Wayne SW/MO

CWF it is the same breaking system that the Abu's had, material sliding on pins against a drum. With the Shimano you have 6 brakes instead of 2. I generally keep one on in my reels to get around the acceleration. The brakes are managed by centrifugal force, so once the reel is coasting they back off. The problem with using the spool adjustment is that it never lets the spool go, nor does it change pressure. I've found that with the new brakes you can back off the spool side play knob some and get more distance.

As far as hackle goes, assuming they are American, a saddle is more webby and soft and the choice for wets. Neck hackles should be stiffer and best used for drys. There are exceptions, but don't worry about them. If it is called a hen neck or saddle, the feathers will be wider and more rounded and suitable for wets, at best. I'm talking chicken feathers above, there are other feathers, but they are generally used specific to a particular pattern.

That depends on your thumb and what grade it finished. If it's well educated you probably only want one or two brakes active. If you're not sure start with three to get the hang of it and then deactivate one or two. I'm kind of leaning that way myself, if only some of the better beers came in cans, or in the case of Shiner, the distributor would stock them.

In that case Eric you don't want to know what we called Miller when I was young.:lol:

There's no reason to think they might not be in there, they're native to the river.

Fortunately I outgrew PBR, Hamms, Falstaff and Milwaukee's finest. I still drink real Bud at times but my first choice is Shiner Bock and then Boulevards Wheat and Porter. For foreign beers, Dos Equis, but only with a lime.

Yeah but the short smallies in the Niangua have a habit of growing up to be big smallies.

Naw, cheap beer is Milwaukee's Best or an upgrade to PBR.

i know where there's a 50 HP 4 stroke.

That's the norm for the most part, the circus is on Saturday and Sunday. Tell your son "Great shot".

How long is that float?

No doubt oneshot, they're sharing the water with a lot more outfitters than they did 30 years ago.

Any Wilderness System kayak.

If I'm not mistaken Whiting obtained Hoffman and there was no comparison to his feathers in quality and length. I do wonder what "Euro" is however?

I'm not familiar with that brand, but in general the longer the kayak the faster it is and the better it will track. If you're going to paddle up stream a lot the 12' is what you want. Of course longer is also heavier to move around on dry land. Shorter is normally more maneuverable, but that isn't a big requirement on our flows. For fishing you want something with a beam in the 30" range, which most yaks I've seen under 14' have. I prefer a SOT for all but small waters. I have 10' SI that does fine on creeks, but for anything else a 12' SOT is my preference. The SOT is self draining, should be unsinkable and you're able to sit on the side with your legs hanging over to reach the rear compartment. In many, mine for instance, you can store rods inside where they are safe. You can't access them on the move but you can carry spares or a flyrod, for instance, in case conditions get ripe to use it. My tarpon has so so initial stability, but outstanding secondary, which is important for fishing, in my opinion.

One of these days I'll try to get off my butt and post some pictures of an early spin cast, a Wright and McGill circa the early 50's.

The little ones come and go Oneshot, and they pretty much always have, but there are more large outfitters today then there was 20 or 30 years ago. they're all working the same amount of water there was then.

I doubt that, unless they find a way to eat them or propel your vehicle. They would also risk foreign companies up grading their stock, the Chinese have forgotten more than we know about chickens. I've got to get my grizzly skin on there.

Well with Missouri getting ready to dump a lot of water into the Mississippi I wouln't be surpried if they don't take all summer to drop 11 feet.

The ramp looks to be deep enough. There are no bars that I'm aware of to worry about, at least not until you get close to the creek.

Snag is right. Try using the more webby saddle hackles, or even Indian or Chinese saddle hackles. I doubt that your leader is the problem or it would spin everything.

I know exactly what you mean. I haven't caught that many carp on the fly, but they do remind me of steelhead, just not quite as fast, and the drag has to come on line immediately when you hook a steely or you're done generally.

It's not just carp, channels do also.

I'm not sure what the ramp looks like. I'll be down there tomorrow, I'll take a look.

Thom, small catarafts have come a long way and you might want to look a some of them.