 2 and a half weeks ago we had very high flows.  The streamer fishing on the higher flows was fantastic this Fall.  Some highlights:

We also had a very spooky Halloween on the river this year!  It seems most people dressed up like a fisherman like evryone else... boring.  I chose a little different approach.  I got a lot of laughs out of folks out there and that was my goal.  I think sometimes folks are too serious all the time on the water.

Now that the spawn is on fishing for rainbows is the name of the game... here are a few recent catches.

Well... it's back to the tying bench for me.  Gotta get ready for the next trip to the river. 

Keep it bent-

Phil

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  For about the last month and a half things have been pretty good on the Little Red.  Ike and Gustav have given us a little more water than we would like, but because of higher generation in other places and flooding concerns we are seeing fishable flows out of the Greers Ferry powerhouse.

  The water has been dirty due to rainfalls and a large plankton bloom that occurred in the lake when it rose to record levels this spring.  We may be dealing with dingy water on the Little Red for quite sometime due to that.  With all that being said though the fishing has been pretty good.

  Things will get busier as the temps begin to fall some and the fish begin to move.  I'm looking forward to a good couple of months ahead and keeping everything I can crossed that the weather doesn't hurt us again. 

Some recent highlights:

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