Wayne SW/MO

It did look like nothing more than a slider rig actually, bit without the good head. It is funny how things suddenly become a special technique because someone has the opportunity to publicize it. My fishing buddy and I fished long flyrods on the Deschutes to control the drift in rocky areas. Then it became high sticking and eventually Czech nymphying. We drop shotted 50 years ago, the only difference was that we used a light float to keep the line perpendicular and taut. The rig generally consisted of a sinker big enough to pull the float down, a hook tied 2' above it and the float 2' above that.

Not that I'm aware of. The west side is the only one fishable.

Your best bet is still probably to go to Empire, it's not that far up Y going across the old bridge. The problem you face is that BS is rising and will probably continue. It's raining here now and most of it will be held in BS.

Wow, sorry to hear that. I don't believe he was all that old was he?

You shouldn't see many floaters up there. I would dredge the bottom with plastic. There might still be some trout up there and if you want go for broke throw Rooster Tails or something similar. It used to be prime water, but over the decades it's filled in some of the best holes.

I would probably throw something in the order of a Shad Rap, fluke or spinner bait off the bank at SR. If you want to go trout take a short drive up to Empire park and fish there. There's a bait shop up the the hill from SR, on the left just before the 4 way, in Forsyth that might warrant a visit.

Solar does have more promise if it was utilized right. While lighting isn't a large percentage of the load, it is universal enough to make an impact. Most roofs are vacant and could easily be used for preheating water and solar panes for lighting. Solar panels could be produced cheaply enough if they got the attention they deserve. Nuclear is probably the quickest way to clean energy. Nuclear is saddled with a few accidents caused by either poor engineering or apathy for safety, but can be safe. One of the big drawbacks is disposal of spent fuel and I've never understood why it couldn't be jettisoned into space? Surely it could be package to withstand a failure. For wind it still comes back to the fact it's saddled with cons and the only large pro is the subsidies corporations a sucking out of the research dollar. Natural gas is much cleaner than coal, but Wyoming and Pennsylvania have a lot of coal to sell, so it isn't really all about clean energy. Homage has to be paid to the bottom line first.

Problem is Justin they don't turn day and night and even while they're turning the power plants are burning fuel. You can't start and start a fuel burning power plant. They have to keep the water hot 24/7. There's no doubt we need alternatives, but wind power is a poor one and as long as they continue to get the lions share of financial help better alternatives won't come about. You talk about trips and windmill farms, you can go to the west coast and not see a power plant, but the same can't be said for windmills. I wonder how you would feel if you had to hear and see them as part of your permanent landscape.

You're right, but all is not equal. Wind farms exist because they are visible and in spite of the blight, make people believe they are viable. We raise Cain over animal farms too close to the water and would come unglued if they wanted to cross the NFOW with a rusty pipeline to no where, but don't mind an energy source that is 180 degress with the environment and exists because it's profitable for big business as a subsidy magnet. The biggest problem with solar is that it doesn't draw the money that wind does, even though in the long run it's more sensible. It's hard to give a substantial subsidy to the XYZ corporation and not one to aunt Martha., especially if Martha's son can build her solar panels with a few tools. We spend billions make sources as safe as possible, but you can't do much with a meat grinder running 200 or 300 miles an hour sitting high in the sky.

It's not just song birds and bats. All for electricity that doesn't really impact are pollution problems, but it does impact sudsidies. http://www.usnews.com/science/news/articles/2013/05/14/ap-impact-wind-farms-get-pass-on-eagle-deaths

Yes. I would go with a medium light 6' rod and a reel with a real spare spool, no graphite spool.

Congratulations! I guess that's what happens when you do it right.

Is that an 8' cat? It looks to be riding high and dry despite the load.

They show up in LOZ every so often so I imagine it depends on whether they they turn right or left when they leave the Pomme arm. They do have have a better chance of getting to the Sac then going over Truman I would think.

Good grief Joe, I hope you have a good supply of face masks. Between the pollution and the SARS you're a braver man than most. You need some R & R on the 'gua.

Riverfront or Fort Niangua wouldn't be bad choices. They are upriver from Bennett and are probably what Noluck is referring too.

Looking at the picture from the forum it's hard to understand why the bridge isn't marked better. It would be simple to hang a marked cable in the dangerous ones.

I don't know, but I'm glad that what ever it is, it doesn't seem to make it down to Table Rock, Taney of Bull Shoals.

The upper will be good too. The picnic shelters at River Run should provide shade for some big ones.

Yeah I'm thinking you would have had to find a new place to live if you had thrown that one back. Congratulations!

If you're talking poprivets you need to match diameter and length. The length should allow enough for a washer. A better option fo some application is to use SS bolts and nylock nuts.

It's 7 feet high and rising. It still has a lot of room so I imagine they will keep filling it. It's probably planting time in the delta so no where to put the water.

I might add that water level can change the game also, the more water to fish the longer it will take. If the reason for going is strictly fishing then, IMO, 7 or 9 miles is tops. Having some Idea, like Al said can really help. If fishing is good you can take advantage of while still being able to get to your destination on time. I prefer to wade and that will also slow one down quite a bit. Once you get out and secure the boat, you tend to fish a hole more thoroughly. Cooperative fish can really throw a wrench in things and slow you down considerably.

I don't think the James is a secret, blame Jim Owens.

MarkinKC I remember the Mirror lakes. I lived in the area for awhile, '55-'63, and fished there once in awhile. If I remember right they charged $.50 to fish? The best bait for us was jar bait from Metropolitan, if I remember right.