OKLAHOMA

Good People - Good Water - Good Fish
Oklahoma was part of the 2018 California Trip. Oklahoma might have been my favorite location because it was such a surprise. Beavers Bend State Park has beautiful cabins, tall trees, and the Moutain Fork River.
There are multiple great camping sites. I chose the primitive Hickory Campground right on the river. I tried fishing the whole afternoon but could only hook one trout and lost him. I met another fly fisherman next to my camp and shared my Arkansas trout. In addition, he shared his oversize bottle of wine, which we finished.
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Brooke Trout was the hit of the camp area; everyone wanted to play with her. I also learned about a fly fishing-only section on the other side of the bridge, which was my target the next day. I started getting worried at this stage as it had been 24 hours and still no trout.
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The fly fishing area was set up nicely with small boulders making good trout water. I hooked a couple of more trout but didn't land them. Then, finally, I caught a brown!
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This story could go on as this place is excellent and had great people too!
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Oklahoma Done!
![]() Mountain Fork | ![]() Hickory Campground | ![]() Mountain Fork |
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![]() Brown Trout | ![]() Brown Trout | ![]() Brown Trout |
![]() Mountain Fork River | ![]() BBQ | ![]() BBQ |
![]() Brooke Trout | ![]() Brooke Trout | ![]() Brown Trout |
![]() Hickory Campground | ![]() Hickory Campground |