Louisiana Fly Fishing

First time fishing the little red river...Great fun chasing fresh water trout!  I fly fished when I was a kid, and then in Colorado many years ago,  I just got into fly fishing again and just got back October 28th 2018 from a week fly fishing along the little red river,  all wading with no guide in between dam water releases.......  caught about 15 nice size 18" rainbows, but the days I fished it was raining all day..... the 24" rainbows were jumping 2 f.t out of the water 10 ft. out of my casting range..... they were feeding on adult midges on the surface,  I caught most on midge pupa, and emergers....  I down loaded a power plant release schedule which worked perfect.... I want to return and fly fish some of the other shoals with public access...I drove my sprinter camper and stayed at the Corp John F Kennedy camp ground at the base of the dam, which is first come first served this time of year.......  I want to try Beaver dam 125miles north of the little red river also, and possible Norfork dam areas in the future.

I want to take a future trip to New Mexico San Juan, also know some various Colorado streams not on the map, and the snake river......when I retire in about a year....   

interested in meeting people with same interests

Hello

I know the generation schedules are a must !( I have it on my smart phone ) for fishing any of the Arkansas tail waters.  I plan my trips around the generation amounts. ( No fish biting at Generations )I want to try the beaver Dam tail water ...rainbows only but less traffic then Norfork, Bull shoals, or the little red.....same corps type of camp grounds. Course The little red has great fall Browns migration ....my next trip to the little red I will bring a screen type tent to place at my campground site and drive my Mercedes pleasure way sprinter to fish down river shoals, being the campground is first come first served ..( if I leave someone would take my spot without a tent on site. )  people in the know drive to down stream shoals, I want to fish Libby shoals,  Parking and a long ripply shoal, where a lot of nice fish are caught .......My pleasure way sprinter makes a nice place to retreat for lunch or hot coffee and heater to warm up without coming back to the camp ground !  ( www.swpa.gov ) this will give you all the Arkansas tail water generation schedules for all tail water mentioned above.

Still want to plan a trip to San Juan tail water New Mexico, Have an invite from a fellow sprinter owner living on the San Juan

Tight lines    my email : vidwize@yahoo.com   if you need fly fishing partner       

Peter Carew