Make room in your fly box for a few mouse flies. Once you experience the thrill of catching a big trout on a 'Mouse,' you'll understand the obsession.

and lose yourself in the world of fly fishing. Brown Trout in Small Water / photo by Ken Baldwin Also, take a moment to read this classic essay from Robert Traver's Anatomy of a Fisherman.

The White River below Bull Shoals Dam is full of 30-inch trout. You can also catch trophy brown on the Little Red and Norfork ...