Ryan Miloshewski

One of the hunting camps I go to has a percolator from the 1950s. Best coffee I've ever had!

I just used a bag of Louisiana Cajun Fry. Chips I sliced and soaked in cold water until it ran clear. Dried, sat in the fridge for an hour or so, then fried. Those were killer.

Sorry, Phil. He was a great dog and I will miss seeing him.

Only thing I’ve taken a picture of lately is fresh walleye and homemade chips. Simple, but delicious.

This rain should make things mighty fun here soon. I will be down off and on this week and over the weekend. It's been three years since we've had good water in the Little Sac. I'm excited (which means we'll get 1" of rain). Got checked my the agent Friday and he was cool.

@dpitt maybe we can take a look if Phil allows it? Seems like a backend issue to me.

Trout Fishing Lake Taneycomo has over 11,000 members. I know you post fishing reports on there from time to time. Could be correlated to it. The server time and refresh could be off, too, garnering incorrect numbers. Does it run on a nightly cycle?

Great time as always. I laugh so much my sides hurt. Fishing was fantastic and the food even better. Kevin, Seth and I went out Friday afternoon and I caught them good on jerkbaits and they did well on jigs. 17-inch brown was the biggest, and I could hardly hold it. Seth and I fished Saturday morning when it was 9 degrees. With the sun and the biting fish, we didn't even notice the cold. We whacked them on jerkbaits and jigs. Fish were puking up shad, scales, and shad paste as Marty called it. I don't know how they were still hungry, but it sure was fun! Pulling the boats out Sunday, Cody mentioned his gas tank was low. Seth said "oh I have a 5-gal tank up at the cabin." "Nah, I'll be ok." I was taking Seth's boat down to the ramp and thought to myself "I will stay behind Cody in case he runs out." Well, he didn't make it past Cooper Creek and I saw him start to slow. Milo to the rescue! Some food pics. Everything was fantastic, per usual.

It's a long weekend, Marty. We will likely starve...

Spent the afternoon cooking in the negative temps. Put some duck legs in the crockpot with some stock, rosemary, and Slap Ya Mama and let them go for a few hours until they were fall apart. Kept the skin on so the fat rendered out. Made homemade ramen with the meat. Phenomenal. While I was waiting for the duck legs to be done, I made a big pot of deer chili.

Looking to get a final head count so we can plan the most important part, meals, accordingly. Me, Big Hands Rob, DJ (Saturday), Kev, Dustin, Seth, Cody, Ray, Marty, Pat, Phil, my buddy Cheyne and his wife (Friday), Jeff (?), Les (?), and Bill and Becky. Anybody else confirmed coming?

Heck yea, Les! Glad you got out and had an enjoyable day.

John’s wife is making her famous baked beans for us. Probably the best beans you’ll ever have. Not sure the effects will be good in tight quarters, but..

I will be bringing deer bologna (more like summer sausage), crackers and cheese as well for snackable items.

It's not really a difference of opinion at all. It's a fact cheaper lines don't fish well and don't last. Better made lines do. If, like Wrench said, you are actually fly fishing and not outlet dunking. You can use a cane pole with nylon for that. @Flysmallie do yourself a favor and stick with the Rio Gold! It'll last years and you'll be happy with it.

Fact! I always tell people you can have a cheap combo and if you put good line on it you'll be just fine. SA Amplitude and Sonar for me.

Do we have any workshops Cody can fall asleep at this year? @grizwilson can snipe a pic again! But really, any ideas? I was thinking of a fly tying instruction for the hopper I have great success with on Taney.

Don't forget the garlic!

As a fat guy, I'd have to say the great food is a little more than 10%. Plus, Jeff, you saw what happens when it's nasty out..big browns are caught!

If you are making gumbo, I can go ahead and do turkey and dumplings then. That way it will be totally sans any hooved animal byproducts so DJ can eat it. I use duck/goose fat for it and everything else is safe for him.

Did a test run of duck dirty rice Sunday. It turned out great. I will make a batch of it Friday or Saturday. Can even use some of the turkey legs in it, Les.

I could for sure. But the problem is I only catch trout over 3-lbs. That’s where the problems would start. It’s a real curse. In all seriousness, just going to wait until mid-February after Taneyfest and CFM events. Be ready for walleye time!

Oh I ruptured a ligament brushing in a blind. I need surgery but the recovery is 4 weeks and can’t lift anything over 3 lbs after. So really throws a wrench in everything planned.

I will be there, but I doubt I will be able to fish with my hand messed up. I will cook and I'm happy to drive a boat around for people/guide them. Can even use my gear if you need to.

Blasphemy @gotmuddy! Say it ain't so! Missed you all. Hopefully I'm healed enough for Taneyfest so I can see most of you then. Looked like a blast as always.