Cotter and Mountain Home, Arkansas · USA
Dam-controlled river. Flow here follows releases upstream, so it can change within hours. Check the release schedule before you drive.
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Day ratings weigh rain first (it raises and colors the river), then wind.
Flow: USGS White River near Norfork, AR. Recent readings are provisional. Normal range: the middle half of past flows for these dates. Forecast: National Weather Service.
Year-round; caddis Mar–May, sulphurs late May–Jun, fall and winter streamers for big browns Wrong?
Two cold tailwaters below Bull Shoals and Norfork dams, best known for large brown trout. Flows swing with power generation, so most guiding is from motorized jon boats and wading is limited to low-water periods.
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Fly into SGF Springfield, then 2.5–3 hr (XNA Northwest Arkansas about 3 hr; LIT Little Rock about 3 hr). About 125 miles (201 km) by road. Marker on the White River at Cotter; Bull Shoals Dam is about 25 river miles upstream, and the Norfork joins at Norfork, about 20 miles downstream.
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Driving from Springfield about 2 hr 20 min, Little Rock about 3 hr 20 min, Memphis about 4 hr 10 min, Tulsa about 4 hr 30 min.
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Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
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