Flysmallie

Well what's the fun in that?

Still a bit chilly to be wet wading.

That looks great Gavin.

Yeah you wanna listen to Wrench on this. He is very experienced in this area.

In.

Sorry, yes, add Mary Boo. Just to fill that gap. Or fish it like it is cause a hungry smallie won't care.

I think you should add some bou to the backend of the jig for bulk.

Yes to smallies. No to troot.

When does noodling season open?

I'll tell you what I think of you.

Tell me more.

Sure. Once you get done jacking around with those guys head on over and I'll show you how it's done. Or more importantly I will show exactly what does not work. I'm really good at that. But you would still have a lot of fun, can guarantee that. Try and fish with as many different people as you can and pick up on the little things that make them successful. A little to add to the conversation. If you have never skated a gurgler, yes skated a gurgler, across a tailout you have not lived. It's not what you could ever consider a solid pattern, but when it happens it's awesome. All you need is one fish to explode on that and you will skate a gurgler or a booger across and through every tailout that you come to.

Crazy talk. If the speed limit was 120 mph I could get to STL a lot faster. Why can't we change that.

You are starting to sound like a politician. Wooly boogers are good for smallmouth. Not sure why some would say they don't use them and then recommend something that is almost exactly the same. See that all over the internet. And forget about needing to cast 30 yds on the river, that's just not necessary plus it's not going to be very effective. There are a lot of good techniques and scenarios that you will never learn from the internet. Your best bet is to find a willing party to spend a day on the water showing you some different things. It's much easier to show you how to fish a rootwad or a tailout while standing in the river than trying to put it to words. And from there you can find your own style. For the half-dozen or so that have responded you probably have that many different ways of fishing one of the specific features.

Whatever Phil. It's a good event, might even have to fish it myself sometime.

Ran across this in Southwest Airlines Spirit magazine.

Yeah I just meant it gets prettier. There are still no fish. Just bears and mountain lions. Lots of them.

On the James, the closer you get to Table Rock the better it gets.

Barney Frank? You been hittin the bottle hard tonight?

This is on down a bit where it meets the James. I would love to be there right now and it would be cool if was summertime too.

It was you!! Give me a shout next time you are around.

That's like the understatement of the year.

Last time I was on Panther Creek we found this. Never did find the occupant. It's a neat little stream.

It's a pretty good area. Depending on water levels you won't be able to go far above or below the access. Best bet is a float out of Gasconade Hills. They will take good care of you. http://www.gasconadehills.com/Home_Page.html You will find largemouth, spots and smallmouth and plenty of goggle-eye.

I just wish that at least once somebody would open fire on conspiracy theorists. They serve no purpose. Background check? No big deal. If you have nothing to hide that is. It obviously doesn't fix all the problems but its something.