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Hey, I'm the guy you took a picture for. Thanks for taking it for me, it turned out great. I can't post the picture right now because my laptop doesn't take xD cards, which is what's in my camera. I'll try to post the picture from my desktop computer when I go home for Thanksgiving break. I also managed to land a 5-6 lb rainbow in the fly water and lost a 3-4 lber that was feeding right behind the bigger one. I had my best luck on a primrose and pearl midge. It seemed like the fish wanted the shiny flies more than the natural colored ones. I'm guessing this will change as the season goes on and they get caught a few times. The weather was perfect (except for the wind) and the crowds weren't too bad after about 10 AM. Austin

The only one you forgot is Barren Fork. You've almost got them all, very impressive. Austin

I may be in that area too tomorrow. I've got lots of homework I need to get done but the weather looks to nice not to go fishing. If you see a green honda accord that's me. Austin

If you keep taking 63 past the lane springs access you will drive over the little piney. Make a left after the bridge and you can park down by the stream. If you fish downstream from the bridge, you'll end up at the lane springs campground pretty quickly. Hope this helps. Austin

I was fishing the Current November 5th (right below the cable) and also heard about a mountain lion sighting. I fished down to the rock garden, and on my way back up I saw a guy working his way downstream below the lagoons. I fished at the cabins for just a couple minutes, then walked back to the car and this guy had already beat me back. After talking to him for a minute he told me about a mountain lion that came down off the bluff and got into the stream fairly close to him. He said he slowly backed out of the stream and after getting out of sight of the mountian lion, he ran back to his car. His story seemed pretty credible and he had lived in Colorado, so he's seen them before. He told me he was going to look for a park ranger to report it too, but this was between the end of the park season and the opening of catch and release so I don't think anyone was around. Later that day I told a freind of mine that lives in the area this story, and he told me a mountain lion had been caught on a game cam in Salem a week or two earlier. I think the story was in the Salem paper. Austin

Unbelievable game by the cards tonight. I'm gonna fish the Current River tomorrow to celebrate and hopefully come back to watch a Cardinals win. Go birds!!!

The event was a lot of fun. Thanks for hosting it. I really hope you guys do it again next year and even more people show up ... I felt a little guilty going home with over $200.00 in attendance prizes. It was great meeting other people who fish the Current and getting to fish with Arofishing. He's a great guy and a good fisherman. The fishing was excellent in the morning, I caught close to 30 fish between 8:00 and 1:00. After it started raining hard the fish seemed to shut down a little bit but I still managed to catch 8 more before 4:00. The highlight of the day was a 20" brown, 19" rainbow, and a couple around 18". I also lost another 20" brown and a 20" rainbow. Overall I would say the fishing was really good. I'll try to attach a couple pictures of the bigger fish later today. Arofishing check your PM.

Let me know when you want to go and maybe we can meet up. I'll be gone this weekend but during the week I can go anytime after 1:50. Austin

I got to the park around 12:30 and started fishing downstream until 2:00, then headed upstream for another hour. In all I caught 15 with the biggest going 15 inches. Most were caught on a hares ear or wollybugger, and one came on a stimulator. I drove around looking for the lower access, but couldn't seem to find it. Does anyone know what road I need to turn on? I didn't see any signs of a conservation access. Austin

Thanks for all the replys. I didn't see any snakes but I was definatly looking. Iv'e been trying to figure out where the other access areas are but haven't really looked around enough. Are the access above or below the park/baseball field, or are there some on both sides? I used the big bead head hares ear after reading all of Tim's reports. I was surprised at how deep some of the holes are, and the extra weight helps. Austin

I caught all of them on a bh hares ear.

I fished crane creek from 3:30pm to 5:00pm today. It was my first time fishing this creek and I ended up catching 8 rainbows between 10 and 13 inches. I also had 6 more hooked including a 16 incher that broke me off. I started fishing at the footbridge and ended by the baseball field. Is this one of the better areas, or shoud I try somewhere else next time? I couldn't find any other easy access points. Austin

That is a great tip, I don't know how many times I've tried to land a fish and been hooked by the dropper fly. Usually when I fish a small dry fly I watch the area that I think it is in and if I see a rise I set the hook. Austin

What size of tippet were you using? That could have been your problem. Austin

Im also headed to springfield for college. I know that crane creek and tanycomo are fairly close for trout but Im not sure about smallmouth. Maybe we can meet up and fish together sometime. Austin

I was down two weeks ago and there were quite a few fish feeding on tricos. Tan Vat is a great place to fish steamers and nymphs, but if you want to fish the tricos then go to the cabin right below the park or go downstream a little ways from Baptist Camp.

Those bugs you saw were tricos and there's usually some pretty heavy hatches this time of year. What sizes of stoneflies were you using? Ive never fished those on the Current. There's some great water downstream from Baptist and some big fish, but the canoes are always a problem. Austin

My family will be camping in the park July 2nd through July 6th. Ill be fishing anywhere from the park boundry to baptist camp. If anyone else is gonna be fishing during this time maybe we can meet up. I will be driving a silver honda accord and usually have a green simms hat and a fishpond chest pack on. Hopefully someone else is comming down and I can meet some new people. Austin

I fished the current river on the 17th and also noticed that the fish were more active in the afternoon than late evening. I have always done much better in the mournings and evenings except for my last trip and i thought it was really odd. Im glad someone else had the same experience. Austin

I just fished the current last wednesday and the river is in great shape. The fish were hungry and the most productive flies were soft hackles, san juan worms, and mohair leeches. If you are a beginner fly fisherman I would recomend fishing by the first cabin outside the park. Austin

flyfishmaster, Thanks for the info. I tried a parachute adams as an indacator, but i could not get my nymph deep enough in most of the good holes. The indicator i used was very small. An eighteen incher seems like it would be an extremely big fish on this creek. Great catch. I know what you mean about three fisherman, these fish spook easily. I was also wondering about the boundry so i stayed away from going to far upstream. Austin

I fished this creek for the first time June 17th on my way to springfield. We only fished for two hours, but I caught nine rainbows with the biggest being about 9 inches. I didnt know what area to fish so we stopped at the first pulloff on the right hand side and it seemed like great water. On the way home, June 19th, we stopped again for about four hours, and we fished upstream from the entrance to blue springs ranch. I only caught one rainbow, and could not keep the dace and minnows off my fly. Then we moved back to the first access where we fished before and i caught eight more with the biggest being 12 inches. It seemed to me like once you got below the first bridge the dace and minnows were everywhere, but above the bridge there were hardly any. All the fish were caught on small bh nymphs under a tiny indicator. I loved this stream and hope to go back soon. I also have a few questions. Is there ever any dry fly action? I did not see any trout rise or any bugs in the air. What is a big fish for this creek and how is the fishing as you get closer to the meramec? Austin

My brother used a green and white rubber leg jig to catch a 9 1/2 lb rainbow at mermac last year.

I was at montauk 2 weeks ago during the kids fishing day. I fished the fly only area and the fishing was great. The only flies I used were pheasant tails and zebra midges. In my opinion the higher water has really improved the stream and it's fun to fish the new holes. The fishing outside the park was also great around Tan Vat and Baptist Camp. Austin