Charles Crolley wrote:
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Questions:
Does anyone here have a system or strategy for fishing these
tailwaters when they're up and running full-blast?

Sure, it involves a 22 foot jon boat, salmon eggs, and
a piece of lead the size of your thumb. Not recommended
for a fly rod.

What flies and
techniques work for you?

Sow bugs, sow bugs, sow bugs.

How do you recognize "fishy" water?

It hums.

Because of my location, I'm fairly limited to tailwater fishing, so
this is going to continue to be a deal, and I'd appreciate any ideas
anyone may have.

The dam next door, the Norfork, doesn't generate as much
and has better *fly fishing* than Bull Shoals. Same deal,
sow bugs. But if you can get to Bull Shoals you can get
to some fairly decent trout water upstream in Missouri.
That would be my recommendation.

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Ken Fortenberry