Flysmallie

Was working at my moms today and found a bunch of the larvae. Should have grabbed a couple and watched the process. Would be cool to do a time lapse of the whole process.

Not picking on Sam but people always say that and then they go trout fishing with a indicator 9 foot up from a heavily weighted fly that has a dropper another 2 feet below that. Which is much more challenging to cast for most. Like Wrench said, a little weight isn't bad if you know how to handle it.

Unless you are including a check they aren't listening.

That's awesome that they get together and have a lot of fun. Good for them. Still doesn't appeal to most obviously.

You are going to get a lot of different opinions but at least you are going to give it a shot. Nothing better than a nice fish coming up and busting a topwater bait. In water with some current in it I like a WTD bait. I don't get too fancy. Spook Jr. or KVD Sexy Dawg. If it's slower water or they seem to want something a bit slower then it's a Chug Bug. Period. That's all I carry. Couple of chug bugs, couple of Sexy Dawgs, and a spook or two. I've tried a bunch others WTD lures and they sure are pretty but none of them have out fished a spook so I see no reason to spend more. Color? Baitfishish. Yes that is a word, I just made it up. I hear the talk about this color if it's sunny or this color if it's cloudy but a baitfish struggling on the top is going to look the same no matter what the weather is like. If they are interested then they will find it. And don't discount buzzbaits. They can be a pretty good time. Time of day? Yes there are times that are better than others but the fish will tell you that. You can't base it off of the time of day or time of year. It's best just to always have one tied on and ready to go if you get the notion to throw it. See a good lay, or something chasing. Toss it in there and see what happens. Might be surprised. I caught the fish below back in June. It was middle of the day, probably 2 or 3 pm. Hot. You can see that big dirt bank in the background. Slow water. Nothing around. Fish destroyed that spook. It happens more than you would think. I won't bring up spinnerbaits because even though they can be fished next to the surface it's a whole other game. Like floating worms, square bills, jerk baits, streamers...................

No thanks. I can go to a tournament at any lake any weekend and see more dedicated people than that. As far as how many people have I seen musky fishing? Well musky are pretty rare in Missouri with only a few lakes having them so that's not really fair. But I would say that I have seen more than a couple dozen people fishing for musky since the beginning of the year and still zero carp fisherman. Oh and the musky fisherman didn't need a social. They were out there on some of the most miserable days looking for that one bite from a true predator. Days that make guys like you retreat to their parents basement. Nice try though.

Yep. It's about $27 worth of marabou triple articulated and some wool on the head.

Jan 1, 2014. 1Drift Boat + 2 bottles Yukon Jack + 3 Guys = A bunch of trout.

Nothing wrong with panties. But yeah it won't be a treat. The beauty of all that marabou in the water will make it worth it though. I hope a fish sniffs it before I start decorating for Christmas with it. Interested to see how the game changer works out for you this fall.

I've been tying for unknown reasons. Don't really have a plan but it's good to be filling some boxes. Mostly larger smallmouth offerings that are sure to be rejected if I ever get the opportunity to present them.

That tail is huge. Nice fish.

But even they will chase a streamer. Carp don't bother me. I'm just sick and tired of hearing about how popular it is but I never see anybody doing it. Oh sure google boy can throw up some crap he found online, careful not to get those mixed up with the over harvest pics. But there are very few around here doing it like he claims. Just keeps spewing all the info he can and copying and pasting it here. Sad that a life is wasted doing this.

I love Caucasians.

He probably starts to then just looks in his bank account and everything is fine again.

October 1994. Pre-fishing for a tournament on Table Rock with my dad. We were in the Campbell Point area. Made a long cast up through some timber to a small secondary point with a spinnerbait. Was bringing it through when the whole world exploded and I am still truly surprised that we landed that fish. 5lbs 10ozs on the digitals we had in the boat. Swam away just as pissed off as it was when it first hit that bait.

Poorly I might add. Looks like a bunch of children produce it.

Yes. That would be a good start. It's not about getting money from them it's about shutting it down.

Yep. Same reason we can't have bass like they do in Texas and tarpon like they have in Florida.

Well call me when you are ready and I'll sit in the boat and tell you how you are doing in wrong. Maybe land another big LM while you try.

EXACTLY!!

Still amazes me that anyone believes any politician.

You could go now with no fear of harming one. We could go up and throw poppers to greenies.

I haven't fished Pomme in a long time but those days that you are talking about it seemed that a spinnerbait was best.

That's a nice boat!