Leonard

well just tell Robbie it "turkey" bacon...LOL... yeah thats it.. turkey bacon [wink, wink]

Not to sure about the steak.... dont know about "fried" crappie..... (Shame on you!!) remember seahorses from new years day... I do know where you can get some of this... http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12665

I had a great time fishing with you guys... at least none of us fell in..I think I was close by 4am... by 4 I was already up for over 24 hours... Gary the fly I tied on for Bob.. was the Barrs Bouface... I think personally it out fish the regular pine squirrel saturday... PS... I didnt know that this was you...LOL Leonard

yes ... she bled pretty good. I dont think I have seen a corner hook bleed so much.. But I did release her and checke back a few minutes later and she was gone... as far as keep fish that size.. YUCK!! in my own opinion... trout over 23in (out of Taneycomo)..... taste like mud (crap).... NASTY.. besides... I still have a couple of eyes in the freezer

I hit the wataer about 4:45am saturday hoping to get a chance to look around a little bit in the daylight.. well as everyone knows (and is cussing about)... they turned the water just before 6am... LOL... well I hit the flats and started with a pine squirrel and with in that short hour.. I propbably caught close to 12-15 fish.. it started good Right.. went home about 10am.... saturday night.. hit the water about 9:30pm and met a couple of guys.. we join up and head to the big hole (to many cars ... maybe 4 at outlet 1) I started with an olive pine and changed pretty often... It was because I was catching.. I just want to see what all they would take in the moonlight.. this is a list of what i caught them one... ( at least 3 fish per fly).. Pine squirrel.. olive, black and Natural (both beaded and not) the bouface.. olive ... they didnt touch the black bouface.. the PMS slow fishing.. but caught the most of the bigger fish... (5 fish over 16inches) Other flies that caught a fish or two.. rainbow (w/2 tone strip) mohawk (2) tan rabbit sculpin (1). we decided to head to the cars for a break... well I put the PMS back on and headed toward 1.. well after about 10 minutes.. This sweet little honey decided she was hungry for a PMS 24 1/2in lenght 14 3/4in girth Leonard

Twosets.... the meat whistle is another one of John Barrs flies that I been playing with... http://umpqua.com/pm-39-7-meat-whistle-barrs.aspx Another that has been really good for Taneycomo is the bouface http://umpqua.com/pm-29-7-gold-bead-bouface-barrs.aspx Check out Johns new bbok... Barr Flies.. awesome book and alot of flies that can and probably has been usedd on Taneycomo.. http://www.barrflies.com/ Leonard

Rich.. I think we did ok.. we made 3 good drifts and a short.. I believe phil and I caught fish on every drift... I was using an olive jig... started with a PMS and changed over to a meat whistle (tied on a 1/8 jig head)... should have done that back in april.. MAN did the like that thing!! Id say we each caught 3-4 on each drift.. It was a blast.. Leonard

flyfisheranonymous.. Ive been trying to look for it... and cant find it.. Didnt you at one time have a link to the Colors (tones) that described the DDL... Leonard

sweet looking day.. Looks like yo guys had some fun.. Leonard

Hey CWF... It was good to meet you... yes for sure we will have to do it again in low water That last fish was a blast... Boy did he ever SLAM that fly.... Ive had fish hit like that many times... I have completely missed them... LOL... but thats a strike you'll remember for awhile.. here are the browns from this weekend.... LOL.... gawked at some silicone at the Chateau WOW... thats one way to put it... Leonard

Jerod.. loo10 is right.. during the day outlet is worst the a circus.... But on the outter banks (between the outflow of 1 on uo toward the cable... is a hot spot... GOT TO GET IT DEEP... we are still catch a few smallies. still some walleyes.... and every now and then a Largemouth and now the kentuckies are starting to fire up... AND THEY ARE FAT!!! Also timing seems to be a big roll. Early evening and into the night seem to be the key time for the bass and eyes...

OKFlyFisher.. With all the water that has ran... the bottom has changed alot.... But as far as the fishing ITS FREAKING AWESOME!! Both day and night.... Even in the high water right now we are catching some nice 19-22in brownies... (at night) as for as your trip goes... I would agree with Jim.. we made a trip over to Current (Montauk).... from home (Taney)... and it was about a 4 hour drive (But this was with kids and having the tale restroom break)

Good to hear you all are OK.. end of Aug... Hummm.... SWEET!! Leonard

The DDH Leech isnt just for catfish (or warmwater). Ive caught my fair share of trout (day and night) on Taneycomo with them... They work awesome here.... Drew... they are VERY easy to tie... Ive made a few for all different depths.. (cones, lead eyes... and even unweighted) Leonard

Welcome to the board...

yep... walleyes are still there there are really slowing down... a few here and there... Sunday (night).. 2 more was taken... a 17in and a 24-25in Heard rumor... a big one caught early sunday mornning (7-8lb)... but I didnt see it and it came from a good source

then somebody might want to tell them that.. Because they are still there!! we caught 3 more so far this weekend But your right Dennis.. Walleye are very rarely caught in Taneycomo.,... Although this year has been a AWESOME year for the "eyes" on Taneycomo Leonard

going on three years we've met at Taneycomo on New years day.... This is making me hungry (and I was eatting as I was reading>>>) The would make for an AWESOME get together on Table Rock....... having a big ol'daddy boil with some homemade tater salad, smoked bbq ribs and what ever else we could think of.. (QUESTION: when did you guys think is the best time (as flavor goes) to trap craw dads?) Leonard

Kevin.. Look up at the top right of the screen.. and you will see this... ******* My Controls · View New Posts · My Assistant · My Friends · 0 New Messages ******* it should show #'s New Messages click on that and you can go right into your PM box and just do it like you would and normal e-mail Leonard

Taxi.. Everyone on here just posted there opinion.. I dont think anyone here is going to hunt this man down and beat him with a baseball bat because he kept a fish. there is one thing that I see every year here on taneycomo.. Alot of DEAD brown (22-30). People catch them, play them to death and then try to release them. Yes more of the bigger fish should be taking out.. Simple fact after a 20-30 and even 45 minute fight (on 6 and 7x tippet) for these fish will cause them to die. ******* revive them if you can...... if not take them out******* I know there are alot of guys (and gals) who has mounts on there wall on this board. Honestly... If I had caught that fish and it didnt recover I would have taken it myself. I have followed fish for 30 mintues to make sure they had recovered and even came back later to check on them. (over the last few years the DO levels were DEADLY low.. and it cause a lot of fish to die after being caught.) If I understand some of the story the "ol'timers" tell around here on Taneycomo... back in the early 80's (maybe earlier) a 5 fish limit would weight 50-60lbs ( yes 5- 10lb trout). I have seen 1 mount that is like this total weight of the 5 fish was 53lb and 8oz. (All rainbows)

Here is the picture.. Rick Spegal, from Bowling Green, Missouri, caught a 25 pound brown trout down stream from Lilley's Landing Resort & Marina. He caught it on yellow and orange gulp powerbait on 6 lb line. It was 34 inches long.

SWEET picture guys... Looks like alot of fun!! Hey Ducky.... I see in all those photo everyone all bundled up like it was 30 degrees out there and then there is you... BIG FISH... BIG SMILE... AND A SHORT SLEEVE SHIRT.. did that fish make you sweat.. or are you just getting use to the weather there? Leonard

Hey Rich.. Ive seen alot of mounts... some good.. some great and some that doesnt even look like the fish. Yes all fish are different in shape/size/color. Im a full believer in finding local "guys" to give business too. you have Brett Rader.. Ive seen some AWESOME mounts come out of his shop. then the is also Walt Phelps.. http://www.ozarktaxidermy.com/home.html Probably the best work Ive even seen. Right down to the "purple" mark on a big brown. I know the are others in the area. But like I said Ive seen some the looks like a piece of glass.. Talk to Michael find out who did Rick's mount (that was an AWESOME mount)..... I think that was the actually fish right? compare some of the mounts in his shop to each other. I think he knows who done alot of them. But FORESURE... If your going to have a mount done make sure the guy you are going to deal with knews what he is doing!! As for as a replica you will need quite a few shots (about 10-15 photos). find any marks that are unuseally to the fish. head shot (a nice close up)... with the eyes, mouth, and possible a front face shot. a full body shot. sometimes taken a shot of both side of the fish helps. (to find the best side of the fish a shot of the tail (for a nice detailed mount) ofcourse the lenght and girth Remember to do this as quickly as possible.. the fish is already stressed out.. keep the fish in the water as much as possibly.. Leonard

Lots of things happening in the dam area.. Friday afternoon/night started out fishing hoppers and beetles picking up a few. fished with a pine squirrel for a little bit an landed a few more. as darkness and fog filled the air we started fishing the PMS.. MAN what a show... we are already see some really nice fish, when this water drops be prepared!!! Already some 8-15lb fish swimming around.. This is going to be one HECK of a fall. Saturday.. Fishing was still AWESOME... really nice fish caught *****(AND NOT JUST IN THE OUTLETS!!)***** Once you figure out where your cast is going to and the distance you can get.. fishing streamer and woolies has been great hoppers are still doing good fished for alittle bit saturday night the a jig picking a few. sunday back out at 5am sunday mornning. FREAKING midges everywhere as the sun started to rise. The TNS (over sized crackleback a #8) was wacking the fish .. as the sun got higher we switched over to a softhackle again catching a small number of fishing Sunday night fishing was great!! I needed to experiment a few new flies and as I was rigging up. Kenny (I hope thats right) came over and aske a few question about night fishing. I told him if he had a few more minutes to spare Id be glad to show him around and toss a few bugs.. he started with a pine squirrel and ended with a pine squirrel.. LOL... even though we only caught a couple fish.. He said he had a blast catching trout on a fly rod by the light of the full moon... Oh... father son team tag teaming some brown from friday night.. here is a 20 incher from friday night.. caught on the PMS...

ok... here it comes.. After one heck of a year of catching walleye from Taneycomo.. A grand total of 22 most of them were 22-29 inchers I tried this and WOW... was it awesome. As some of you know I do this with shrimp and call them seahorses. so here it comes... 1 (24in) walleye filleted a jar of Jalapeno pepper (Mezzetta HOT) bacon (Honey maple or Applewood) take the fillet and cut them down the lenght of the fillet in half. Next cube them in about 3/4 to 1 inch squares. take about 3-4 slices of bacon (keep them together) and lay them on a soild flat surface. Now with your hand try to stretch the bacon on the counter top. flip and repeat. cut into thirds. in a criss-cross pattern lay 2 pieces of bacon out. Next place a nice size piece of pepper onto it and then a cube of fish. ** Here you can ad a second peice of pepper**** then fold in the pieces of bacon and place it on a squeer/ toothpick. Grill until the bacon is done... Then ENJOY!!!! Got to go and get my walleye of the grill...... will post a picture after it off...... If I dont eat it first..LOL Leonard