Corb90

It saddens me to say that I have had to take a small break from fly fishing. EMT school has taken up all of my spare time in the past few months but it is finally starting to taper off a bit and I am hoping to get back into it again. I fished ALOT at Blue Springs Creek back when I would go at least once a week with varying success. A. because it is only an hour away from my house (I live in St. Louis County) and B. because it is an amazing place to fish and made me a way better fisherman so that when I went to places like Meramec Springs I could cast with ease around all of the noobs and bobbers hanging from the trees. My question today is though, after reading many forums it seems that a successful fly for BSC is the ever trusty Wooly Bugger. I haven't used these much in spring creeks because I honestly don't know how to fish them. Dries and nymphs are easy. Put them at the top of some riffles, let them float through the pool, rinse and repeat. However streamers are a little trickier for me. How do you fish them in a tiny little stream like BSC? Strip them through pools or let them float? With it being so small, I tend to not have much line out and in my eyes, im confused on how effective a streamer can be, BUT I know I am wrong in this sense. Just looking for a little guidance on technique for when I hit it in the next few weeks. Any help is greatly appreciated even if its got nothing to do with streamer fishing. Thanks Bros

Thinking about hitting up Maramec springs park tomorrow. A little nervous about the recent rains though. I went Friday and had a decent outing. Can anyone tell me what the water will be like after the rains and what are some good tactics to for slaying some trout on the fly? I've had good luck with y2ks and grizzly/black buggers when the water is "normal"

I've been fly fishing for about a year. I've caught two blue springs bows in about 7 trips. Some would call it a waste but those have no idea the feeling of catching a wild bow in a spring creek. Both fish were caught when sneaking up to a hole on my hands and knees. I have become a much better fisherman learning BSC and get better everytime. You can never be too sneaky, I promise. Try throwing some foam beetles or griffiths nats. I read somewhere that fish in small streams like BSC can't rely on bug hatches so they'll eat anything that's readily available like beetles and other bugs.

Looking to get into a little carp action when the water gets warmer. I live in st. louis county and would like to keep these trips kind of close to home if possible. I love sight fishing and think it would be sweet to do it for carp this summer also just got a new 7 wt and want to get some use out of it since 90% of my fishing can be done with my 5. Can anyone give me a good general spot to stalk some carp?(without giving away your honey hole, unless you want to!) Also what flies work for carp? I've read alot about cray fish patterns and buggers.

Thanks for the response. Any idea what stretch he fished at?

Hey all! I have taken up fly fishing about a year ago and am having a heck of a time going after trout in Missouri's small streams around the area. I really enjoy blue springs creek and have found a small creek within an hours drive that looks like a nice place to catch some smallmouth when the temps warm up a little. Its a place called little indian creek. Anyone ever fished there? What do you usually catch and whats the smallie population like? I plan on wading since its a creek and I dont really want to get into the meramec that close to st. louis. Please let me know if you have any info on this creek as I am too impatient to wait until the water warms up to find out for myself. One more question, when do smallies work their way up small creeks like this? Around March-April? AND back on the blue springs creek topic, will the section of the creek close to the meramec a good place to go after small mouth?