Wayne SW/MO

It's hard to tell in the TR rivers because Rockbass made there way into the lake.

While we're on solo's, the Guide 147 isn't a bad solo if you have the strength the wrestle it if need be. It's a 14' that you can stand in, take some one else if the need arises, and carry plenty of camping gear.

Don't take this wrong, but that's your fault and not the line. If you do 3 things you can virtually eliminate it all together. The only exception is if the lure is doing the twisting. First thing is to always close the bail by hand. Two is when you put on new line taking it off the spool in the right direction only helps, but it doesn't cure because the diameters don't match. After you fill a spool, take it outside and pull off as much line as you can in a straight line. Then holding the line between your thumb and forefinger reel it in, not too fast. Next run the spool under hot tap water for a minute or two and warm it up. You will have very little problems after doing this. If a lure puts too much twist in the line repeat pulling the line off and putting it back on the spool.

Good job. Was it up in the creek?

As long as they have been in there I doubt they will ever get to the point they can provide a mess in one trip very often. Walleye have to be stocked, even though they have been in BS forever I believe.

I only use braid with topwater and jerkbaits. I think the fact that it floats is a big help for topwater fishing and the no stretch helps to see takes that are very light on jerkbaits late in the year. I agree that a leader is essential for everything except topwater lures.

I like an anchor system. I use mine to anchor in shallow water and fish deeper water. It keeps my silhouette low and I can switch rods without packing two. It's faster in the long run. my system is a rope, a caribiner and a 3# dumbbell from wally world.

Tuf 4/15, tighter braid, slicker and cheaper. The company was started by ex PP people who thought they could do better.

AJBrowns post is disturbing and certainly nothing to sneeze at.

Oh well nobody looks close at someone elses rod. It is how it fishes that really counts. The factory rods are very light for the money and have nice actions.

Did you catch any outside of Swan? I wonder if they were there to spawn.

I like his rear anchor idea. I don't think I would like the rod rest however because I like to be able to shove mine down out of harms way when limbs attack me. I'm a long time fan of the kayak paddle and don't even carry a standard paddle.

That would seem to be the story at Swan and Beaver also. I assume they need a certain temperature for the eggs to hatch and I'm wondering if that window was very narrow this year?

I have factory 7 & 8 weights.

Not sure if it helps, but I caught a couple at the Barker hole a couple of years ago.

Yes. I doubt that it is giggers. They fact that it is mostly small bottom feeders could be a sign of an illegal dump.

It can depend on what you intend to fish for, but in Missouri an expensive reel with a first class drag isn't necessary. You can easily stay around a $100, or much less, and get a good reel. Cabelas and BPS have them, Echo has one that you might look at. I have a couple of the Cabela reels and haven't found any problwms with them.

Oneshot if you're not closing your bail by hand, you should.

a faster rod will struggle even more to cast air resistant flies or heavy ones with the standard WF. Standard WF lines are designed to cast small flies and make delicate presentations. You need a line with a shorter heavier head to cast and turn over flies that offer a lot of resistance. A bass taper is the best all round for the job and if the distances are short then an upline one weight won't hurt anything. Do yourself a favor and pick up a bass taper, Cabelas, SA and Rio all make good ones for $40 or less. If you know some one who has an 8 wt BT, try it before you buy to see how it works on your rod.

I would agree. Quillback I have 13 years experience in OR and there are browns there also. I just think it is intetesting how they often slide under the radar. I discussed a largemouth invasion in an impound with a biologist that had declared them a disaster to the native fish in his lake. The fish had come from another lake upstream and taken a hold in his lake. His natives consisted of kokanee, browns, brookies and rainbows, the only true natives. The discussion wasn't making him happy and when I arrogantly pointed out that his browns weren't even native to the continent he hung up on me. :lol: Many of the exotics in OR, atlantics and brookies at least, are in formally sterile mountain lakes and have little chance to expand there range. They already have access and if they liked it they would be there.

I'm sure the line is a WF which requires a lot of line to be out to cast properly. You might consider a bass or warmwater taper line. Cabelas has them at a reasonable price. What it would do is put more line weight out front which would make turning over clousers and bugs much easier. If you ran a 6 weight in one of those tapers you could improve your short cast considerably because you would have more weight to load the rod without having a lot of line out..

There's a lot of contradicting information out there and that's why I asked. Some are saying you have to have a boat registered to get a tag. It is too bad they don't give a break to paddle craft though.

A more resonable explanation would be that they don't delay wild fish. Wlid fish often go into rivers because of other reasons. The Clearwater B steelhead is often caught far up the Deschutes river where they go when temperatures in the Columbia get to high. The statement by the biologist sounds suspect at best and doesn't make sense. Even if they did fear they would start a new run the could use them in the hatchery. Surely no one involved in the salmon hatcheries on the west coast believes any wild run will replace a hatchery in the future? Quillback you don't mention browns, surely the state didn't overlook them. Kokanee could go that list because if i remember right they are only native to one lake in WA state, is that correct?

Looks like the kind of creek we all like. Clousers can be tough to cast if the line and rod aren't right.

A bass taper makes a big difference and depending on your rods action, uplining to an 8 might also help. As far as casting try slowing your cast down a little. Making your backcast out at a 60 or 70 degree angle will allow you to open up the loop and slow down a little letting the rod load.