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Lots of good line out there. Least expensive is Bass Pro Shops Excel. I've been using the 4 lb and 6 lb of late.NO problems with it trout fishing on the Spring river. I have used Silver Thread AN40 and Super Silver Thread for years in 6 lb to 20 lb. I got it inexpensively and it has worked well. I have no need to change. I currently am trying out some CX Premium on my crappie jig poles. I'm liking it so far, but early on. McCoy Mean Green is good stuff too, but their 6 lb is probably a 10 lb line marked as 6 lb. Tectan is high dollar and the thinnest line going, but it is an open water line. It CAN NOT hadnle the abrasion from rocks in the 4.9 lb size. If I'm gonna buy thicker line, I don't buy Tectan - I buy something cheaper.

Wow that's a bummer. I might ought to consider the White River, but I've gotten a good scare there once before when I got caught by generation. Long story. Hey Snagged I sure do appreciate the intell. I might plan a stop at Blue Ribbon on the way up for some flies and advice. I'm all packed and ready to go. I think I'll be able to skip town around 1000 -1100. My truck knows the way. Hmmm this might be the year I fish Taneycomo instead. When you say eels, I guess you mean lamprey (probably chestnut lamprey). I've only caught one fish with a lamprey attached in my life. Do folks C & R lamprey ?

I'm trying to catch up with some guys that I know that are there now. If it is like fishing at Roaring river, I'll only be there Wednesday. If I catch severeal BIG browns Wednesday, I'll probably roam as well.

Hey Guys, I'm finally making it happen. I'm heading up in search of a LARGE brown trout. I plan on fishing 10-25-06 and depending on how things go maybe changing to smallmouth on other rivers or even Table Rock after that. Is there much of a chance I'll find a tent camping spot there at the park next to the dam on Lake Norfork or should I consider another spot. I plan on fly fishing with a six weight. Does McClellands have a fly shop ? How much of a ZOO is the Norfork tailwater going to be during the week ?

Well CWF I'd guess then you wouldn't be happy at Lil Mo. Lower Mt Fork, Roaring River, Bennett Springs/Niangua, Taneycomo, or the Spring river. Heck you might not even be happy on the White River or the Norfork since sometimes the fishing is pretty close to easy there too.

$75 bucks seems high unless you play golf or run a boat with a big motor or fill up an SUV or ... If you can afford it and want to have an easy and successful trip, why not ?

Yak fishing is wonderful and horrible all at once. Opens up tons of new water, but you can't fish as well. Harder to detect strikes. Harder to get good hooksets. Any water safe enough to use an anchor probably is slow enough that you don't need an anchor. Just don't do it. Stick the boat in an eddy or on a gravel bar or wedge on a rock or wood. I often use the yak as a water Taxi and fish from foot in prime spots.

Is it possible to fish with spinning gear or baitcasting when they generate, and switch to fly fishing after generation stops. My very limited experience on the White River an the Lil Mo has been that once they start generation, it doesn't stop for HOURS.

pretty darn warm. Too hot to have fun fishing during the middle of the day. I'd still go if I wasn't mired in an endless number of days at work.

With the only difference being, that I didn't spook the shad on purpose. I didn't feel bad at all about fishing for the schoolies though.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here an assume that not a lot of folks C&R the Flatheads they catch. I just wish they would practice selective harvest.

Why would they stock the KR ? There are PLENTY of them ole brown fish in there. They should stock water instead. It is often in short supply on the KR.

I haven't been there and I haven't done that, but I would not have "automatically" known it was illegal. I have seen trout dart up to my feet on the White River, but I never thought to fish for them. My "big" boat has spooked a school of shad through the mouth of a run out and bass started schooling on them, I immediately attempted to catch as many of the bass as I could. Same thing or not ?

I've got to learn how to catch a carp or two.

I've got XM and I love it. I was hoping for an XM SIrrus merger, but my hopes are fading. I wish I had the NFL games, but XM has tons of other sports. I have the Dog bone shaped Boom Box and it the antenae for it is better than the one for my truck. I have first generation gear so the gear might have improved. I've had a lot of fun with my kids sharing the rock and roll I grew up with while in the car with them. Fred, Lucy, Flight 26, Ethel, and Fungus 53 get the most play in my car.

I'll do that trip one of these days. I'm planning on 2 nights on the river. I like the idea of October. Heck, my experience with Wayne is that he fishes SSSSSSSSSLLLLLLOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW, but maybe that's when he forgets the coffee.

Everytime I have been to RR, I get there late, I have to sign my kids up and fight getting gear ready, dodge the crowds carrying dead trout on stringers, AND STILL the fishing is great. The trout are numerous and LARGE. I'm using light gear so they pull like all get out. The staff at the lodge has been able to point me in the right direction. I spend a little money on gear there and catch trout like somebody that does it more often than I do. I really want to get by Tim's shop. I did buy some stuff over the phone from them. I have not used fly fishing gear at RR yet. Everytime I go, I see someone get hooked by a fly fisherman's back cast. I'd rather avoid that. One of these days I'll have to go with Wayne and we can fish the C&R area. I turn all my trout loose anyway.

Yeah me too. I wish I had known about the OAF last year.

Bobber, I'm ready to move north TODAY!. I'm just trying to do right by my children. They are both doing exceptionally well at a good school here in Minden. I have been looking at lots of listings on the internet. I'm come close to finding what I think I want a couple of times. I want to make one more move in my life so I want it to be the right place.

I've done the Spring river during the summer binge drinking period and I will not be back. I will not be on the Spring river between Dam 3 and Many Islands on any month between May and September. Below Many Islands. It is a different river. The Ozark Hellbender is doomed if it depends on the Spring river for its survival. The bad behavior demonstrated every weekend from May through September can not be overstated. I'm amazed there isn't a drowning every weekend. Enforcement of existing laws could make a difference.

Hi Folks. I'll be dropping by from time to time. Hopefully I can learn some stuff about the area I hope to be calling home within 10 years. I fish for any and everything using hook and line only. I tend more towards catch and release, but believe fish are a great renewable resource that can be sustained through selective harvest and following game laws. I recognize a few names already and I'm sure I'll start to recognize more very soon.