Wayne SW/MO

You like that use a spinning rod with light line and you can really get looooooooggggggg drifts.

Try a McGinty, they love them. Tie them with a hackle rather than a wing.

I assumed that the triploid stocking was to augment the population without endangering the reproducing population. With that in mind I wondered if the population in the NFOW was considered low? As for cutts I don't see any reason for them here. Yes they have a slightly different appearance, but they are still trout and in my experience seem to be small in streams, but they do have fast growing stillwater strains. Trout are not native to Missouri, and as long as there is heavy river traffic, gigging, and warm water floods big trout just aren't going to happen in any numbers. There isn't an abnormal supply of 20" fish on the Deschutes in Oregon and you can't keep them or fish from a boat on that water. I realize they are a strain that evolved in warmer alkaline waters which doesn't describe the rivers flowing east from the Cascades, but big fish occur and they re therefore capable.

It is slow in coming and I'm surprised it has taken this long because I don't believe there was ever any doubt where the population was heading. I would hope it would also put a damper on allowing anymore rental canoes on some waters and less on one in particular that I'm familiar with.

There are ways around that. A small piece of the tubing used to secure braided loops works well. Put a perfection loop in your leader 2/3rds of the way down with a 1/4" piece of the tubing behind it. It will show any movement in the leader much faster than anything larger, especially floating. I realize that there are times when something is needed to control depth during a drift when a high stick won't work. That's the time for a big dry as an indicator in my opinion.

Does the river really need triploids?

You'll catch more fish without a bobber/float/indicator. A small piece of yarn is more than enough, but nothing is even better. Learn to focus on your line and you will catch more fish. When your line hesitates, turns or changes direction when you think it shouldn't, lift. This is also true of jerkbaits which should be starting to shine for smallies. Watch for the "tic", that's your sign.

I suppose there is one somewhere, but some of the holes have changed names over the years. I wouldn't worry too much about it because nothing is that consistent when it comes to any particular holes/flies/methods.

I guess some things never change. I don't believe I've caught 6 logperch in my life.

You should e mail the MO DNR and ask if there is a new use planned for Bennett.

If the butt is what you want to shorten it is easy. The end cap will generally come off by heating it with a hair dryer. I can't speak for all rods but on my Falcon Low Riders I had to reshape the end of the cork and then cut the blank with a short protrusion. If you want to shorten the rod overall, more than can be achieved in the handle section, you generally have to sacrifice the present handle, cut the blank and then install a new handle. The biggest problem with this procedure is that it will change the overall characteristics of the rod and it might no longer be your favorite. In this case I would look for a rod I liked with a long handle that could be trimmed enough to make the overall length acceptable.

I was thinking the same thing! It won't be crowded and there will be lots of fish. You also don't need waders.

If you're tent camping the State park wouldn't be a bad choice.

A little of both. You do have to exercise some control dependent on your tippet strength. A 1X will obviously allow a harder hook set than a 6X. By using both you do gain speed which is often just as important, or more important, than the amount of pressure. You can often recover and repeat a weak hookset, but a slow one is generally a loss.

Cassel laid a perfect pass on the DB Sunday. With a Chief hanging on his back the only way the DB could catch it was if it was perfect, and it was!

We have a lot in common at the vise.

I've used a lot of floss over the years, but I always felt the acetone treatment was more of a gimmick. Floss does work well as an underbody to add a specific color. I think sometimes you have to separate the flies that are more art from the ones that are strictly for fishing. Most of the more popular old patterns don't really match any food, only suggest.

Junkman I was just thinking that driving a few miles farther and doing the Access north to NRO, sorry about not using the full name, would put you in good combinations waters holding smallies and trout. You might also give some consideration to the little Niangua that Wrench mentioned.

If it helps, many of the stoves had a system to route the smoke around the oven to even out the heat and take advantage of the heat in the flue.

If it is your first, and your son's, you might want to consider the 64 access to NRO. You'll have a much better chance of catching fish. It should be short on floaters and if the colors show up this year it is well wooded.

Some of it will depend on the weather Sam, if we have a hard one and a lot of shad die offs it could be rough on the small bass, but if it is mild it could be outstanding fishing next year. Another crap shoot, who knows.

What kind of assembly are you talking about?

Fishing the midge hatches has generally been very good for me also. Strangely enough most people ignore them, even at the dam.

Anything stripped offers the "tug" as an indicator. If you want to offer something different try some soft hackles.

The problem with replacing parts on stoves like that with machined parts is the fact most weren't machined to begin with. Wax and sand was the CNC of that era.