Ryan Miloshewski

Fishing Pomme de Terre Sunday with my buddy. I have only ever been there once to target muskie. Any tips on crappie, bass and walleye right now? I have zero experience on this lake. Any tips are much appreciated!

I always go to Fitz's since it's close to where I fish. Never had any issues there, but granted I've only been in 15-20 times. I honestly don't know anywhere else that's worth a darn near the dam area. I always wonder why tackle shop owners like to act like d***s. It's to their detriment.

Oh yea that is very true!

MGD, too. Living.

Did we ever bring up "walk this way" from Young Frankenstein? As stupid as it is, it might be the most I've laughed ever.

Grandpa always says "it'll make a turd."

I posted this tidbit on a Facebook group but wanted to post it here. This is one of the essential ways I learned to fly fish on Taneycomo. I have been fishing Taneycomo since I was able to walk. Videos of me on the banks of The Mistress, as I call her, moving around in a walker are out there somewhere. I caught my first fish on the lake (a sucker) and have been fishing it ever since. It holds a special place in my heart. A moment that truly sticks out from the rest is from June 2002. I was a young, 11-year-old kid cutting my teeth on fly fishing by outlet two. I tried to imitate everybody I saw. How they casts their flies, how they stood, and how they carried themselves. Gramps always liked to get away from the crowds and wade out into deeper water. Me being short and young--I stayed near the outlets. I caught a lot of fish, don't get me wrong, but I was young. One day while wading near the outflow of outlet two, a white-haired man came over and said, "Son, do you mind if I give you a few pointers?" I said of course. I was, and still am, always eager to learn. He told me to back up from where the fish were, get rid of my indicator and use a tiny split shot on my scud to get it on the bottom. I caught fish after fish while he stood there and coached me, netted fish for me, and told me how good of a job I was doing. He helped me for hours, all while never wetting his line. It was amazing. I thanked him profusely, as did my grandpa when he came to pry my wader boots off the rocks for dinner that night. The lessons I have learned from that day in June 2002 still resonate with me and I always think "what would he do?" when fishing Taney. If you have fished Taney for a while, you probably already know who I am talking about. I learned, years later, the nice man that helped me was a legend named Duffy.

Thawed out some tukey bfast sausage tonight @BilletHead. Sure keeps well in the freezer. So good.

Never thought I'd see the day where wrench is posting on this thread 😄. Looks awesome!

Absolute classic lol. "Daddy says I'm the best" *cut scene* Harold Remis/John Hughes genius comedy

One of my personal favorites: "you serious, Clark?"

I talked to a guy recently at K&K who says he uses a big mouse fly in July/August when the water is off. Wades out 50 feet or so and casts towards the bank and crushes nice browns. Honestly for me I started tying a year and a half or so ago and really got into it last year. Now I just want to see if my stuff will catch fish lol! So far, so good.

Amen. Going to be 65 Saturday.

Space exploration literally would not have been possible without her orbital mechanics calculations. How crazy is that? I agree with the bass ackwards priorities of media and our culture, but I also disagree with the Kobe hate. He inspired a generation of people, including myself, on what it means to work hard for success. That is a lesson you can apply to every aspect of your life.

Man that stinks. As long as you have good fly line, the rest really doesn't matter in my opinion. Splurge on line and you can cast fine and handle fish with your beater set up. You don't need a $1200 Winston. It's hard to put down a jig rod when you have confidence and are adept at it. Once you set some time aside to catch them on a fly rod, you'll start making time in the future.

I was just telling Chuck how I secretly love fly fishing. I have been tying a ton this winter. I just cant help but throw a jerk in a tourney. But fly fishing by myself up there was something I needed. It really is humbling and as Chuck said "ain't no 10-lb test on a fly rod, let 'em tire!"

Forgot to mention, as the rain was coming down Sunday while wading I noticed fish starting to midge, as well as midges flying around me. Put on a tandem of a #16 Primrose and pearl and a #18 Ruby midge and had a take on every single drift. It was nuts.

Au revoir, Shoshana!!

My how things have changed! Fishing was flat out TOUGH in the trophy area the past few times I have fished, but Saturday it seemed to be its normal self. Fishing the Elfrink Tournament my partner and I boated close to 80 fish. And all were healthy, fat beauties. I always fish up in the tournaments because of the crowds. I don't care about winning, really, and just use it as an excuse to fish and hone my skills. Driving back to Lilley's dock very much solidified that sentiment as I had to navigate through armada after armada of boats. No thanks! We started off throwing jerkbaits (McStick in Ghost Norman Flake and a 6th Sense Provoke in Pearl White) from Lookout through the Narrows. First cast I landed a 17-inch rainbow. We picked up quite a few great slot fish on the drift. It seems the jerkbait bite has slowed considerably over the past couple of years (unless you're Duane), and I think it has to do with a lot. Pressure, lake conditions, etc. But it was very good Saturday. I lost a very large rainbow at the cable that hit with roughly 10-feet of line out. I set the hook, line snapped, and the fish came to the surface to shake the bait. It would have definitely won big fish and put us in the money, but oh well. Once the sun got high we started dragging Duane's small jerkbaits on a drift rig and we absolutely CRUSHED fish. First one was a fat 18.5-inch brown, which was sad. Partner had one on by Point Royale that came to the surface immediately. Never saw the whole fish but it slashed around and its tail came out of the water and it was another 5-6-lb rainbow I'd guess. Threw the bait. We could not go 25-yards without getting a fish from Trophy Run to the Narrows dragging the baits. It was incredible! I tied up a 1/16-ounce olive/light olive jig and they hammered that everywhere, too. Sometimes the fish would be on already as I reeled down to start jigging after my cast. Dragging a tan size 14 scud was also on fire. I would pitch it into a riffle on a flat and before I could reel down there was a fish on. I went up below the dam to wade the banks on Sunday afternoon and it was incredible up there, too. I caught numerous 18-20-inch fish between outlet two and three. I ended up catching my PB Taneycomo rainbow on my hand-tied size 20 soft hackle, too! I measured it at 24-inches, but because it was pouring rain, I was in the water, and all alone...no pic. It was a beautifully colored male. As I walked down to outlet two to survey the situation, I saw a gentleman had on what looked like a good fish. He was alone as well. I walked down and helped him net it and take pics. It was a 23-inch rainbow, also his personal best! It was nice to have a weekend where the fish were cooperating like you want on Taneycomo!

One of the guys in our friend group constantly talks about his high school football days. We call him Uncle Rico.

I have but only when it's super cold and snow-covered. I used to feed birds off the trailer where I used to hunt and I would have 2-3 bluebirds that would hammer the suet when it was nasty out. I'll dig for a picture.

Who knows what gets into where by accident or release by a fisherman. Looks like a small muskie to me. Where I grew up in St. Louis, there was a little lake (really a concrete hole) in St. Ferdinand Park that had a few 5 lb largemouths, 60-80 lb flatheads and blues, and numerous decent crappie. All released by anglers from LOZ and Truman that I guess wanted to see if they'd live or didn't want to clean the fish upon getting home.

Can't forget "walk this way"...

Flysmallie you and I would get along well lol!

"Say when?"