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Hello, everyone!
I hope you enjoyed your Christmas and New Year… Steve and I did. Yup, we had some quiet, alone time… It was great!
Anyway, today I have another story that my Daddy, Bob Watts, wrote about fishin’ the White River that I wanted to share with you… I hope you enjoy it!
The Big ‘Un – [...]
Wow… it’s hard to believe the holiday season is coming…
Yeah! The holidays are upon us… Check out some beautiful sights in the Arkansas Ozarks this year!
Light up your holiday!
From a twinkle in the eye of a child to the millions of shining lights across the state, Arkansas illuminates with wonder and awe of the holiday [...]
I love learning about the history of this beautiful area. A friend of mine just wrote an interesting article about the origin of the term “Ozark” that I thought you might find interesting… Enjoy!
Written by Kelley Linck of Ozark Mountain Region
Photo courtesy of http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/ozarkswatch/Ow301g.htm
The Ozark Mountain’s namesake is of curious background. What does Ozark mean? [...]
My Daddy hung out in these Ozarks hills long before I was born… It took awhile for the locals to warm up to him; if you can call it that.
You see, in the 1950’s, there were enough moonshine stills in these hills that any outsider was considered a possible ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms) agent [...]
Well, this week I’m going to tell you a little story… Or, actually, I’m going to let my Daddy tell you a little story. You see, my Daddy used to trout fish the White River all around Cotter, long before I was born. I had no idea that he’d ever been here until after my [...]
Well, you know what they say; the more things change, the more they stay the same. Even back in the 50’s, there was “division”, if you will, between those who bait fish and those who fly fish.
It’s only fitting that my Dad would write about bridging that gap over 50 years ago, and finding common [...]
Here’s a picture of a fly fisherman in the Cotter Big Spring Park around 1955. OK, so this picture is not as colorful as the ones on the website, but trust me — the man in the picture is about as colorful as it gets! That’s my Dad, Bob Watts.
I guess this place is just [...]