The River Journal · Vol. III
Calico Rock · White River Tailwater
Updated three times weekly · April 27, 2026
A logbook of the river
No. 9 entries · since 2024
Logged by Dan M.

River Journal

What the water did, what came off it, and what we found at the end of the day. Three-times-weekly, honest, sometimes a little long.
Today
APR 27
5,020 cfs
Flow
60°F
Water temp
Clear
Clarity
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5,020 cfs
Water temp
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9 total entries
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APR
27
Mon · 2026
Good day

The bend warms

"Caddis came off in clouds at 6:40 — first real hatch of the year. Fish were on it before we were."

Flow
5,020 cfs
Temp
60°F
Clarity
Clear
Hatch
Caddis (heavy)
Spring
APR
24
Fri · 2026
Slow day

Three units, fast water

"Bull Shoals released three units overnight. The river ran high and off-color until late afternoon."

Flow
5,770 cfs
Temp
58°F
Clarity
Stained
Hatch
Sparse
Spring
APR
21
Tue · 2026
Good day

An evening rise, finally

"The shadow line crossed the seam at 7:10 and a half-dozen browns came up at once. We watched more than we fished."

Flow
3,730 cfs
Temp
60°F
Clarity
Clear
Hatch
Sulphurs (light)
Spring
APR
18
Sat · 2026
Slow day

Cold front, slow water

"Wind out of the north all morning, dropped twelve degrees overnight. Fish sulked on the bottom."

Flow
2,690 cfs
Temp
60°F
Clarity
Clear
Hatch
Midges only
Spring
APR
14
Tue · 2026
Steady

First warm afternoon

"Sixty-eight degrees at three. Took the lawn chairs down to the gravel bar and let the rods rest."

Flow
5,310 cfs
Temp
60°F
Clarity
Gin clear
Hatch
Midges
Spring
APR
09
Thu · 2026
Good day

A day with Dale on the boat

"Floated from Wildcat Shoals down to the cabin. Twenty-eight fish to the boat, two over twenty inches."

Flow
3,430 cfs
Temp
61°F
Clarity
Clear
Hatch
Caddis (early)
Spring
APR
04
Sat · 2026
Slow day

Late snow on the bluff

"Two inches overnight, gone by ten. The river never knew."

Flow
4,530 cfs
Temp
57°F
Clarity
Clear
Hatch
Midges
Spring
MAR
30
Mon · 2026
Good day

Streamer evening

"Last hour of light, big bugs, big fish. Three browns over eighteen inches in forty minutes."

Flow
5,050 cfs
Temp
56°F
Clarity
Slightly stained
Hatch
Sparse
Spring
MAR
25
Wed · 2026
Steady

Five days past equinox

"Light is back. The fish know it before we do."

Flow
6,300 cfs
Temp
53°F
Clarity
Clear
Hatch
Midges, first BWOs
Spring
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