Foghorn

Going to have to ban that new Fenwick fiberglass rod in the trout parks-it catches too many fish!

Enjoyed the report. Would have loved to see a video of you two youth's frolicking around in the parking lot!

Sending prayers to all who knew and loved him.

Wish I'd been there and looking forward to some pictures. I'm currently quarantined with Covid!

Had an old 4'9" Fenwick spinning rod years ago-still wish I had it. Bought a 5'3" Fenwick fly rod from Tim at his fly shop at Roaring back in the early 90's. Blistering cold March the second and 4 of us went to his shop to delay freezing our tails off. Three of us bought those little rods and a Orvis Battenkill large arbor reel and hit the stream at a balmy 4 degrees. First fish I caught on that little 5 weight would have gone 10.5-11#. We didn't have cell phones and the closest phone was in buddy Rick's car. It was a 35mm and he drove around the park with the phone next to the heater a couple times trying to get the camera to advance. I left the fish in the water the whole time and let it go. Next year buddy Danny caught a 9# 5oz. rainbow on his..

Hey Marty, you need to get out and put a little bend in that old Fenwick!

The mistletoe the jigfest group found in Arkansas reminded me of one of early adventures to the White River. Railroad buddy who my kids nicknamed "Mr. Fuji" and I were to meet up with Joe and Terry Graven from Sand Springs resort for a few days of fishing. The closer we got, the more Mr. Fuji talked about all the squirrel nests along the river. I'm driving but not seeing but a few actual squirrel nests. I finally asked him what he was seeing and he pointed out a bunch of mistletoe. I could see the light go on in his eyes and he asked "Is that the stuff they sell at Famous Barr in the winter for $5-10 a sprig." Yes it is I told him. The light is still on and he's devising a plan to get some. He decided we could climb some of those trees and retrieve enough to pay for our trip. Some of the mistletoe must have been 50-60 feet in the tops of some big trees. We didn't stop as there's no way he or I either one could climb that high. He might have set the world record for casting a #7 shad rap. Our guide told him the Rapala shad rap were the hot plug so he bought all they had at the dock for $7 plus tax. His first cast ,the line broke and I believe he could have grabbed some of that mistletoe as far as that plug went. Sure do miss him.

That a girl Pat!

Nice pictures of the fish and the stream.

My old friend, Yogi !

We have the kids, grandkids, a few friends and my 93 year old Mom coming this Saturday. As usual, we have to try and find a day when there's not work or ball games playing to have our get together's. Number 3 grandson plays in a basketball tournament later that evening so we had to move dinner and present exchanging up. Would love to come one year and bring Miss Susie but won't be this year. Hope it's a great time and the fishing is as well.

I always enjoy this part of the posts-the strategy that revolves around the food and not so much the fishing.

You sure look different in your work clothes!

I remember years ago seeing all the waterfowl flying over going South and then returning North. My kids still think its strange when I hear duck or geese talking that I'll stand outside trying to see them.

Yes Sir!

Great pictures as usual! Thanks

Had a light breakfast anticipating some heavy duty chowing down this afternoon. Spent one winter in Osawatomie Kansas working on the railroad. First trip West was to Council Grove Kansas Thanksgiving morning. Got there in the late afternoon and they had 8-10" of snow on the ground. Only place to eat in walking distance was an old pool hall that served 3.2% beer, Landshire sandwiches and chips. Celebrated Thanksgiving with a turkey sandwich watching the Cowboys on tv.

Geneva 1-3625.

Water looks great and some good weather for November.

Pete, maybe you could come up with a song to go with the Bat Signal?

Lady with one of the group of kids said there were 5 school buses of kids. Some of those were participating in an outdoor adventure class?

Susie and I left out Thursday morning for our annual opening of the winter C&R trout park fishing. We started with a quick stop at Maramec Springs figuring we'd take a quick stroll thru the park to check if they had stocked . The lady collecting at the front gate said they hadn't stocked since the derby which would have been the last Saturday in October. Not sure if she was accurate as that meant people fished the last 6 days of October with nothing stocked. So off to Bennett Springs to check their water and fish stocked. We went to zone 1 across form the rest room and saw tons of fish. And it would take 2000 fish to weigh that ton. We headed down to zone 2 and didn't see as many in our short walk there. Our next stop and planned first day of fishing Friday was Roaring River. Again we saw lots of fish but we also saw a half a dozen " lunkers". We started in the deep pool with the two outlets we call the "Twin Falls " Friday morning and it was pretty much non stop for the first couple hours or so. Did manage to catch one during that morning rush that would have weighed in the 3.5# range. Saw some old friends and visited almost as much as we fished for a while. Back to fishing and it was getting mid afternoon and finally connected on a 6.5-7# rainbow on a size 18 peach fur bug. Fish fought well and swam away after some reviving . We were meeting the youngest daughter and her family in Branson so we headed East to meet the kids. Fishing was on hold Saturday with shopping and a not so wonderful trip to SDC. There was way to many people which we expected ahead of time but our daughter and husband could only get off on the weekend. After breakfast on Sunday, we headed back East to Bennett. All those little fish were still swimming and still hungry so we pounded them for several hours. Most were in the 10-12" range with most on the smaller size. Susie did see a couple fish see figured were 17-18'. We left after catching all we wanted to catch and drove to Salem to finish our trip at Montauk. We got a late start as my fishing buddy was tired and didn't get started till 09:30. We started in the campground and again caught stockers in the size stocked at Bennett and Roaring. As we got down near the 200 campsites we started picking up a few 13-14" fish. I did misfire on a 20" rainbow and saw another brown trout near that size. It was a lot of driving and I wished we had found better sized fish but that's the "state of our state trout parks". The water was clear and the weather was beautiful and the fish fought hard for the most part on the little 6'6" 3 weights we were using. And there was the bonus of those 2 big fish at Roaring.

How about a hot bowl of soup on a cold day!

Kind of like the young gunfighter strolling into town and meeting up with the local sheriff " the Man from Milo".

Atta boy Marty! 10 year old grandson shot a 9 pointer off their front porch.