Flysmallie

Sorry for your loss Oneshot. My dogs have always been family.

The best be careful or they will launch their truck nuts out into the trees.

This is true. Lots of great opportunities out there if you are willing to work for them. This is actually a perfect time to find a great career.

Kid is a vague term for me. He was probably 24-25 with a wife and kid of his own. But I have had the same issues with 60 year olds too. Some never learn. Too bad though because I really liked him and that store will need a new manager in a couple of years. Maybe he would have been able to do that and maybe not, but he doesn't understand the opportunity he just threw away.

Not surprised. The kid I hired in KC that vanished for a couple of days begged me to give him another chance. Being the sucker that I am I said yes. Everyone deserves a second chance. He came in last Monday like he promised and was the guy we needed him to be. The next day he called and said he would be late. The day after that he came in like nothing ever happened. We promoted him to customer.

I never understood the intelligence of doing donuts on gravel. Must be the same people that show off by spinning their tires when the pavement is wet.

I was thinking about this earlier. There is another place that I frequent, but it is completely covered up during the summer. Your lucky to find a parking spot much less a fish. But I rarely see any trash there. It's an MDC access. And as I think about it you don't normally see a lot of trash around MDC Acesses. Do they really have people out cleaning up after everybody? (I've never seen anyone picking up trash) Or do people who trash accesses just not go to government acceses? I mean you can't tell the difference by looking at the crowds. The one on the Finley, which is NOT an MDC access, is about the same size as the other. Same amount of people typically. Same type of crowd. But the people at the MDC access pick up their trash? I need to start asking people. These places are on different streams about 40 miles apart. Even though the fishing is pointless in the summer they are great places to take the dog for a hike. Decent parking and you can walk down the stream forever. They keep the Finley fairly clean now, (since that was one of the main complaints for getting it shut down for a while) but it's still not as clean as the other. Busiek is another place. State Park. Zero trash. And you haven't seen so many people on such a small creek in your life.

That's what has created all the problems. Not many people care about a few fishermen. But all the punks and trash and dumping. I don't blame landowners. I've lost several spots already and one is on the verge of closing. If people would just pick up after themselves then everything would be fine. But they are too stupid to do that.

Pretty sure the fight on Finley was over a couple hundred k’s. 5-7 would probably get you out of some trespassing trouble but it’s not going do much else.

Look up River Access Coalition (RAC) Finley River. They have already fought and won a case where landowners shut down a access to the Finely River. I don't have the totals but I think they spent quite a bit of money on that and continue to fight appeals to the decision. They are also workimg on other projects now like the new River Gravel mining project on the Finley River.

Going to take a lot more money than that.

Man I feel that one. Been a rough start to 2025. I have a free weekend coming up in April though!

Well he either didn’t get the response he wanted or it was just a drive by posting.

What? Since when? I was just gonna hit the trout park and pick some from the trees.

Delay? I haven’t even picked out a fly yet. LOL

An old court case doesn’t dictate squat when someone does something ignorant. I’d just look for another spot.

I noticed over the weekend that my wading boots are coming apart. Now I’m not sure what I’m going to buy. I was using Simms Vibrams but I might go back with felt. Note: Has nothing to do with my last swimming session. Felt wouldn’t have made a difference at all.

Outside of the car death it sounds like a good day to me. I love exploring and seeing new places. The fishing? You just got a little too eager beaver. Used to do it all the time. We need some warm water flowing in these creeks to get things going. Get your wheels lined out and be ready for some warmer, more productive water. Keep posting and show us some pics.

I’ve got one like that in St. Peter’s. Some days she’s dressed up like Rosie the Riveter. Little tiny chick in a predominantly male industry and she fits right in. Also sings backup in a Neil Diamond cover band.

Beautiful work JD. I would have glue and burn marks all over that.

It’s not just kids. Getting harder and harder to find anyone that wants to work. Hired a kid in KC. He started on Wednesday and I just happened to be there that day. As I was leaving he shook my hand and thanked me for giving him a chance. What a great thing this was going to be for his family. He seemed genuinely happy and thankful. He went home at the end of the day and we haven’t seen him since. And that is the new norm. Won’t show up for interviews, won’t show up for drug tests. Some that make it through all of that don’t ever show up for their first day. Or they work a day or two and quit. These are not difficult jobs. 8-5 M-F. NO WEEKENDS! And they pay well. It’s been a struggle for a bit and it’s not just with kids. It’s everyone.

That's why I don't go. 😁

This is from the Cassville paper about opening day last year. At 7 a.m., Roaring River — for the first time in six years — was not the leader in tag sales among the state’s three trout parks, about 100 total tags behind Montauk State Park’s 1,700. By noon, the gap closed to only six tags, with Roaring River reporting 1,941 (including 325 children’s tags) and Montauk selling 1,947 (including 200 children’s tags). Bennett Spring State Park, which has an ongoing project that has shut down its hatchery, was not lagging far behind at 1,864 tags sold (including 137 children’s tags).

I drove through Bennett last Sunday around noon. Saw a couple of people fishing. I guess they didn't own a calendar.

I was just thinking last night how much I miss a Babler report. For someone that doesn’t fish Table Rock that is saying something. Good to see a report and of course it’s a good one.