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Understood. My days off are during the regular week, so it shouldn't be a huge issue. I had been pointed in the direction of blue springs by some folks at the fly shop, and out of the three times I'd been there I only saw one fish get caught. I went to the Montauk trout park a few days ago when I had some time off of work. I only had a few follows and no eats, but the weather was really really poor that day. On the plus side, I was able to meet a much more experienced angler and hit it off with him and he taught me a few things. I was mostly fishing dry flies targeting the areas I was seeing rises. Will definitely have to rig up some mop flies or eggs when I hit Meramac springs. I really appreciate your insight, thank you.

I do my best to not get discouraged, I'm still new to fly fishing and I think every time I'm able to go out is a success. Even if I only learn something new or improve on something. I'm hoping this water warms up soon and the fish get more active.

I've got a couple of foam spiders in a few different colors.

I now have a 3wt and am planning on giving bluegill a try on my days off here. Was thinking of doing an egg pattern in a neutral color as well as a dry fly.

I've only been fishing in Missouri for a few months, and fortunately I've been able to fish a lot of water from St. Louis (mostly at Busch, urban fishing program ponds, and blue springs creek) all the way down towards Salem. I haven't had any luck at all. While I am still relatively new to fly fishing, it is starting to get quite frustrating. I don't have a ton of time off, and although I am learning more and more each time I go out - it is unfortunate that I have had very few bites. I understand that some of the areas I fish are pressured pretty heavily or have spooky fish. It may also be a me issue, as I'm inexperienced when it comes to fishing these waters. Most of the time I go with a friend or two, and since the start of this year we have only caught one fish as a group. I don't know if it's because of the weather or angler skill, but almost everyone I have talked to at fly shops and stuff like that is saying that they've been catching less this year. Has this been the case for any of y'all or have you been hammering them?

Will definitely have to give this a try. Carp fishing is plenty fun on spinning tackle.

I have been to both of them already! Feathercraft was initially super helpful, I went a second time and can't say my experience was as good as the first time. T Hargroves was suggested to me by a close friend of mine who used to do a lot of fly fishing, and I really enjoyed my time there. They were super helpful and helped me get squared away with flies and also some spots to try out for bank fishing, as I don't have waders yet. I'm sure I'll get to the point of tying my own flies eventually, I just don't have the space for it right now (which is both a blessing and a curse I suppose).

Hello everyone! I've been lurking on this forum for a few weeks, and decided that now that I've got a fly setup it's the right time to make an account. I'm new to St. Louis, I only moved here about a year ago from Texas. Bass fishing has always been my go-to hobby, but I fell out of it a few years ago due to a lack of free time. After getting skunked on bass for the past few weeks (can't blame anyone other than myself, my only days off had poor weather), I've decided to get into fly fishing to target the trout here. Went out to rock creek today and got skunked, but I still had fun learning how to fly cast.