Foghorn

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!

Some solid fish there Pete.

Enjoyed the story just hated how it all transpired. Casting looked great other than those "Crocs".

With the beautiful weather we have been having, Susie and I decided to chance a trip to Maramec Springs. After seeing all of the destruction from the flood, we weren't sure what to expect. The water was still running strong and off colored so I had packed some ultra light spinning rods and some of the jigs I tie. We started at the pothole and immediately started catching small fish. We probably missed as many as we caught with the fish being so small. We fished the upper end down to where the bathroom is and continued catching fish with an occasional 12-17" fish thrown in. I did catch one little brown trout and a goggle eye and Susie caught a 10" smallmouth. We quit after fishing 4 hours and drove up to the hatchery. Didn't see many of the fish we had fed when we took the grandkids earlier this year. The park was/is really torn up with picnic tables crashed into trees and debris all over the place. Sure hated to see it that way as that was our go to place as teenagers to trout fish.

Ouch! Guess that will require some rehab? I cut about a quarter of an inch off my left ring finger in the ninth grade in a woodworking class. It was the semifinals of the conference tournament in basketball. My parents came and took me to the emergency room where my Dad asked the attending nurse "will he be able to play the piano again?' She said "of course he will." and he said "that's great, he never could before". My woodworking days pretty much ended that day. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

Seems to work best when the stream has a little moss but have done well in the fly zone at Montauk bouncing it along on the sandy bottom.

Thanks Sandy. It can be tough to fish under the best conditions on that size hook. They will nose down on the bottom to take it. Timing is everything then.

Might get Sandy to post a picture as my computer skills are limited!