Leonard

if you get into some midging fish... and a midge or soft hackle doesnt work... Then its crackleback time (and it dont have to be in the order)... these are the 3 that can real produce on taneycomo... Even at night I can strip a crackleback and still catch fish Although I never tried it with a sinking line... so that part I cant say anything about

I trade them for a cup of "REAL" coffee... But I wouldnt sell one to Terry.... he brought me decaf....

ok guys.... Lets just set up a place to meet... the pavillion in the parking lot of chute 2... lets go with 9pm.. (+ or - 10 minutes)... I will for sure be there the night of the 1st Rain or shine... wind.. or freezing cold... I'll be there!! anybody else wants to join in the fun???

I'll be there... Im not sure about the 31... maybe.. but the 1st is a sure thing!! Leonard

well I start looking at between 2 and reber for... by the dont forget chances of rain tonight....

size 8's and 10's....

It was another great... Taneycomo Night!!! Got there about 8:30pm.. and met up with a board member Ozarkfly (from here and FAOL)... we decided to start with a big pattern and work our way down stream. first thing to pop in my mind was a double bunny (oh by the way Phil.. your out of black and purple double bunnies I got the last 5 Black and purple yesterday ).... ok back to the report... Like all others.. a picture is worth a 1,000 words!!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/Leo...brown102406.jpg first fish of the night..... (sorry for the lights and blurs in the picture.. i had the wrong mode set on the camera)... well we ended up down stream... that right there made the night anyways... everything slowed down.. so we went to drifting white woolies (My go-to fly!!) And it never failed.... I think we ended up with close to 15 maybe 20 by the end of the night... and we miss 100 hits!! here is another little brown that likes woolies http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/Leo...brown102406.jpg Ozark fly... I had a great time... I cant wait to do it again... Leonard

Ducky... I dont have nothing on wensday night (but dont hold me to that)... I like to meet up with you and cast a bug or two... I probably wont be down much before 9pm.... if you have a cell... email me the number and I'll call you right before I leave so we can meet up... here's my number (417)-779-8061

Im not sure what post that was from... but think movies... Coming to America (with Eddie Murphy).. its not Mcdonalds, its Mcdowells I'll look for the post...

I can think of 1... Dress Warm!!!!! that wind last night was a B**CH... I would say... try double bunnies, zonkers, leeches (reg or egg sucking), and sculpins... any of these would be good in a dark color.... Although... dont forget about the woolies... black, purple, olive, and white... White has been very productive lately... but they could change one day to the next....

Terry... If there was a prize for the funniest clown on the internet.... You'd be 2nd... right after me....LOL Loved your post... that was Good... but very true!!!

I for one like the Maxima line... I use Maxima on my fly rod as tippet and leader... and I have it on my spinning rods.... I have 1 of the spinning rod set up with 6lb line... for night fishing and throwing rapala's the other 3 I have set up with 4lb Maxima.. for daytime.. This line will twist if your using an in-line spinner (like a rooster tail)... so my suggestion would be to put a swivel on it and it souldnt twist... Maxima line is worth the buck you put out on it... Leonard

Stumbler... it was great chatting with you last night... Leonard

Dano... It was great meeting up with you... Next time... JoRoB... you... me and some big fish... Leonard.. Call me and we will work out something...

Tonight the weirdest thing happened that I have never seen before... the were cleaning out the hatchery at 9pm... flush water through the chutes... made for murky water ... they did it 3 or 4 times.... I thought they did that during the day oh fishing report... Father and son night out... I loved it!!! picked a few on a double bunny.. I think he hooked a couple but nothing to hand... but being out on the water at night with dad.. It was a GREAT night out!!! Leonard

beavers... that the only thing that scares me at night!!! the big fish that jumps out of the water 10 feet downstream from you and you feel the splash of the water... that either scares you or it wakes you up there is a little cute red fox down there... who seem to be getting really friendly.... I understand he likes sardines...

yes... yes.... yes... I can come out and play.... but I wont be there till the real fish start bitting... so you guys get the little one out of the way for me... and I'll see you the around 8pm... if not a little sooner Let me know where you guys are going to be Leonard

John I had a blast.. It was great meeting you , and getting you guys making a few lips sore... I glad Joey had a good time... Maybe next time we wont get rain out...

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I see Terry picked 4-20... I knew it!!! he has been token on the reefer again.... What a redneck hillbilly kind of reminds me of a fly fishing Willy Nelson... You know Im just joking right

WOW... If I would have read this last night... I would have went fishing.. Tonights the night.... Thanks for tip for the big one... I have just thing for that little guy!!!

jfreeman.... You never said the name of your father... but Im sure I know who you are talking about... I fished along the side of him a few time and he gave me alot of pointers.. I didnt know him well, But knew him when I saw him (and ofcourse the truck). He was a GREAT MAN!! I hope Im speaking for everyone who knew him.. He will be missed.. But never forgotten on the Trophy Banks of Lake Taneycomo.. My sincere condolences to you and your family.... Im behind your Idea 110%... Anything for a good man like him!! Leonard

Dare I say.... BEAVERS!!! If not racoons... if they made a fighting sound.. its the Racoons... If you listen really close at night when you hear the restling in the bushes... and hear a plop or a small splash in the water.. it the beavers... there is about 6 up by the dam... and those SOB's scare the heck out of me... I really hate those beavers!!!!! They are not aggresive (so Im told)... but they do give you spook up your looking in the water and see a 40lb beaver less then 10 feet from!!!

Lunker Hunter.... Now that everyone posted they opinion ... Here's Mine... WHAT A CATCH.... If you need an Idea on how to cook that fish... call me (you'll find my number posted all over the board) and I give you my grand-daddys secret recipe on grilled stuffed trout... It's made with corn chips... and is darn good!!!! As for the catch and release issue.... Nobody asked... did you attempt to release the fish and it just would go. It kept turning on it side like it was about to die?? So Instead of leaving a dead beautiful fish in the water you took it home. Hey I do it!!!! There is one thing I really hate to see and it is those 20-25in fish dead in the water... some of these big fish that people catch is just right to feed a nice size family... I myself bring 4-5 (20-24in) fish home a year... I have a wife and 2 kids... 1 fish that size is dinner for us... But before everyone crawls up into my butt to rip me a new one.... I maybe catch 100 fish a year over 20in. so my give and take is right up there... 2 of those fish probably are the ones that wont revive.... I'm glad you caught that fish... even if you mount it or eat it... you are not from this area and that is probably one of the biggest brown you have caught... some may say "that is a fish of a lifetime (which are hard to come by)... The big 16.5lber I caught a few weeks ago... almost didn't make... but after about 10minutes he took off... I followed him to make sure he was ok... Then yesterday I heard someone "snagged" a big male fish that would have went close to 17 or 18lbs and run it up and down from chute 2 to the cable.... he took it home.... That is what p*sses me off... From what I understand... once the fish was on the bank. The guy who caught picked it up and tossed it in the back of his truck and left...

Terry... you should have came down anyways... They didnt run any water lastnight... trust me... I was there from about 9pm till 4am.... Leonard