Leo79928

Well I'm on spring break from college so my father and I decided to drive down to maramec springs which is about an hour and a half ride for us. We just got our trout tags and the siren blew so we weren't that late getting to the stream. I bought an echo2 4wt last summer and got an lamson konic 1.5 for an early b-day present = one hell of a combo. However, I planned on using my ultralight spinning rod to catch two or three pretty quickly so at least I would have something to take home and then I could get my fly rod out and beat the water with it. My father and I started out almost straight across from the lower parking lot and he caught two right away using powerbait as usual. I couldn't get a bite to save my life but my luck picked up as the morning got warmer. I couln't even tie a knot it was so cold and our rod quides got full of ice to top it off. After I lucked out and got one above average rainbow, I got the itch to get my fly rod out so I went back to my car and geared up. I started off using a marabou streamer used throughout Alaska called a popsicle because I saw a gentleman using one at the park when I was a kid and I thought it would be fun. The only thing I caught with my fly rod was a rock bass that attacked an olive woolly bugger. The park was up about 6 inches to a foot by my standards and the water quality was terrible so much that if you were hunting deer, you could've closed your eyes, pointed your gun in a random direction in the woods and would've had a better chance of shooting a deer than catching a trout let alone seeing a fish. However, I did get the chance to see an 18" plus rainbow boil the surface under the swing bridge at the end of the park. I tried glo balls, woolly buggers, jigs, streamers, but to no avail. As I was leaving I stumbled upon a fly near the bank about 50 paces from the benches at the handicapped hole at the top of the park. Some fool was using a tarpon fly with a 1/0 hook and left it on the bank accidentally maybe??? If anyone is looking to catch some above average size trout, head to maramec with powerbait and plenty of weigh or don't go at all unless the water conditions return to normal. Lots of nice fish were on stringers by the way, just not any for us fly fishers today...maybe next time. Leo

Thanks very much for the help and pics. I have been hearing a lot about fishing scud droppers especially at taney where they use #20 bit scuds trailed behined a #20 g-bug but I have never seen either in person, only on charteredwaters website. I brought this topic up considering if it works so well at taney then it would most likely have some success at our trout parks.

I am really interested in drifting scuds as a dropper. What would be a good length tippet length between the dropper and the first fly. Thanks Leo

Hey guys I am quite new here but have fly fished maramec springs park a couple times each year but I haven't done the best or unlocked my full potential yet. Everytime I go down to maramec springs I always see a ton of trout being caught on scuds. My question is how do you fish them and what colors are good for maramec springs? Some say olive while others say grey. Also would anybody take a pic of a scud dropper or a scud as a trailer...google doesn't seem to help much. Thanks Leo

Yeah the jokes are getting preeeeetty old but I get a good laugh every once in a while...but I got more than 30 girls in each class to keep me company, so I'm not too worried about the jokes. However, there is one guy in my nursing class that is not attracted to girls which I'm fine with as long as he keeps his hands to himself = no problems. I very much appreciate your recomendation for the Dry Run Creek for my brother. My brother just turned 21 this september...an very impressive milestone for a person with his condition. At the parks he usually limits out faster than I do and he has an absolute blast every time. Another part of my decision to enter this career path was the fact that I'm happy when others around me are happy. I have more than enough charisma, and the disposition to become a nurse considering I like to make people smile, laugh, and enjoy life the way it was given to them. On the other hand, wiping up crap and cleaning people are things that I WILL try to avoid even though nurses are very well compensated to do so

Hello fellow anglers My name is Austin and Im currently attending Maryville University to become a nurse. Smartest decision I have made in my entire life so far considering there are less that 300 guys and more than 3000 girls, a ratio I have grown to enjoy. Anyways, I taught myself to fly fish a long time ago, maybe 10 years ago and I am ok now at casting. I also taught myself how to tie flies when I was about 10 years old, I am 18 now and I took a break from tying flies because my customers learned how to keep them out of the trees. I have had people "strangers" come to my house from Illionis, about a two hour drive just to look at or purchase a couple dozen flies so I consider myself to be pretty good for self-taught. My dad, brother, and my self usually go to maremec springs to trout fish a couple times a year. We have never tried any other trout parks or streams considering my brother is handicapped from Cerebral Palsy since birth. My brother is the foundation for me pursuing a career as a male nurse because he and his friends have really shaped and tuned my life in a way that I can help others seeing what they endure day in and day out. If my brother wasn't handicapped then I wouldn't even think twice about being a male nurse. However, there is just something about being the only guy (straight) surrounded by at least 30 girls everday, everyclass...I wonder why I fly fish so much when I can go to my college becuase there is more fish there I hope to meet and fly fish with any and all who would want to share some experience on the stream and have a great time.