Flip Putthoff
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Recent Stories
Two Ways To Trout
RAINBOWS BITE FLIES, JIGS AT WHITE RIVER
LAKEVIEW — Most fishermen go with the flow when the generators are cranking at Bull Shoals Dam and the White River rages. Read More »
NWA FISHING REPORT
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Beaver Lake: Good fishing comes to those who wait, and the wait for better fishing is nearly over. Read More »
THE FLIP SIDE: Tailwater Benefits From Stimulus Cash
IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED BELOW BEAVER DAM
LITTLE ROCK — Some federal government stimulus money is on its way to stimulate the trout fishing below Beaver Dam. Read More »
Guides Share Crappie Tips
ANGLERS LEARN JIG, MINNOW TECHNIQUES
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — The water’s cold now, but crappie fishing at Beaver Lake will heat up with each warm day. Read More »
Arkansas’ Outdoors Remain Busy Realm
Reports Good From Parks, Lakes, Retailers
Less folding money in the billfold meant more time outdoors in quest of low-budget fun on the water and in the woods. Read More »
Eagle Pair At Home On Lake
Parents Appear Ready To Hatch Young For Fifth Time
A pair of bald eagles tending a nest at Beaver Lake are expecting again. Read More »
THE FLIP SIDE: Biologist Excited About Walleye
STUDY SHOWS GOOD POPULATION AT BEAVER LAKE
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Beaver Lake could be one of the premier walleye lakes in the state in a few years.” Those excited words came from Arkansas Game & Fish Commission fisheries biologist Ron Moore on Wednesday, three weeks into research on the walleye, striper and hybrid striper population at Beaver. Research involves catching fish in gill nets to determine their age and growth rate. The work will ensure good striper and hybrid fishing at Beaver, but it’s the walleye that really have Moore revved up. Read More »
NWA FISHING REPORT
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Beaver Lake: Milder weather has awakened anglers and fish at Beaver Lake. Read More »
RAPTORS RULE
CARNIVORES WOW PARK CROWD
ROGERS — The turkey vulture perched on Lynn Sciumbato’s wrist hammed it up for the crowd, peering at a captive audience with beady black eyes and spreading its wings like a dark angel. Read More »
Teen Aims For Career In Shooting
Student Excels In Self-Defense Events
Nikki Pinto might not be the champion pistol shooter she is today if not for an off-the-cuff question from her father. Read More »
Latest photos:
Dixie Ambroes, left, points out geological features on the Beaver Lake shoreline during a training cruise for volunteers who will guide Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area boat tours of the lake. Ambroes teaches geology and astronomy at NorthWest Arkansas Community College. Park volunteer coordinator Terry Elder, center, and volunteer Bruce Pertle listen to Ambroes.
Published March 13, 2010
Photo by Flip Putthoff
Paul Bobby, a White River trout fishing guide, shows one of the many rainbow trout that bit flies and jigs during high water on the White River below Bull Shoals Dam.
Published March 11, 2010
Photo by Flip Putthoff
Sandy Kapka, left, works flies while guide Paul Bobby fishes jigs in an eddy off the main flow of the White River.
Published March 11, 2010
Photo by Flip Putthoff
Rainbow trout eagerly pounced flies and jigs worked in eddies and along current seams.
Published March 11, 2010
Photo by Flip Putthoff
Jason Piper and his daughter, Katelyn, catch crappie at Beaver Lake last October.
Published March 11, 2010
Photo by Flip Putthoff