The Corp Lakes Forecast shows Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes back at power pool on Tuesday, so some more low water periods are in the offing, perhaps if we are all lucky as soon as this weekend.

WHITE RIVER: Summer conditions are in full swing with a heavy mist blanketing the river most mornings. Its nice and cool out there early.

Through the early morning hours the generation has been light, most times around a unit or a little less, before the heat driven generation ramps up through the morning and gets big in the afternoons. But this gives some decent windows of lower water for wading certain areas like Roundhouse (watch for the poison ivy we have been told is rampant along the bank), Wildcat, the Rim Shoals Islands, Cane Island etc.

Some of these are best accessed by a boat or other watercraft, remember the Rim Shoals Resort shuttle service.

On these sorts of flows remember to use some extra weight and/or more length between your weight and the indicator to make sure you are getting down into the slower, food zone close to the bottom. This might mean some split shot, or simply going to a heavier lead fly like a 12 or 14 instead of a 16. Since the change in the regulations to allow more than one fly in catch and release zones this has become a popular tactic for our guides and regular customers.   Pick a Clint’s Sunday Special, larger Copper Johns, Vladi Nymphs or Bottom Rollers, or larger Pheasant Tails and Hare’s Ears.

Whitetail Midges, in red or black, Clint's Black Tungsten Midges and regular Zebra Midges are all good trailers, plus Davy’s Sowbugs.

On the lower flows we have been getting decent reports on a variety of terrestrials and attractor dries fished “hopper dropper style. On low water or less than 2 units this can be very effective and a whole lot of fun. Rainy’s Grand Hoppers, Stimulators, Rubber legged Para Hoppers and Club Sandwiches will all work well.

On the high flows streamers like the Zoo Cougar, Stay Hungry Streamer, and Circus Peanuts and Dungeons are all worth working the banks.