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Would someone like RM pay for his boat, motor, rods, reels. As a layman, I would assume his sponsers paid for them.

I read these articles and thought I would share. First, I'm not a tree hugging eco nazi, but I do miss the days when there was quality hunting for quail and pheasant in drainage ditches, tree lines, fence rows, and leftover field stubable. It would be nice to imagine a new time when large sections of land were proactively planted with mix grass fields to be used for fuel. I don't think it will happen in my time, but maybe my kids will get to find the same enjoyment in finding birds in almost every track of land like when I was a kid. http://news.discovery.com/earth/biofuel-grasslands-for-the-birds.html http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/04/16/mu-power-plant-will-install-biomass-boiler-62-million-project/

A cool read about mother nature taking over new water. Remember no global warming. http://news.discovery.com/earth/salmon-run-up-dead-glacier-111019.html

I would love to...thanks. Just by dumb luck do you have a second so we could run a float together? I'll drop you a PM.

2S, I wouldn't fish it in July or August unless it is really early or late at night. The water justs gets to warm because (as I was told) the spring doesn't pump out enough water to keep the run cool the whole way to the Meramec. Like any small creek the fish are in color in the fall and water is up in the spring.

A three wieght is perfect, a 4wt is great, and a 5wt works. My advice for the first timer: 1. Start at the red gate. Look for a red gate with a small pull in on the right at the beginning of the park. If you hit the creek crossing you went to far. Walk down the hill on the truck path and go straight into the trees. The creek will be in about 20 yards. Fish upstream until you hit the waterfall hole...turn around and fish back down stream. 2. For a little bit of a longer day. Park at the pull in at the creek crossing (on the right). Fish the hole on the otherside of the road, and then fish upstream until you hit the waterfall hole. Again, turn around and fish back. 3. Fish drys and nymphs upstream, and strip/swing woolies, cracklebacks and wets going down. My favorites are 16 Elk hair, 20 Griffins Gnat, 16 pheasant tail, 18 scud, 20 zebra midge, and 16 wet hare. 4. Long leaders and 6x or 7x tippet 5. Nothing larger then 16s on nymphs and drys...this is a general rule, but if the bite is on try a large dry with a dropper especially in the riffles. 6. Wear earth tone clothes. 7. Don't pass up a hole of any depth with cover or broken water near by. 8. If you spook a hole, give up and move on. Hit it on the way back. 9. Watch the shadow that you and your rod make. 10. Try not to ripple the water. 11. Sling shot cast into really tight holes (keep your fingers behind the hook point). There is a lot of cover...side arm, flip, and role casts to the name of the game. 12. Expectations....Go with the mindset that it a hike in a great Ozark stream and fishing is a bonus. Fishing can be easy, but most time it is a lot of exercise. 13. Finally, every fish in this stream is precious...get them in, quick pic, revive, back in the water. 14. NORMALLY, the water is to small for competing fisherman. If there is a car in the pull off, keep going down stream until you have clean water.

You suck... After you take it out, give us a review.

I first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.... Go CARDS.

Did they bite on the drift or the swing?

I think I hate you ...I want to be you, but still hate you. but welcome to the forum.

I never heard of it and fall into the dumbarse group. I did a quick read and two things to note. It says to check the same spot every year, because once on a tree it will always have spores on it. Second, it said to use it in pasta as a replacement for chicken. Enjoy. http://leslieland.com/2009/09/hunting-laetiporus-sulphureus-the-sulfur-shelf-or-chicken-mushroom/

Well, I don't know what I want, but this is what I think I want: 1. Stability - I grew up in a flat water canoe and have never tipped (knock on wood) on lake or a half dozen river runs so that isn't the top of the list but appriecated. I would think I don't want to stand up much when fishing broken smallmouth water, right???? It would be nice for pond fishing though. 2. Manuverability - I want the kayak to float in the ozarks and I prefer the smaller water (away from the crowds). I also want to be able to get into and out of eddies to fish riffles ect. 3. Speed - Sure I would like to fly down the dead water, but I think it would take a back seat the previous two. As I understand it, you have to give up one or the other. I might want something fast so that I can paddle upstream (dragging through riffles) and fish back down eliminating the need for two vehicles. Again, since I don't have one, I only think that is a requirement. Wouldn't know until I try and see how much work that actually is. 4. Tracking - Same as speed, but I think (again won't know until I try) it would take a back seat to manuverability. 5. Size - I would like something I can stoe in the back of my truck.

I'm looking at buying a kayak. I was wondering if anyone has or used a Wilderness Systems Ride 115? How did you like it? Any suggestions on other kayaks, please advise.

Man, what size do you think the match would be...maybe a 22?

I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to steal that one....LOL Welcome to the forum.

Just remember, unless you live high in the mountains you are ALWAYS downstream of someone.

Not exactly what you are looking for, but this is an awesome book for new fly tiers. http://www.amazon.com/Fly-Tying-Beginners-Failsafe-Flies/dp/0764158457/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318943744&sr=8-1

Well, you guys sure do have fun. Great video.

I got my copy this afternoon. Gave it a quick review and it looks like it will be a lot of fun and help out on my perfect little hole. Thanks.

It was a nice fight on my 5' ultralight and micro reel. Thought it was a smallmouth until I got it in.

I'm a little confussed about one thing...how does a national forest work. If the creek in the Mark Twain National forest how is access to it restricted? If it is, how do you tell what is public and what isn't?

I agree. I had to look up a milk snake and found out the are a hot item in the pet trade...so keep it quite.

Where were you guys at?

What's fly flingers and when is it?

Well I tried Pickle Creek in Hawn park. I hiked down from the camp ground to the river and down stream a tad. My guess is I covered three plus miles in all. It was a pretty hike with undercut ozark cliffs in mulitple locations, ducks, squirrel, snakes. It was a lot of work, and I'm a little soar this morning. There were a lot of sections with slick and/or loss rock. I did end up catching around ten small mouth, a few blue gill (surprised I didn't see more), and some creek chubs. I biggest smallmouth was around 8 to 10 inches and the smallest three. I also caught an 8 inch chub (I didn't know they got that big). I didn't find that sweet little honey hole six to eight feet deep, and the river was a smaller than I was expecting. It wasn't much bigger then the creek. So, I'll keep looking for "my perfect little hole". Still better then a day in my windowless office.