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Great video looks like y'all had a blast. Wife and I are heading to Macks Pine in Oct. staying a week for vacation and riding atv trails. Will be our 1st time to ride there.
What is the regulations there. Catching and release? Barbless? Are there size limits? Have a trip planned for July on the greers ferry and would love to do some trout fishing.
I am moving back to Arkansas (To Searcy from Biloxi ) and am sooo looking to fly fishing for trout again, what weight are you using, I can't tell if its 4 or ?
I predominantly use a 3wt rod with 7x leader/tippet. It’s a bit finesse but a blast to use with the average size trout the Little Red produces now. If you have a 4wt or 5wt, those will do just fine fishing weighted flies under an indicator. 5x leader/tippet is fine to use too. Best of luck to you!
On the stretch of river running through Heber Springs, there are 4 walk in access areas. Each of them have plenty of shoal area to get out and wade. JFK park, Cow Shoals, Barnett Access, and Libby Shoals. If you’ve never been on the Little Red before, I recommend JFK Park at the Dam. It’s a beautiful area with plenty of shoals to spread out away from other anglers. They charge a fee now to access that area, I believe it’s only $5, but well worth it. All of the other walk in access are free to use at this time.
Definitely get out and enjoy yourself, life is too short not to. I typically run between 6 - 8psi. If my wife is going with me then I’ll keep it at 8psi just to help with the added weight. I carry a DC powered tire inflater with us incase anyone needs an adjustment or gets a puncture.
There is also an annual pass you can purchase for the Ozark St. Francis National Forests. It’s called a “Seasonal Day Use Permit”. It is $30 and well worth the hassle in my opinion if you plan to ride often. I agree though, the trails do not get nearly the attention they need. Especially after large storms.
You can go onto the Forest Service website for Ozark-St. Francis National Forest and there should be a number listed for the Forest’s Office. You can call that and do everything over the phone, then they’ll send your year pass to you through the mail. Btw sorry for the late response. For some reason I’m just now being notified about your comment.
Forestry and state police will give you a $500 to $1000 fine for taking that trail along the road. They want you on the high way. You can ride the high way for up to 12 miles from trail to trail. great video sub.
Thank you for letting me know about that. I was under the impression it that area was owned by Mack’s Pines and considered their property. I feel an exception should be made for those areas by law enforcement since it is well known people come up to that part of the country for recreational riding, helping to bring tax money into the local community. Good information though, thank you for sharing!
Hello Eric! This trip was mostly fished at the second pipe outlet down river from Greers Ferry Dam. The entire section of the river from the JFK boat launch up to the dam is great fishing. Be certain you’re fishing under the regulated conditions, so not to catch any fine from a game warden. Best of luck to you brother! I’ll be making many more fly fishing content once the weather begins cooperating; be sure to keep an eye out for them in the near future, as I’ll be giving advice and showing other great locations along that river.
You can never go wrong fishing a sowbug near the bottom. Most of the trout I caught in the video were on Zebra Midges and Adams dry flies. I typically fish nymphs around size 16, seldom occasions do I fish a size 14. No larger than 5x tippet, I typically fish 7x tippet but that’s living life on the edge. I wish the best of luck to ya’ll! :)
