fishinwrench

I'll probably never understand the desire to hook and hold little wild fish. They are pretty little things but I don't need to strip them in and grab ahold of them in order to appreciate them. IMO those tiny streams with nothing over 10" in them should just be looked at and left alone. Unless you are on the verge of starvation 😅 We ate some little 8"-9" brookie's from the upper Chattahoochee once.....and they truly were delicious 😋

Truly WILD TROUT can be really spooky when people are wading.....or even when birds fly over.... but aside from that they are usually very easy to catch. Hatchery fish don't freak out over wading anglers.....but they DO more often require more precise casting and better drifts. In my experience the only thing challenging about "wild trout" is staying hid from them.

There are 3 (somewhat short) areas of the stream that have truly consistent hatch activity. And one of the best ones USED TO BE (and still is) a little tricky to access and wade. But guess what they did? Piped in a hatchery outlet, so now all the fish just sit in its flow awaiting the next glo-ball. Nevertheless it was, and kinda still is, a great place to hone your skills. Basically if you can consistently catch fish in those 3 stretches.....then you could pull it off anywhere in the world that trout live. Truly the only places at Bennett where being OVERLY CROWDED is a definite possibility, are the manicured spots where you can step easily into the water within spitting distance from your truck. And those are NOT the areas where actual flyfishing skills matter.

It's pretty good for swinging leeches & woolybuggers, And the nymping can be decent on certain short stretches during certain flow rates. But you'll not get enough interest doing anything else to justify the efforts. It could be much better if some enforcement on outlaw gigging existed.

I'm afraid that my personal consideration of your input being, at least partially, "Trolling".....has now been confirmed. 😉 Not that I don't enjoy it, jus'sayin'. 👌

The needless spending of considerable amounts of our money...... to produce less. Also the degradation of stream habitat. Specifically by adding hatchery outflows to areas that congregate fish into small confined areas, and pulling them away from what used to be more natural holding habitat. Granted, if all your "flyfishing" consists of... is drifting glo-balls under a bobber with less than 10 feet of line out, then it's all good for you. But if you'd rather exercise some true flyfishing skills, or learn various techniques.....they are pretty much killing that option.

Not drastically. As a matter of fact, the number of KEPT FISH has decreased.

The biggest thing that my mind keeps going back to....is that from the late '70's to the late '90's a group of 5 high school drop-out, alcoholic, chain smoking hillbillies with nothing but a single 1/2 ton pickup, and a couple of wheelbarrow's, managed that Park fabulously for over 25 years. But TODAY, with all the increased funding, highly educated crew, best gear and machinery available......They just can't seem to pull it off. 🤔 100% truth.

I wanna say that they picked that up from a episode of Hee-Haw.....many MANY years ago. Wherever it came from it definitely stuck. I use it on my kids too. 😅

Yep, you should see all the bike crap going on here around Lake O ! Sirens going off, cops, and ambulances ripping up and down the road non-stop. Dead & dying deer all over the roads.

Good grief man, Pay Attention! When I was a kid my dad and grandpa had this thing they would say every time any of us kids were messing around with hooks, knives, ect. "CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE, EUGENE ! " I still hear that to this day.....And it has undeniably saved me many times. 👍 I get such a feeling of impending doom associated with BENCH GRINDERS that I practically insist on suiting up for the apocalypse before touching that switch, every time.....even if it is just to remove a tiny burr from something. Had a grinder wheel explode once.....that was like having a hand grenade go off in my face.

I've heard that a lot, and I just don't understand. Personally I look forward to the days where the only thing I truly have to do is feed the dog.

Is there a difference between not remembering, and not caring ? If I actually cared then I'd always know. 😉

I had a gull take a Rebel Pop-R once, and I tried my best to unhook it kindly.....But he wasn't having it. It got all tangled up in line and 2 other rods, and ended up in a bloody mess on the bow of my boat.

To my knowledge there's been nothing claimed that they just went with the lowest bidder. It was a decision of whether to just "maintain the park" or try to turn the stream into a giant trout hatchery......and they chose the later.

How much can a person continue to earn after "technically" retiring, and beginning to draw SS ? Without penalty that is ?

It seems like they are biding their time, awaiting some cataclysmic event that can be blamed.....so that no one in particular will be implicated. Once that happens, to clear the air & reset liabilities...... THEN all will be patched up, and life can go on.

There has obviously been something going on with that project that isn't being shared publicly. 🙄

Hairspray and scented candles are worse.. Your body is hardwired to salt intake. If you are craving it, and it pleases you, then pile it on !

For whatever reason I don't have this issue with the truck or Tahoe windows. The tint probably hides it.

Yes, and both. The part that sucks the most is that when you stand off to the side you can't tell which side the streaks are on ...... So you gotta do both sides again. They look crystal clear when looking straight through them. Typically I would just admit to Sugarbritches that I suck at it.....so SHE would just take care of it. But I've reached my limit on projects that I suck at, like doing dishes & folding laundry, so it's all on ME. 😅

I've hated this project my entire life. What's the trick used by people that can do it properly? They look crystal clear when standing right there.....but once "done" and I stand off to the side a bit, there are streaks and smudges everywhere. Even on the ones I did TWICE....and then a 3rd time ! 🙄

About 4 years ago everyone and their dog was rigging up Food Trucks around here. Practically one on every major corner.....and they are all good 😋 They must not be making enough money though because I recognize the trucks/campers but they are all decorated differently this year, and different people are operating them. There was even one along the Niangua river selling taco's/Nachos (and secret margaritas) to floaters.

NDE ? 🤔 Mighta been heaven.

Please don't hold me to the "16 years" part. Time ! I mean wow ! In later videos I've watched, Flip mentioned how much he hates the Internet...... But as I recall, at that time, he was always quick to respond to an email. I think he spent more time perusing it than he let on.