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Fished Parker with a buddy up and down from the access. He caught one nice rainbow on jiggy streamer and I was skunked. We went to the cable and somebody was already there, we left. Went to TanVat and 4 cars were in the lot, left again. Settled in at Baptist with only one car in the lot. The guy was walking out when we stepped in the water. We caught fish all the way down stream to the hard right turn. All bows and nice sized. My buddy stuck with the jiggy streamer and I nymph fished. We left a lot of flies on the bottom throughout the day. No for the amazing part. We are driving out and there is guy fishing at the handicap pier in campground 3, on Thursday!! He had a fish on when we saw him. SIO3

Thanks for the report John. Where is this emergency exit in relation to the parking lot? Snagged

Best fighter, tarpon. Best fighter freshwater, Hybrid Striper, big one, on a nine weight!!! Weirdest, sturgeon out of the mississippi and the next cast a spoonbill. Both caught in the mouth. I've caught about everything that's considered a rough fish on the fly. Drum, Common carp, Asian Carp, Buffalo, shad and gar. Untold numbers of birds, snakes and turtles. Even snagged a muskrat on accident. Coolest, toss up between a 9lb Bonefish and a 29 inch rainbow at McClellans.

Drive 4 hours, suit up, rig rod and hear the the horn blow. Go down to Phil's or wherever and rent a boat. This applies to all of the tailwaters in the White River chain. If you aren't willing to boat-it you better have a plan b. Drive to Crane or Roaring River or play golf or cards. SIO3

Wow Wrench, your an artist!!! Those look great!! SIO3

Thanks guys for saving me trip to Alex G. Is Reed in MO? Actually I'm hoping the weather is nice enough to play golf. There I said it. I like golf better than pond stocked trout. Man it feels good to get that off my chest. SIO3

Very good idea Zip! If in St. Charles Mo (I know it's not a lake destination but you never know) Plaza Tire Service on Old 94 South. 636-939-9494. Snagged

Abel's are nice, but heavy. They are the gold standard in the industry. I've owned many different brands but I love my Lamson Litespeeds!!! Light weight, large arbor and very smooth drags. SIO3

Thanks Dave!! Can you see that park when you are on 435? SIO3

Anybody know of a pond with trout near Stateline and 435 but preferably in Missouri? I'm visiting family for Thanksgiving and might have some time to get out. I'd like to fish in MO so I don't heve to buy a non-resident fishing permit for Kansas. Actually I'll need to get out, it's my inlaws!!! Help a brother out please. SIO3

We have a farm in IL, on the east side of the state and we'll go out with two dogs around Thanksgiving. Brittanys Last year with one dog we shot 8 birds in 4 hours or so. Good luck, and report your success. I will too. Tomorrow it's off to Bennett with the family till sunday. SIO3

I should apologize, I was bored at work and wanted to yank some chains. Seriously, I can't change anything so I roll with the punches like FT57 suggests. I'm a stream fisherman, whether it's smallies or trout first, but I like to bass fish in lakes too. It more depends on the logistics of a fishing trip than anything else. Heck, there isn't much to choose from in the Metro areas anyway. I'll tell you one thing, we have pretty darn good here in southern MO and northern AR. And I'm glad I'm at least near it somemwhat here in St Louis. SIO3

The Post Dispatch ran a story with pictures of coyotes in Tower Grove Park last year. SIO3

I would love to fish the White before the dams were built. I bet it awesome. I think most people who don't like tailwater trout just aren't very good fisherman. They have trouble catching fish and to make themselves feel better they say they don't like it. Like Wayne said they are bigger and wilder and some guys just can't catch big, wild fish. SIO3

Tapawingo has a few hundred running around. Nice shot!! SIO3

I think a couple years ago they found a dead one that was hit by a car in the KC metro area. You could Google it up pretty quick though. SIO3

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No problem RC PM Dano and he'll delete for you. Snagged

I guess I'll step into the line of fire. Why is it impractical? Actually sounds like a good idea to me. SIO3

Sorry, that is correct. I didn't look carefully enough at Cricket's post. SIO3

I feel you Cricket but what about your body hair? Are you going to burn that off too? SIO3

Yes Cricket. Not in the last few years Murdoch. SIO3

We currently have two Spring hole cabins reserved but some in our group are bailing out. The whole trip may fall apart this weekend. It's more of a family picnic with fishing for us. The little kids like it. SIO3

I was the one who called Phil with a report that I saw didymo near KOA. I've fished in that stuff on the White for years now. But, the man said no Didymo in Taney. I disagree. For the record, I think didymo was discovered in the White since the 1980's. Some say it was there a lot longer than that. During that time, me and my buddies would fish the White and then head back through MO fishing Bennett, The Current, Taney and many other trout streams on our way home. No one had any idea then that what we were doing was bad. Of course the bloom wasn't as big either. But I can tell you with absolute certainty that fisherman have been fishing infected waters for years and then going to other fisheries. Because I was doing it, and so were my buddies. Crane included! They have hashed this out several times on Wilson's site since 05 or earlier. I'll take all the felt boots in size 10.5 to 11. http://flyfishingarkansasandmissouri.yuku.com/topic/1102/t/The-curse-of-didy.html http://flyfishingarkansasandmissouri.yuku.com/topic/1140/t/Didymo.html SIO3

You do need the trout stamp to fish inside the parks during CnR. It took the place of the winter tag a few years ago. SIO3