fishinwrench

Yep that's it. I tie it with weight just like Eric posted. Yesterday was the first time I had fished it, and it caught fish dead drifted in the riffles and tailouts, on the swing, and when stripped upstream.....so apparently there's no way to fish it wrong. It's an OLD pattern that just has "that look" about it... so I had confidence in it before I ever even got it wet.

It's a big (#6 200R) Pine squirrel leech...basically. Olive marabou tail with a few strands of red flashabou or crystal flash, and a palmered pine squirrel body. I believe Leonard (night angler) spawned it.

From the scent of the breeze off my deck I'd say she's turning over in spots. Might be a tough bite on the lake for a week or so.

Hey Aaron, I hit the access area today from 12:30 til 4:30. The water's lookin' real good, you guys are hitting it perfect. I was playing with a new (to me) fly, a #12 picket pin, and ended up catching 11, all Rainbows and all pretty small. I think I could of busted a dozen with a few bigger ones in the mix had I stuck with what I already knew was working. The best one today was still shy of 15" and had a chewed up tail. It was cool to be on the river on Thanksgiving day though.... just Me and the squirrels and the fish. Best stress relief known to man. Here's the Picket pin... they're hitting it pretty good, but not as good as leeches and buggers I don't think. Hope you tear'em up.....let us know how it goes.

I bet at one point, after blood tests, x-rays, urinalysis, and swine flu tests, a conversation such as this took place........ Doc: "So I understand you boys spend your weekends on the river quite a bit..." Patient: uh huh Doc: "ever fall asleep in the water with your face in the gravel". Patient: um, not that I remember, but my buddy Roy passed out too close to the fire one time and burnt his foot dang near off. Doc: "I see,..... Do you guys do much fishing" ? Patient: oh yeah. Doc: "by any chance have you two Nimrods been putting your bait in your mouth" ? Patient: well.... we sucked on some crawdad tails last week, got hungry as hell and it was too wet to get a fire goin'.... WHY ? Doc: "Because it appears that parasitic worms are eating you from the inside out". Patient: We ain't ate no worms....just crawdads. Doc: "No you see, crustaceans such as crawfish are a host for microscopic parasites,,,, if you eat them raw you then become the host". "How old are you again" ? Patient: even if you chase'em with whiskey ? Doc: "chasing them with whiskey just makes them drunk...and horney, then they reproduce faster....inside you". Patient: you mean I gotta worm orgy goin' on inside me ? Doc: "yeah, pretty much'. Patient: aw dung.... I'm gonna die. Doc: No-no, I think it will be ok.... do we have your health insurance information on record ? Patient: I ain't got no health insurance. Doc: oh dung. Patient: what ? Doc: you're gonna die.

What would be the method for placing large boulders ? Amphibious dozer, Trac-hoe, or load them on a Barge and push them off ? How do you tackle a project like that ?

Hmmm, Hit these guys up: http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/portal/index.php Some really good Chevy wrenches hang out there. It's the "ozarkanglers" of the GM world.

Do the lighter ones have the LM sized hook ?

Does your tach or voltmeter flutter while the vibration is being noticed ? If you are driving in 3rd (not overdrive) does it still happen ? 40mph in overdrive would be like "coasting", so it could be falling in and out of OD. No fault codes have been set ? no "service engine" light ? Also make sure you aren't running in Auto 4wd. (I've done it myself, so don't feel bad if that's the case )

Woah, That's a tall rack. Nice !

Laker hit it dead on. 7lbs. 12 oz. on certified scales, caught from a brickyard strip pit. On a 6' Lew's Speed Stick/Garcia 5000, and 14lb. Trilene XL

Photo-gray Brother. LOL 1/4 oz. blk. Alron jig with a #11 brn. Uncle josh frog. And you are low. There's a couple guys on here that should be able to tell what baitshop I'm standing in front of.

I figured you'd pick up on the St. Christopher necklace before anything else. I don't have many pics of fish that I know exact weight of, so gimme a break

Ok, I dug up a few old pics of fish that I know the exact weight of. This is from 1982 so please ignore the stoned punk holding it and take a stab at what this Audrain county pit bass weighed out at.

I think the point of the exercise is to see how closely it can be determined by a photo alone. And to see which direction the camera image tends to lie. A common reference such as a reel or crankbait would be ok, but I think you should keep the ruler out of the pic.

And it was an easy sell, they had stock in it.

I'm sayin'

I've never understood the fascination with GPS. The worst case of "lost and screwed" I've ever witnessed was caused from depending on a darn GPS unit. I'm an old-school compass and map guy myself.

I predict that this Wednesday is going to be a tough pond fishing day.

There was a batch of them that did, long time ago, and it spurred a lot of controversy here at the lake from people that were cited for short crappie. But MDC personally came around to all the baitshops that had them and replaced them with new ones that don't shrink, and I think all the people that took the citation to court got it thrown out.

What is it about Taney that produces so many big scuds ? I never see scuds much bigger than about a size 16 anywhere else I fish, with the occasional one close to a 14....but not quite. There are scuds up to a size 10 in Taney, and possibly larger. Phil, what's the biggest scud you've ever seen ? I bet you could set a state record on that, easy. How big can they get anyway ?

They play with words. "Ethanol free" does not mean "Methanol free", and it certainly does not mean Alcohol free. Straight gasoline, to the best of my knowledge, is unobtainable and will remain so.

Must be one of those impatient Texas deer. As a fawn, which one would you be most proud to have for your Daddy ?

I think with all the generation lately the bite is going on, just a bit deeper. Some good Whites and Hybrids are being caught on the Osage arm above Hurricane deck, ripping deep crankbaits off the ledges. Nice job on the Cats ! That's the best mess I've seen, or heard of in awhile.

You're begging for honesty so I'll bite. By the pics I would guess it at a tad over 4 lbs. but, pics usually lie to the small side. It would be difficult to hold a 5+ in your palm like that unless you are a "pretty big ol'boy". I also don't see 24" there, but if she was then you are correct in assuming in the neighborhood of 6. Nice one ! And it's fine to exaggerate the weight, actually it is expected. We're gonna knock almost 2 pounds off whatever you tell us anyway