Micheal Kyle

Terry, I have a costume for you we will dress you up as fisherman nobody will know ya then

Backcountry Outfitters 5th Annual Spring Fling 2863 S. Campbell Springfield, Mo. 417-889-6548 Backcountry Outfitters is having their 5th Annual Spring Fling on March 28, 2009 from 8a.m.- 7p.m. The Spring Fling will be held at the shop on South Campbell. All of our factory reps will be here to answer any questions that you might have on any of the new gear for 2009. All fly tying supplies will be 15% off !!!! There will be up to 50% off of select merchandise !!!! This year we are pleased to have regional and national fly tiers coming to the event, Jeff (Bear) Andrews plus we will have Jr. Crow here tying some of their favorite flies. Jeff Andrews is a fly innovator for Umpqua Feather Merchants he will be tying some of his favorite Steelhead, Small Mouth and Trout patterns. On Saturday at 2p.m. he will be doing a program on fishing Labrador for Giant Brooke Trout. Believe me you will not want to miss this. Plus this year we have added a day with Jeff, this will happen on Friday, it will be an all day Fly tying class starting at 10a.m. He will be teaching some of the fundamental techniques of fly tying but he will also show you what has made him to be one of the best Steelhead fly tiers in the world. The costs of the class will be $25.00/person: The class has limited space so hurry and get your name on the list. We also have Jr. Crow coming; he is a guide in Arkansas for Small Mouth and Trout on Crooked Creek and the world famous White River. He works with Duane Hada who will also be here painting some of his great watercolors. Steve Brigman will also be here signing his new book Somebody’s Gotta Do It a collection of his short stories. Steve is a freelance writer, writing for regional and national papers about his adventures in the wild. He is now the Producer of Bass Edge Television show that’s airs at 2:30p.m. every Saturday on the Versus Channel. Steve is a great guy and has a lot of funny stories and probably has a few that might be used as black mail on me. Plus we will have our casting pond set up so that you may go out and test the new fly rod of your dreams, or enter our fly-casting completion and test you skills. Top 3 distances will win a prize. Hope that you and your family will be able to attend. Michael and Kristina Kyle attachment=5352:Backcoun...ng_Fling.doc] Backcountry_Outfitters_5th_Annual_Spring_Fling.doc

I love the Sharkskin I think it is better than sliced bread. Yes it makes noise but after a while you cant here it. It will out last any fly line. I talked to Bruce Richards out at the show and he told me that they tested it for 20,000 hours on rods and never had any wear on the guides. For the ZXL I would go with the regular Trout Taper I think that it Loads the ZXL rods the best I think that the GPX Taper will overload the rod. As far as Rio goes they are Great lines as well the ZXL was designed to be cast with the Selective Trout. I have never had any trouble with the Rio lines and I think that they will out last the regular S/A Lines, but with the Shark Skin the way it was designed will allow it to out last any line. One last note Sage owns Rio so most of the rods are designed around Rio fly lines. Michael

Yep lots of Territory for 2 Agents. Plus they have are limited to the time they can work Just like a regular job.

Yep it was fun, though it might be time that Jess needs a rest he has slept all night and Morning. Unlike Eric that just sleeps during.

Yep but the sad thing was I called it first.

How you know I might be a switch tier.

Recipe: Hook; Gamakatsu T10-6H Size 6 Tail; Purple rabbit zonker Body; BCO's NEW Bunny Pink dubbing Wing; Pink Schlappen 1- Place a medium gold cone head on a Gamakatsu T10-6H 2- Tie in rabbit strip for tail and leave excess to lap over body 3- Create dubbing loop 4- Place dubbing in dubbing loop 5- Spin dubbing and palmer up to cone 6- Bring rabbit across the top of the fly 7- Tie in rabbit at the cone head and trim 8- Trim schlappen as shown in pic 9- Tie in schlappen at cone head 10- Wrap schlappen 3 times against cone head 11- Trim excess schlappen 12- Whip finish and add head cement Finished Fly

Do I get a guess The pic looks great

Sorry I guess I should have looked at the computer to see who was last on my computer. Ozarkriverrat is Eric I told you no Internet while I was gone. You should spend more time tying and less time loosing your car. Yes we have them in stock and we are cooking up a new batch as I speak. michael

I thought that everyone might find this interesting to read. 900 earth quakes in Yellowstone in just about a 2 week time period. Home / News / Science / Nature Nature Yellowstone Prompts More Concerns of Massive EruptionThe volcano is one of the biggest in the world By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor 13th of January 2009, 12:20 GMT Adjust text size: Hundreds of minor tremors over the past few weeks, which were covered in the national US press, prompted, at the time, concerns of a massive eruption at the Yellowstone national park, although recently scientists announced that there was no reason to be worried about. But, as the phenomena continue, more and more people become tragically aware of the fact that the scenic beauties in the park sit atop one of the world's biggest and, potentially, deadliest volcanoes still to be active. And the geysers that the park is famous for are a living testimony of that fact. With the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helen as a reference point, the volcano at Yellowstone is believed to have erupted about 1,000 times stronger in the very distant past, hurling its molten rocks and ash as far as the current state of Louisiana. That was the last time the Earth shook in the area, and geologists, who have been monitoring the situation near the volcano very carefully over the past decades, say that even the possibility of a minor lava spill is extremely remote. "To those of us who have been following these events, we know that something is brewing, especially considering that Yellowstone is over 40,000 years overdue for a major eruption," reads a post on the Armageddon Online website, proving that there are those who believe that the situation may not be as safe as experts would have the population believe. "Everyone [is] to leave Yellowstone National Park for 100 miles around the volcano caldera because of the danger in poisonous gases that can escape from the hundreds of recent earthquakes," reads a message on another, similar site, featuring a page entitled "Yellowstone Warning." In a news release made available on Thursday, Yellowstone spokesman Al Nash, who is also working with the Geological Survey, said that Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, the group that monitors the activities recorded at one of the nation's most treasured parks, issued no order of evacuation, nor did it talk to anyone in the White House about that. "I could come up with 100 different theories without any evidence for them and they would all be equally likely. Unless you have some reason to say that's what's going on, then you're not going to get a whole lot of people convinced by your speculation," says Jake Lowenstern, the researcher in charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, talking about the fact that many people will begin concocting apocalyptic scenarios about the future of the volcano under the park Here is one more articleupdated 6:55 a.m. CT, Tues., Jan. 13, 2009 Recent earthquake activity in Yellowstone National Park has raised concern that the quakes are a sign that the supervolcano located there is ready to erupt; bringing catastrophic damage and triggering a severe change in weather. BILLINGS - Recent earthquake activity in Yellowstone National Park has raised concern that the quakes are a sign that the supervolcano located there is ready to erupt; bringing catastrophic damage and triggering a severe change in weather. It is a valid concern, as Yellowstone is centered over the largest supervolcano in North America. But park scientists say there are explosions of another kind to be concerned about that are more likely to occur in our lifetime. Story continues below ↓ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- advertisement | your ad here -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ground has settled at Yellowstone Park after about 900 earthquakes occurred here between December 26 through the first week of the new year. An event referred to as an earthquake swarm. "We've had larger swarms in the past, larger earthquakes, but the fact this is in Yellowstone Lake and it's releasing a lot of energy is very interesting to us," said Hank Heasler, park geologist. The recent earthquake swarm caused no property damage to the nation's first park, but scientists said it could have altered some of the thousands of thermal features the park is famous for." "We wanted to depict what was happening over time," said Cheryl Jaworowski, park geologist, pointing to a map she created hanging in her office. The map shows the northward movement the recent swarm was taking in Yellowstone Lake. Jaworowski used circles to represent the quakes, and on the map you can see how they came very close to disrupting a large thermal region. "Might of we had a hydrothermal explosion, basically like a geyser eruption but involving a lot of dirt and rocks, could it have not caused any change," speculated Heasler. These are questions still being studied. The recent earthquakes caused an eruption of volcanic dooms-day sayers to take to the internet. "We don't see any evidence of volcanic activity associated with this earthquake swarm." The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory is a group of scientists, including Heasler, charged with keeping an eye on the situation. "Technology has improved greatly for the earthquake monitoring, satellite sensing of volcanic activity and we just do not see any of those indicators currently in Yellowstone," said Heasler. The YVO streams live seismographs on its website. Heasler said this scientific data can be misinterpreted. For example, many people confused constant small pulses on a January seismograph as harmonic tremors, which are indicative of a pending volcanic eruption. "So, part of the web excitement with all this is that people thought they were seeing harmonic tremors when actually it was just simply wind noise," said Heasler. The earth may be settled beneath Yellowstone for now, but it is never quiet. "These features change daily, the thermal activity, the deposition of the rocks, Yellowstone is extremely dynamic," said Heasler. That is what keeps the doomsday sayers, and the millions of visitors coming back for more. "It's Mother Nature, what are you going to do," said Peter Janker, park visitor from New York. Heasler said it would not be out of the ordinary for this swarm to pick back up again. The swarm in 1985 lasted for about three months. Scientists are still studying the cause of this latest swarm.

Gary it was great to meet you as well. I am glad the BFE worked Like I told you and I am pretty sure everyone on here that knows me knows that I am a streamer fisherman. If I would have not lost my Mohair leech I would have never tied it on. I have some very good friends of mine that have talked about doing this for years and when I say years most of them double my age. Just giving them credit for what they have done and discovered. I know I talk at lot and most of the time the only way people can get me to shut up is to put a rod in my hand and get me fishing but I tend to listen to the older generation and what they have done for years. Sometimes it puts the ace up your sleeve. (BFE,Mohair leech,certain color of scuds) just to name a few. Anyway I am glad it worked for you I cant wait to get down and fish it again. Michael

My nice warm bed was nice especially with the cover over my head during the rain Strom. I'll be down tonight though, I got some Ostrich Eggs to try.

Not a problem For nymphing or dry fly fishing it works great it will make the flies go first. It is basically mending in the air be for the line or fly hit the water

Hey Gary It was nice to meet you yesterday, did the BFE work if not no big deal just keep trying it. They will pay off, Big fish eat big flies Michael

I will have to say that I got miss information from the MDC yesterday. They figured I was talking about Trout Parks. So yes I am eating Crow this morning I wish I had some ketchup. I will still stand behind that I have seen an agent write a ticket for this more than once up on the Little Sac because I was riding along with him. He has not worked with the Mdc for a few years now. My question is to them what if you have four fish and you catch a fish and it dies then what, you are over your limit because you were fishing legally to begin with. I guess I should be an attorney instead of a fly shop owner. One more question what if I want to target for Small mouth Bass at BSSP yes it is a trout park but it has multiple species in it just as most other streams do. So with that said Keep fishing and have a good day just don't over analyze things like I do.

I would say that the MDC needs to get together and make this a clear issue then we will know for sure. I think that this issue is up to the agents and lot in how they interrupt and if Quinton says you can then you can since he will be the one that writes the citation. Sounds good to me because I'm tiered Even to tiered to go fishing tonight I am way out of shape for the every night thing I need to go back to school with Duane

Great pic Turkeys will strut and gobble all year long, they are just more active with this in the spring.

Thats Funny Note to self never Assume

I call it procrastination plus I thought the dealine was 1-31-2009

I saw Mike write many tickets. That has been quite a few years ago and I can honestly say I cant remember. As I said I think he would. Yes I have saw Agents write tickets for this on some streams in Missouri one event that comes to mind was up on the Little Sac and the guy had a Limit of White Bass and A limit of Walleye and he received a citation for fishing with the fish on his person. As I stated in my earlier post I have had it explained to me that you must take your fish to a cooler, house, lodge what ever you have available. Then you are legal I guess the Southwest Regional Headquarters for the MDC do not know what the laws are. You have a great point on other streams with other fish, but you know as well as I do right now on upper Taney you are not targeting any other species than trout. I am sure you can still catch a few other species though.

I'm confused now It will be interesting to see what Mike says I still think he would write you a ticket maybe not. All I know is what I have seen in the past on a lot of streams not just with Taneycomo and Trout.

Sorry Phil it is in the supplement and is under the parks so it may just be referring to Trout parks I will say that it is the responsibility of each individual person to know what the law is and not to rely on some one else that says something. In the past when I was working with the MDC and riding with agents they have written many tickets for this. I personally would not want to push the limits of legality. Mike Abdom who used to be the agent for Taney County and that was when the limit was 5 would write you a ticket. Like I said in my previous post according to Southwest regional supervisor who is the head agent for this area, said if you have the fish on you and or your boat and are C&R you are in violation. So maybe it is just up to the agent and how he/she perceives the law and how you treat them. I have seen plenty of people that did deserve a Ticket not get one because they were nice to the agent kind of like getting verbal warning.

I just got off the phone with the Southwest Regional Protection Supervisor he said that if you have 4 fish in your possession you have to take the fish into a designated location.(ie cooler, lodge,house) where ever you can keep them separate. If you keep them on your person or in your boat you have to stop immediately. If you have 4 fish on you or in your boat and you are C&R you are in violation and will be issued a ticket. So it is simple catch your 4 fish put them in a cooler then go back and fish C&R only. That is the only Legal way to do it.

Phil you mean you CAN'T keep fishing right? It says it it right in the reg book once a limit of Trout is caught and kept you must stop fishing for all species.