Tale Waters The Voice of the North Arkansas Fly Fishers November 11, 2020 North Arkansas Fly Fishers Tale Waters The Galyardts to Talk Great Stuff at the North Arkansas Fly Fishers meetings about Fishing Sowbug Roundup are held on the 3rd Tuesday of each Colorado and month. Meetings are held at the Van Wyoming Matre Senior Center located at 1101 Spring St Mountain Home, AR 72653. Membership meeting starts at 7:00 pm. All members and guests are welcome and encouraged to attend. NAFF Board of Directors’ meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the The Auctions and Raffles at Sow- month at 1:00 pm 1st Security Bank bug Roundup provide the money on 9th St. All members are welcome for the conservation and educa- and encouraged to attend. tion projects for the entire year for the North Arkansas Fly Fishers. Visit North Arkansas Fly Fishers Dennis and Amy Galyardt are We have no other source of in- Online at long time NAFF members. The come other than the donations we front range, Rocky National Park www.northarkansasflyfisher.org receive at the show. and Wyoming are their fishing stomping grounds while living in This year we have received several Officers Colorado. That area has plenty of large donations from club mem- President — Dave Boyer (972) 670-2425 ponds, lakes, streams and rivers bers, local merchants, national Vice President — Susan Parsons (618) 791-3638 where they catch over 10 species of Secretary — Patty Lueken ((501) 681-0198 donors and the tyers that attend in Treasurer — Pat Smith (870) 425-3968 fish. Dennis and Amy will be ex- March. The generosity is some- Directors plaining when, where and how times overwhelming and it is all they “Fish in the Wyoming/ our crew of ten sorters and proces- Conservation — Tommy Hagan (870) 430-2091 Property — Kevin Boddy (870) - 421-7804 Colorado Rocky Mountains.” sors can do to keep up. Education — Ceil Gasiecki (219) 776-9620 Membership — Paul Ashton (870) 425-9230 Dennis and Amy, retired educa- The bottom line is that the prizes Past President — Mike Tipton (870) 404-8845 tors, have a long history in the Appd. by Pres. — Danny Barker (870) 424-4110 at Sowbug 2020 surpass anything Ozarks. They had a home on 20 we have had in years past. The acres in Ozark County Missouri quality, as well as quantity, is ex- for 30 years before moving to Col- ceptional. Which means, you bet- Tale Waters is published 2nd Tues- orado to be closer to family. Den- ter start saving your allowance and nis guided on the North Fork of day of each month. Article deadline is be ready to part with it when you 1st Tuesday of the month. the White River in Missouri for 10 buy raffle tickets and bid on silent Staff: Mike Tipton & Rita Billbe years. They continue to teach th Contact: youth and adults the art of fly fish- auctions on March 26 – 28th. [email protected] ing and fly tying. This will be the BIG one! Cont. page 2 Page 2 Each year they have returned to Mountain Home to visit friends, work on Sowbug, and fish. The other eight months are spent in Loveland, Colorado. While there they fish with their two sons and seven grandchildren for trout, bass and panfish. Mike Tipton Lands One On The Spring River February President’s catch with a fly rod. Full sinking Message lines in the lakes are totally differ- For the first time I fished the ent than a 6X tippet and dry fly. Spring River at the Bayou Access Intermediate lines for bass, as well with the Club Trip this last as stripping streamers, is also differ- month. Even though the water was ent. Both take different casting ap- flowing faster than usual, we all proaches as well as retrieval tech- caught fish, a lot on either a green niques. Fishing frogs, mice or large wooly bugger or a Y2K egg pat- hoppers for bass can have explosive tern. As the White and Norfork results. Have you ever had a carp are running high, I thought about take your line into the backing? other fisheries in Northern Arkan- They can. sas and we have a diverse selection When I first started fly fishing with to choose from. Trophy trout fish- my Dad’s old bamboo rod, I ing on the rivers, what most peo- thought fly fishing was for trout ple think of here; but we also have only. Boy was I wrong! Texas taught striper and crappie fishing on the me differently; so to help us diversi- lakes, small mouth, blue gill and fy, I asked about other club trips we other warm water fishing on could take. Mike Tipton will be Crooked Creek and the Buffalo Weather Cancellation looking into some local trips to the River. We even have the greatest Policy different waters, so we have a resource to teach our youth to fish NAFF Activities or Meet- chance to learn new techniques and at Dry Run Creek. ing will be cancelled or experience those other non-trout postponed when the We mostly concentrate on trout species. Fly fishing is all species and Mountain Home Public Schools Cancel Classes. fishing; but I think we would be all waters. What a challenge! wise to diversify and fish other wa- Check KTLO radio web- Tight lines, ters. Both for the different species site for school closing info. and to further develop our tech- Dave Boyer niques needed to successfully Tale Waters Page 3 Fly of the Month Membership Report Sowbug Report 56er Welcome to our latest members, The 2020 Sowbug Roundup is less joining us this last month: than two months away. It will be here on March 26 whether we are Robert Schossow of Mountain ready or not! We will be ready! Home, AR There are a lot of things happen- John Barnhart of Mountain ing that you don’t see. Home, AR Richard Barnhart of Dixon, IL Dave and Emily Whitlock have Recipe: agreed to be the Guests of Honor. Hook - 3 or 4x long streamer Membership totals are now 560 Dave will give a warm water fly Thread - Black members with 394 memberships fishing class at the show followed Tail - wood duck or mallard flank coming into our main renewal pe- up with a hands on class at McCa- Body - grey yarn (Walmart/Hobby riod of the year. If you will be at be Park. Lobby) Sowbug this year, please stop by Belly Stripe - Yellow, green or or- We have 133 tyers scheduled to tie the Membership desk. during the three days of the show! ange yarn 1) Your club membership gets you Hackles - Grizzly saddle The Tyers dinner/party will be into the event for free. held at the American Legion Hall. 2) We can make sure we have your The Raffles and Auctions Super The 56er was designed by Tom correct contact information. Sorting Team has been sorting Nixon and used extensively in the 3) We can make sure you received raffle and auction items like crazy. Rim Shoals area of the White Riv- your Wade guide and club decals Last week they received $2200 er. Tom tied in size 4 to 14 with a when you joined the club. worth of goodies from Yeti. They green, yellow, or orange belly 4) We can handle your member- are still accepting donations! stripe. ship renewal quickly and easily. If you won’t be at Sowbug and Our team of local solicitors has According to the article in Steve your dues are coming due in the been hard at it for over a month. Wright’s book Ozark Trout Tails next few months, we will send you The goodies still keep coming in! this fly can imitate a scud on a renewal notice in April. smaller hooks and immature craw- Duane Hada will be conducting a dads when tied on larger hooks. Paul Ashton, Membership fish painting class on Wednesday. There will be a Ladies Sowbug It fishes like a wooly with a cross Quilting Retreat on Friday. stream cast and short intermittent Don’t Forget! tugs during the retrieve. Fly Tying We will start setting the show up at 9:00 am on Wednesday, March I have fished this fly successfully Every Friday 25. We will have donuts and on the White and Norfork rivers (later) pizza. and Crooked Creek where it At Dally’s works well for small mouth and 1:00 to 5:00 For more information about Sow- blue gill. bug or information on volunteer- ing or donations, please contact Bottom line is this is an old pat- Mike Tipton 870-404-8845 or tern that fishes very well and [email protected]. should be added to your arsenal. Ron McQuay, fly tied by Ron McQuay Page 4 Spring River Report Fly Tying Tip Better Photos I know this is not really a “tying tip” but this will help you and any- one who views your flies on social media. I belong to several tying groups that have postings of flies a tier would like critiqued or want to show off to other tiers. Unfortu- Photo 1 nately, some of the ‘pictures’ are more background than the fly. As a photo is snapped, WE see the fly, but the camera sees it ALL (photo #1). Trying to view and critique such a fly is near impossi- ble, so I have a couple of easy tips to help present your fly that makes Lots of rain over the last month viewing much easier and allows has river levels up.