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Awesome looking.

I was using flurocarbon. It wasn't from trying to land one, they broke on the shock of the take on the swing with the line was tight.

Phil... how much would a mix bag of a dozen or two cost w/shipping to StL area?

What is your recipe Ollie?

They don't seem to have a web site. Phil for those of us in StL. Could we buy some via mail from your store?

Can you post a pic or two?

So Phil, for those of us not in the know give us the low down on fishing micro jigs. What food do they represent? Do they work anywhere? How to fish on the fly and spin? Drift Swing Strip How to select colors? How are they constructed? With tails With body Just marabou The roach (just string) - Used at the trout parks do they fall into this category How to tie your own? Just for me...would they be a good choice as anchor fly on a wet fly rig? Thanks In Advance MIC

I'm glad to see you had better luck then I. In general terms, where did you fish and have luck at Mill

Ok... here is an idea, but I need some buy in from everyone. It was suggested, and I like it: we skip the "swap" this year. We each ID and tie one or two of our favorite Ozark flies (trout, river, pond). Everyone can send them to me and my wife will take some pics of all of them. I'll get recipes from everyone and work with Phil to load them on the forum and on his website. We can do this if people like the idea. FYI... I can also support a small swap if some people still want one (unless this becomes big). So what do you think.

I spent a great four day weekend near Meramec Springs this weekend for my annual affair with opening weekend of Catch and Release. On Thursday I spent the late morning and all afternoon on the river below the park. I was really focusing on different tactics I had read about with both fly rod and spin casters and casting bubbles. I did have good luck with both catching some nice size fish. Most fish came on midges deep drifting or swinging wet flies. I read this is somewhat odd for a deep pool (vrs riffles), but the fish didn't appear to read those articles. I was getting most of my takes on a March Brown (I think that is what it was called). Only problem was I only had 6x tippet so I snapped a lot of lines. I was able to swing wets on both fly rod and casting bubble with success. rFisherK suggested that I finish with my rod tip up instead of down so that the soft tip takes some of the hit. I'll have to try that. I also caught quite a few on an in-line spinner when the flies got slow. Friday (opening morning) the fish were biting aggressively (as normal), but I don't remember as many being as large as they were this year. They were bigger then your average size stocker. Pretty much everything was working in the morning, but as the day went along the fish got a little smarter. By three, they had shut down completely. It still was a good day. My best flies were midges and wets. I had no luck on top. We didn't fish with each other per sei, but rFisherK and I checked on each other and had a great lunch in St. James. It was good catching up with him. He was doing well with a peacock herl wet with pheasant feathers... looked like a 14 or 12. He said that he used to use more traditional feathers in the past, but like the pheasant better. I tried one and did well before a lost fish and caught a tree. I'm going to try to get some feathers and tie some up. Saturday my girls came down and joined me, so most of my time was taking care of them. My daughter did quite well drifting a prince nymph under a casting bubble. She caught a couple of 18" plus fish which was cool for her. Sunday, the fish were biting but they were getting a lot smarter and were spitting out flies really quickly. So setting the hook was harder leading to a lot more missed fish, especially with the casting bubble. Overall one hell of a weekend. Wet lines all.

Hey all you canoe gods here, what do you think about Old Towns new solo canoe, "Next" http://www.paddlenext.com/

I simply don't believe you... you lie. Ok... I'll let you take me out and prove it.

I'm a Vet/retired (Go Air Force) and Monday was my Bday. Celebrating by spending four full days in the Ozarks fishing while all you bums are hunting white tail. I was very lucky, and I got as much from Uncle Sam as he got from me (great skills, great education, traveled the world). My thanks goes out to those who gave more then they got. Lord knows there are a lot of them. Special thanks to any gold star families. For those who have seen them, but do not know - A blue star is for every immediate family member serving in the armed forces of the United States, during any period of war or hostilities in which the armed forces of the United States were engaged. If that loved one died, the blue star is replaced by a gold star.

How rude, they should get to know you like we do before treating you like an idiot Wait... did you say you live trapped a mountain lion in Missouri? PICs please.

Thus the name Flysmallie not Flytrout

Thanks for sharing. Nice fish.

For all you young guns out there. Please note Mrs BilletHead in the pics here in hunting and in the great fishing adventures out west. When you are dating that fine young thing, just remember these pics. Just saying... All praise Mr. BilletHead.

This time of year what temp would top water be? Would it not be cool enough for trout with O2.

Cool video on Spin fishing. Swap out the meal worm with a fly. Bingo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JwfFePhEhA

Yes. I was. Bohigian is the only place I tried. I didn't fish Spring Creek. Just got out and looked at it. It was bigger then I expected that is why I was curious about upstream from there.

I think I might try some of these this weekend. Always looking for something for my family to try, plus just handy to carry a spin rod sometimes. http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=111160

You may try parking near the low water bridge and working downstream. I'm hoping for the fish and you, there is better water above where I quit.

Yea... I went from the main parking lot downstream on the path probably a half a mile. I fished upstream and tried to make it to the spring influx hoping for better water, but I knew I was in trouble when my daughter started making sand castles instead of fishing. I probably made it a 1/4 mile or more upstream of the drainage creek before giving up. Let us know if you had better luck then me.

Dealing with...rafts and canoes is a pain. I'm sure they say the same about the boats. LOL

I've had the pleasure of fishing out of that canoe. It is very nice ride.