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John, I'm interested in getting my hands on some Berkley Gulp Euro-larve. small little chunks of scent laden goo to put on tiny hooks for tiny fish. I'm hoping it would hang in there for a few bites. I have read where ppl use tiny amounts of squid for a natural bait. stinky and tough. Gets bit and hangs in there for micro fishing.

I really, really like the Browning Air Stream 7 foot "UL" rod. It fishes a lot more like a "L" to me. Very sensitive. Slings 1/16 and 1/8 oz jigs very well. It would do a Ned, but ion the light side. I like a little slower rod for a grub, but it could do it.I think the larger hook of a tube might be an issue, but who knows.

IMO, kinda a lot to ask one rod to do all those different jobs. You're either going to be too heavy for trout and crappie or too light on the bass end of things.

No Koi for me. I'd love to catch one though. I did get a mirrored scale carp though. I don't think I've caught a Quillback either. I'd love to all the carp and suckers.

You've got a Quillback in garden pond? Holy Crap ! ! ! You are a crazy man. Screw the Tenkara, I want to use a light spinning rod.

One day maybe I will go for Carp on Tenkara. I'd prefer something much smaller for the first one though. I think I'd need a much different pole for carp.

My Dad really likes them. He said they are night and day better than White Bass.

Arkansas Game and Fish considers Yellow Bass to be an " Undesirable Rough Fish". What the heck is up with that?

They make barbless trebles. Just sayin.

Pinky

I think this was first fish of the day.

Typical White River stocker.

PJ is a nice jig. I like the head design, the hook, and the amount of feathers on the Zig Jig better. Sounds like y'all had a good trip. Maybe I should have tried White.

It sure was pretty!

The flys are a little bigger than a Zig jig. Zig jig on top is unfished. One in bottom after 40 plus fish. It was still getting bit, but it was so sparse I lost confidence in it and changed it

This is the sky I like for trout

Had some catching up to do around the house before I could think of doing anything else, but things went well and I was able to make a little fishing trip this afternoon. drug the trout boat up to the ramp just below the BSL dam. Water was about 8000 CFS when I got there. They turned one off and turned another unit on, but it did seem like the water level dropped a little bit as I fished. Sunny with some high clouds which I like. Warm. A lot more wind than I like but I made it work. I threw Zig jigs. Shocker right? 6 lb Nano/ 6 lb leader. Browning Air Stream rod. The fish were tight to bottom and better close to shore. I had a lot of nice fish, but no Giants. 18 inch Brown was best fish. I caught 62 fish in less than 5 hours of fishing. I also collect 3 big articulated flys out of bushes. Still in great shape with sharp hooks. Ill have to look and see exactly what the water level was. It was a great level for that section of the river.

Day Two is over. Still tough conditions and 31 flavors of idiots to deal with. Kept our heads down and finally found a nice group of Whites and Yellows. I finished day 2 with 31 fish. More great memories made fishing with my Daddy.

GYCB colors. 157, 297, 236, 051, 323, 903 (I think- Natural Shad), 187 ( I think root beer , green flake, black flake)

A muddy rise finally hit the areas we are fishing. It's still fish able and we caught between 30-40 fish. My Dad was hoping we'd catch 200. Weather was fantastic. I enjoyed the day. We'll give another go tomorrow.

It's pretty slow, but we are catching fish and the company is great.

I end up using quite a few 1/8 oz heads because I am often fishing 20-35 FOW a lot of the time. I'm not fishing deeper than that. I can. I choose not to do so.

I like the squarebills, but I like most squarebills.

Dave, what size would you use for fishing > 20 foot deep?