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Danny makes 3 of the older group we've lost plus his son and my son out of the next generation.

I'm going to try and run this by the Missus! Pictures of her first fish tied on her creations maybe from "Taneyfest"?

One of my best friends and fishing buddies, Danny Horton, passed away last night at Mercy South. We met 47 years ago when I first started working on the railroad as a brakeman and he as a section man. He had been suffering for several years with heart and kidney issues and diabetes. He was always somebody I could depend on when it came time to plan a trip. We fished Missouri, Montana, Michigan and Wisconsin over that time period. He leaves behind his wife Kathern, son Chris and his wife Lori, and granddaughters Charli and Lainey. Some of the members on this website fished with him in the past.

I watched it and it was interesting. Used to watch the "Fishin Hole" and one show, Jerry said he was going back to his old stompin grounds- the Castor River near Marquand. Father in law at the time had some property on it and we fished it often. Good memories!

He used to mention my Dad, Bobby Tiefenauer ,in conversations and punch lines. Dad was one of the old knuckleball pitchers and they played on the Milwaukee Braves in 1963

I mainly use shorter fly rods when I'm sight fish and a longer cast isn't necessary. If I'm stripping streamers or throwing a dry, then I prefer a longer rod. Had an engineer buddy on the railroad who was trying to learn fly fishing and was fishing the C&R section at Montauk years ago. He had bought a 9 foot Scott and struggled casting with little to no fly line out.

Great colors on those browns!

We used to get 60-70 car trains with those turbine blades. Usually had one blade on3 cars because of the length.

I should have known that he's from the same town as me and a couple other guys on this forum.

Do you remember the "Dos Equis" commercial "the most interesting man in the world"?

Looks like you're at least going to get your feet wet!

Wonder what's the coldest weather you all have fished in. In my bunch's younger, stupid days, we fished Taneycomo when the weather report claimed the wind chill was -47 below. We were all railroaders and worked outside in all imaginable conditions so we were always going to give it a go. Caught fish but spent a good bit of time clearing the ice out of the guides and warming hands even with gloves on.

That 3# P-Line handles most trout park fish and I use it and 4# Vanish quite a bit. The biggest brown I ever caught was on 2# P-Line. Pete is right on the money.

It's all down hill for your buddy catching a fish like that as a beginner.

Susie and I took a short trip to Roaring and fished Friday and half a day Saturday. It showed 32 degrees on the Explorer when we pulled into the parking lot at 08:30 so Susie decided to wait in the car. By the time I rigged up the fly rod and got to the stream, I saw one of the locals catch a 5# rainbow. I congratulated him on a nice fish and he said he had caught a 12.5# rainbow earlier. Ollie was correct in his report from a week earlier. The hole in the upper sections of the park were stacked with fish. Saw an old friend from the KC area and he confirmed one other guy had caught a fish bigger than the estimated 12.5 pounder. I had a 5 and a 3.5 and lot one that looked to be 8.5-9# as she took me into a weed bed and broke me off. Susie continued to catch fish (once it warmed up outside) on small fur bug patterns in some shade of orange/peach. We didn't keep track of the number caught, but it was a great day with some of the best stocker fish we've seen in a while. I did get to see Susie miss a 6-6.5# rainbow on Saturday. We left out around 12 noon Saturday for the 4 1/2 hour drive home. As I was headed to the car after using the men's room above the hatchery, I saw 2 young lads walking along the big pool that comes out of the spring. They were getting ready to fish when I explained to them that fishing there would get them in trouble. Their Mom was standing close by with a smaller boy and I explained to her the situation. It would have been interesting to watch but I was concerned about the cost to the parent. All 3 big fish were caught/hooked on a bead head fox squirrel nymph!