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Saw the title and thought someone was pulling a forum leg. The quillbacks I'm most familiar with aren't found in Missouri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quillback_rockfish#/media/File:Quillback_Rockfish.JPG

Thanks for the info. I finally found the name of the major creek, and it is Cole Camp. The white bass/hybrid news has me stoked as I think they're a blast, having run into them on upper Table Rock and Beaver. Won't do much if any creek wading in the foreseeable future, but I'll keep the neighbors in mind, Wrench. Looking at the satellite view of the area, I'm thinking there will be some decent walleye fishing in the main channel come this fall through spring. If nothing else, it will be interesting, and I'll be able to get out on the water way more than I do now--which wouldn't take much.

Jason-- You need to buckle down and get one of the new, yet-to-be-announced Shimano/G.Loomis rods. It will definitely put more fish in the boat. Granted, the series runs in the $650 range, but you need one.

And I'm getting the fly rod out for whatever might be in the creek...

Just saw the dock permit, and it looks like we're about mile 79. I'll be very interested to see how the walleye fishing is in the area in late fall into the spring. Also interested in the white bass fishing (actually interested in every kind of fishing but the spoonbill snagging deal).

Thanks for the replies. I should have responded a bit sooner as the question is now moot. We close on a lake place early in August. I don't know the lake mile to give you an idea, but it's in the far upper end on nice (I hope) cove with a pretty good creek running into it. We're definitely going to be dragging everything we want when we head there as a beer/whisky/food/nightcrawler run will take some time. On the other hand, it means that we won't have a lot of traffic down our road. The place has a boat dock with a a crappie brush pile under the boat well, and it's wired to the dock for the battery charger. The only issue I might have with location is finding on-the-water gas. We're located upstream of Buck Naked but not sure how far. Guess I'll be doing some checking in the next few weeks. Thanks again for the guidance.

Keep those secret baits, techniques, tips and colors coming. We just bought a cabin on the upper end, so I'll take all the advice I can get.

This forum seems to be a little on the slow side for responses. We recently moved to Clinton and, sad to say, have only fished Truman once. So you can take my advice for what it's worth. First, the boat is fine for the lake as far as size goes and if you watch the wind. What I did and will be doing fairly soon is launching either at the state park or one of the launches in the dam end of the lake. Truman is full of trees, and until you learn the channel, you can have difficulties running the lake. Given that the water is still high, a lot of the stumps will be under water, so it's better to be a bit cautious. There also is a good launch at Bucksaw Marina and at Deepwater and Sparrowfoot. However, the latter two launches are on the windiest portion of the lake, so you do have to consider that. Wish I could give you more info. Good luck.

Are you thinking split ring to hook and then small snap to sinker? I like the idea of being able to change weights without fussing with the blinking split ring...

We're looking at the possibility of a buying a cabin around mile 75, but I have concerns about the boat traffic in the area. How bad is it? The place is on the main channel. Also, how is the fishing in that area? Thanks in advance.

Interesting that Cody Meyer lead Day One with 16 something he caught keeper smallies deep and finished with largemouth shallow. His California experience may help him now.

Thanks for the report. Hope to head that way next week after the next round of storms.

Thanks for the report. Nice hybrid, BTW...hoping to head out next week.

I've not been there, but our son went to university in Wales, so I did a bit of studying on the subject. My understanding is that most, if not all, trout fishing in the UK is private. You would need to buy a rod license for a particular stretch of water or buy a pass for one of the lakes/reservoirs. Having said that, some hotels own the rights to fish and offer them to guests. I also did read about some of the lakes up north being free...but all this is somewhat dated. My understanding is that fishing for seatrout in the salt is free...if you can get access to the beach.

I have one spool left after the garage sale silliness is over. Note that this is not a filler spool but a one-pound spool. The ProSpec line is supposed to be more abrasion resistant than normal mono as it was developed for saltwater/inshore use.

Mea culpa. Clear...sorry.

I have two spools of 16-pound ProSpec Chrome for sale. Each spool is 3,350 yards and is NIB. $20 each to your door. Clinton is having a big yard sale day this Saturday, and these will be on the block at that time if not sold before. If this is still up, at least one spool remains.

If you could find a G.Loomis SJR 781 in IM-6, you'd have it nailed, IMO. I fished a lot of Ned-like baits back in the day, and my all-time favorite was an IM-6 SJR 721 (six inches shorter). I sold it in a clear-the-garage mood and should not have done that. I did save an Enders rod built on the Loomis IM-6 blank in a slightly heavier version. Fishing a Ned with it now, I find I'd like a little more length, hence the 781 recommendation.

You know there are days and places where small details make a big difference. I'm reminded of one particular outing where my guide buddy and I were fishing, and smoke-pepper red flake was better than smoke-pepper blue flake. Granted this was in a different state fishing for walleyes, but still...flake color meant catching fish or not. We were fishing the same setups and same jig heads, but the color of the flake was a deal breaker. We both had a hard time believing it, but that was the case. When I changed to red flake, I caught fish, but blue flake was a curse. The kicker came later when I shifted to a Kalin's translucent red pepper over chartreuse just to see and did as well as my buddy. Usually color didn't make that much difference, but it did then.

I used to do a lot of walleye and smallmouth fishing back in the Northwest, and much of that was with jigs and some form of soft plastic. My guide friend and I felt that --usually-- the unpainted head had no effect on fish response, that it was the color of the body that was important. Of course, we were fishing in very clear water with visibility up to 20 feet at times. While unpainted heads work all the time--there are times when a chartreuse head with a black body was deadly on bass. Also, a pink head and white body is another great combo for both bass and walleyes. I got the chartreuse head and black body combo from the late Connie Peterson, the owner of Gopher Tackle, originator (I think) of the small mushroom head. He said that the guys in Minnesota were using the chartreuse Gopher head in 1/16-ounce with a seven-inch black worm to fish the vertical edges of weedbeds for bass.

I need another fly rod like a hole in my head. However...what are you looking for in a combo?

I am keeping the LeechZ secret...

Everhart's probably is your best bet for info. It's worth a visit all by itself.

I will gladly take all the smaller size if they have the purple back...I have Nanofil...

I'm there on selling...but the weekend before last there was a big garage sale at the community center. While there, I bought another fly rod. Why? Well, the blank is an Orvis glass Full Flex for (I think) 4-weight. It's a companion blank to the first fly rod I built back in college in Missoula. Granted, I have a 3 weight, several 4s and a half a dozen 5s... but still, for $15, why not? I'm still kicking myself about the Shimano Bantam left hand in the very smallest size made that I passed up. I'm thinking it's a disease... And every time I get serious about selling, I think about the last year I fished Beaver when my two best walleye crankbaits were a Berkley Frenzy (predecessor to the Flicker series) and an Excalibur Shad-R that has been out of production for at least five years. I need help...