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Has anyone been to the Lews shop in the northeast business park recently or are you going soon? I know they usually have some sort of rod specials going on and i think it was the speed stick tp1's for $40 or $50. Just trying to confirm before heading out there later this week

Anyone gonna try it this weekend...i almost snuck out for an hour on Friday but decided to head home to clean the house top to bottom in preparation for hosting my wife's entire family this weekend....that scored me some huge points and likely got me a couple of longer fishing trips...total veteran move 😎😎. Ill be cashing those chips in in a couple weeks...looks like some very steady warmer weather for the next 10 days or so. Tight lines, and remember keep the wives happy its almost primetime!!

See pictures and details in the link below. Great setup! http://springfield.craigslist.org/spo/d/springfield-offseason-special-complete/7084939504.html

Thanks rps, I loved reading your posts on Ozark walleye tactics, great stuff! Im saving all those notes in my memory bank for the day I finally get myself a boat.

Just putting a feeler out there to see if anyone would be interested in some hand tied clousers for the Spring whites and walleyes Pricing would be as follows: $3/each, $30/dozen for standard painted lead eyes I only use premium Gamakatsu B10S stinger hooks. Mostly sizes 4,6, and 8 but can do other sizes as well. Here's a sample of some of my ties...

Whipped up a few more creations last night I was sorda all over the board..finished some more of the 1/8oz. tri-color vmc heads that produced trout on my last trip to Taneycomo, tied some 1/4oz. heads in a mickey fin pattern and a pink over white, and then did some 1/16oz. stuff for the white bass runs in a month or so. What are some other good jig patterns for the rivers this spring? I have a lot of purple stuff that I tied last year (per recommendations from a few of fellas on the forum). I'm getting pretty comfortable with bucktail and marabou.

Whipped up a few more creations last night I was sorda all over the board..finished some more of the 1/8oz. tri-color vmc heads that produced trout on my last trip, tied some 1/4oz. heads in a mickey fin pattern and a pink over white, and then did some 1/16oz. In chartreuse and white that can double duty for Taney and the white bass runs in a month or so. What are some other good jig patterns on taney? Im getting pretty comfortable with bucktail and marabou. Spring cant come fast enough!

Hey man, I totally get it...i was out stomping around last year in February when it was Cold Cold....water was really low and hardly flowing but i still tried it.. better days ahead!

I know the run depends on a lot of different factors but in my limited couple years of experience I've found that late March and almost the whole month of April seems to be better than early March. That being said, im planning my first trip for April 5th...obviously the first report I see in March Ill be out there 😊. I plan on hiking a fair stretch of the river (unless I find em right away) and hopefully find some spots open enough to backcast a flyrod but I will have my spinning gear as well. If anyone wants to join, shoot me a message. Always fun to try some different strategies and learn new tricks!

The box keeps filling up...good thing its double sided!

Hey one other thing I thought was kinda cool from yesterday. I snagged up on a rock to the point where i had to do the bow and arrow trick...immediately after i snapped the line and freed the jig, i started reeling up the slack and whack! Scored my second fish. Pays to be on the bottom i guess

Great tip on the loop knot, ill have to try that

Thank you guys for the input! I ended up with 4 rainbows today; 3 on a jig i tied and then I tried the flyrod thing for a while at outlet 1 and got one on a grey scud that I also tied. The first two on the jig were really nice fish. Setup was a 1/8 oz. VMC Mooneye Jig tied with 3 colors of bucktail. Fished it on a light action flueger combo with 4 lb vanish fluoro. Felt great to get back out!

Got the green light to fish tomorrow morning. I havent been to Taneycomo in almost a year, which is just sad... I'm going to the trophy area early early with high hopes of a walter. Any advice for fishing this area in the dark? Baits, tips, gear to bring... Thanks in advance. Super excited to get out there!

Thanks Wrench, appreciate the advice. I do have a great crappie lake back home id like to try these on.

Gettin ready for the whites, tried some bead chain clousers tonight and I like how they turned out...cant wait to fish em! Anyone else tying with this junk weather?

Gettin ready for the whites, tried some bead chain clousers tonight and I like how they turned out...cant wait to fish em! Anyone else tying with this junk weather?

Hey is this from a book? Id love to read on if so

Thanks Ollie, do you have a reasoning/theory for not painting?

Ha! Thanks Wrench, ive watched a lot of videos but never tried one myself. I think ill make some more!

Here's my first attempt at a clouser. #4 hook, small eyes and purple over white with some flash. Gimme some feedback!!

Hello and happy New Years gang, I got back to MN for some nice crappie action thru the ice last week and now im getting the itch to start prepping for the whites this spring. For me that starts with whipping up some new jigs and flies. Ive got some materials to try clousers this year and i also plan on doing some maribou and bucktail jigs so a few questions for the fly and jig tie-ers: 1. What hook and eye size seem to work best for clousers for whites? I bought some size 4 hooks and medium eyes that look about right but tell me if you've had better luck going bigger or smaller. 2. What style/brand of jigs are the best for tying bucktail and maribou jigs?..i think i just used some generic ones from acadamy that did pretty well last year but open to some new ideas. 3. Lastly, I noticed while ice fishing on Christmas day that we had to fish a jigging spoon with a rattle or we wouldnt get bit..no rattle=no bites. Im assuming a rattle might help in the dirty water of the little sac at times as well. Have any of you guys had luck finding a jig with rattles that doesnt get in the way of tying? Thanks in advance for the help. Also, i know its a long ways off but I'm tentatively planning a trip to the little sac on the Friday before Easter. If anyone wants to meet up or invite me on their boat for a few hours i could probably throw in a half dozen jigs in exchange😄 Good luck in 2020!

That is a beautiful boat! Wish i was in the market for one..perfect fish and ski for the family..and a Champion to boot!

Is the fun over with? Whats the latest the whites stay in the rivers?

Man those are some beautiful smallies! What a blast...any advice on where to target some from the shore?? No boat..