Ryan Miloshewski

Make sure you guys go to the Driftless Cafe for dinner or lunch one day! It was absolutely one of the best meals I've ever had. And they had Blanton's..

I honestly didn't read lol. But what streams did you get the brookies out of?! Are you seeing the flooding up there?

The best smallmouth streams in MO are "creek x" or "stream x" haha. Gasconade is really good. So is the James. I personally love the lower Gasconade. My buddy Tommy Bench guides down there. Hit him up.

Came down because I got the itch on Thursday. Night fished three nights and it really could not be any better right now. I had multiple fish hit after about 5 seconds of the fly being in the water. Other than that, most came on the swing (some on the strip after the swing). Landed four fish over 20-inches in 2.5 days. All on a sculpin (during the day), pine squirrel, slump buster, and dub leech. The fish are so fat and healthy, and eager to eat. Go anywhere in the first 3 miles and you'll catch fish. Met a guy, Ryne, Thursday night and we fished together. He used to fish with Vince Elfrink and @laker67 when he went to College of the Ozarks. Pretty good stories about those two! Must not have told him to remember his wading boots, though. Had to wear chocos. Braver man than I! Be back down in a week..

I just use the website. They have a 866 number that might work https://www.swpa.gov/generationschedules.aspx

Yea it's all fun and games until they climb under your truck hood and chew the wiring of your engine coils and you have to spend too much time trying to splice what's left of the wires because COVID caused delays in shipping so you can't just go buy a replacement. Mice, squirrels, and chipmunks..if they die, they die.

Maybe they have toilets or bury it to avoid detection..i have no idea lol

Thanks FW, now I've spent a lot of time watching these videos that last two days..😑

Oh to me it's more tongue and cheek. I don't think either is a good idea. Keep it as is.

I saw somebody comment on Facebook "if we get this into the regulations, how about we outlaw everybody 12 and over from fishing at the outlets?" Fantastic idea if I ever heard one!

Yep just me and the dog. Wanted to get away solo for a few days.

Back home and back to work after a great trip. Last photo here. Driftless Cafe is a locally sourced restaurant in the area. I had a Wisconsin beef tenderloin, mashed potatoes with local butter and cream, and locally grown kale. It was absolutely phenomenal. I would put it as a must stop if you're anywhere near Viroqua! I think the bourbon was from Kentucky, though..

That's not true. Lots of giant, bipedal ape fossils exist.

Oh yea that's a good one. I'll come right out and say it--there's something to it. I saw something in Wyoming when I was 11 and ever since it's been highly intriguing to me.

People need to come to terms that Taneycomo is Missouri's largest trout park. I love the lake to death, and I do my best to take care of any trophy fish I catch, but at the end of the day it's a stocked, non-native fishery. On top of that, it's a flood control body of water. Doesn't mean you have to treat fish poorly or the sport poorly, but it will always be a tailwater providing multiple ways to catch trout and other species.

March was fun there this year. Those warm days had the caddis going crazy and the trout acting dumb! Glad you caught some!

Probably a very high percentage. And they take pics of fish on the gravel without a net or drag a brown in October across the lake to get a pic.

Yep! I only got wet when I had to. Simms flyweights and breeze pants from FreeFly made that super easy. (Not sponsored)

I highly doubt that lol. I agree with @Quillback assessment. You HAVE to fish upstream, or walk away from the stream down a ways then work back up. They see you and book it if you fish down.

It's a crock. Those who petitioned it 100% treat fish worse than 99% of folks who fish with a jerkbait.

The weird part about these fish? They couldn't care less about tippet size. I am running 2x to the hopper and 4x to the midge. Makes me wonder why those pellet munchers in Missouri care so dang much..

Some other nice pics from today

Went back to Bohemian Valley this morning on a different stretch. It did not disappoint. Same flies, but today had many more eats on the Hippie Stomper. I found a deeper hole (probably 4 ft) with a big rock in the shade. Made a perfect drift on the first cast and landed this big boy. I didn't have a tape but roughly guessing based on my net size it was 16-17-inches. Here is what most of the access is like:

Yep! I will take a pic today but they have ladders at public access points. The DNR pays the farmers/landowners every year to lease out a certain "right of way" by the stream. One area had a sign that said "beware of goats--they can be mean." But I've had zero issues and get this--have seen ZERO other fishermen. It's quite the well-kept secret I suppose.

This was the access point. Caught one immediately and figured I'd better keep at it. Ended up walking only 2 miles on it, but there was fishable water everywhere. They really liked what they call the ice cream midge up here in size 14. Once I lost all of those I tied on a size 18 rusty midge and I think they liked it even more. This is the Hippie Stomper, which is just a hopper with hackle wrapped on a section of the foam. Easy to tie and floats great. I had countless fish try to eat it but they'd just miss it. They come at it so voraciously--like it was their last meal. I also stuck quite a few that pulled off. I did end up landing 12 on it, though! Stopped along Hwy 14 in Vernon County and saw this. Pretty cool!