netboy

Yep, smoking took my Dad from lung cancer in his early 60's.

Got to love the old cars in the video. We used to fish Bennett when we lived in Florissant in the late 50's and early 60's but never went for opening day. There were lots of characters down there. I remember meeting Pete and Marie Cento who each held the Missouri record rainbow trout record back then.

Lots of smokers back then.

Cool video... Facebook

I use my 2-stroke leaf blower. Works great.

We ended up with about 4". Way less than what was in the forecast. Still cold with 11 degrees right now.

Our latest forecast is showing 15.4" tonight here in Cotter. Yuuuck.

Those look great.

With the blizzard coning tomorrow I made a trip to the BS dam access. I was met by our local Game Warden, and he doesn't bother to check me these days. Always good to see him out there. Fishing was pretty good. A friend caught a nice rainbow right of the bat and I ended with 9. Best flies for me were egg patterns and a UV nymph my friend tied. Here is best rainbow....

Sure, no problem

Waded at Rim Shoals this morning and had a good trip. Water was at minimum flow but still a bit higher than normal due to runoff from the recent wet weather. Best flies today were an olive/brown woolly bugger and the usual egg patterns fished in tandem. Ended the morning with lots of rainbows and 1 cutthroat. No browns today. Here are a couple of the better rainbows...

Nice brown and glad you had beautiful weather the last few days.

We used to shoot a few when I lived in South Texas. The breast fillets were great on the grill. They deserve the label Ribeye of the Sky. Another unusual great eating bird down there was the Fulvous Whistling Tree Duck.

Here is another White River fattie....

Chunky White River rainbow.