The cool thing is they will rattle before you step on them. You’ll need some fresh underwear but you probably won’t get bit. Growing up in Oklahoma I have had a few encounters.
I've been using only my kettle for awhile now. I wrap sometimes but haven't finished in the oven lately. No temp gauge except for the old cheap meat thermometer. You have to stay on top of it but that's the fun part of it for me.
The James River Basin Partnership is a grassroots, not-for-profit, 501(c)3 organization working to improve and protect the water quality of the springs, streams, rivers, and lakes in the James River watershed which consists of almost a million acres of land in portions of eight counties.
Probably because you haven't given it nearly the opportunity you have the War Eagle. A good spinnerbait will produce. My ignorant hang up on the War Eagles is the head. I've always had this hangup with the heads on spinnerbaits and it really makes no sense.
Wait for summer. Especially if you want to strictly wade. Lots of good places to wade in SW MO but you aren’t going to get folks to tell you out in the open.
Just keep hitting the redial button until it said zero generation, then jump in the car and make the 45 minute drive down to find 4 units going. Used to drive me crazy.