FishinCricket

You started it! Neener neener.... :sticks_tongue_out:

Oh, yeah.. I remember this was supposed to be a passing fad that would effect the prices of hackle at all!

I'm curious as to how many park trips it took for OTF to put two and two together.. Not to mention when the revelation hit him: "Wait, so you mean it's not the fishin that's pissing me off and ruining my day? Wow! I need to do this (solitude thing) more often!!"

If proportion were equal to awesomeness you'd definitely have me outweighed If belly fat were weaponry, you'd certainly have me outgunned... What I'm trying to say is it doesn't bother me that you are (physically) twice the man that I am... Had enough? Hope not, I'm in dire need of a good punching bag.. And your jelly belly certainly fits the bill! (ah, that was fun)

I could go sooo many directions with this... But I'm afraid of Phil's new filter...

Yeah, I had initially thought that my fishing clothes had shrunk..!

Is this river one of the ones that had tagged smallies in it? That biggest one above had an odd hole in his back just below his fin, I pulled a small piece of chord (looked like a gut string from a guitar) out of it..?

It was a pleasure meeting you too, Justin.. I can tell this place will definitely be on my list for my local overnight camp and floats.. Got on the water at 10 am and immediately noticed the pattern... Spawning beds everywhere with smallies and gogglies in full guard mode... Raided a few beds from the boat and managed a good 20 fish (all small males, the females were there but very wary of the boat) before we stopped for lunch.. Had lunch in front of a big long gravel bed that was chock full of dark splotches swimming around, Kung fu'ing anything that came close to the cleared out patches... It was awesome watching them bedding... Then after lunch I tied on one of Wrenchies clousers and worked the bed over really good.. The big females wouldn't come away from the current, and I couldn't cast that far with the fly rod, but I did manage to hook my first smallie on a fly right there!! (I missed three or four because, smalles don't take it, they pick it up and attempt to kill/crush it, then they spit it back out and I'm just not that quick..(maddening!!!) Anyway, the same routine through the next few miles until we came accross the double spring where the jackasses at the private ranch were bulldozing the spring!! Spose it had to be done sometime.. Thanks guys! Muddied up the water for the next three miles, all the way down to Sunburst.. We did some swimming but didn't do much fishing down there (cloudy fast water that was pretty doggone treacherous!).. I think I know which spot was "The Falls" but there were a couple places that were pretty fun/hairy.. No tipping though, the canoe was a good one... I did manage to scare up one short slender brown just above Sunburst.. Only had him on for a minute and then he jumped and spit.. (I was very I'll prepared, moving 10 mph downstream chucking that pinky jig behind the rocks) The pinky jig won the day... The highlight of the day was actually the rock ledge across from the double spring.. The double spring was basically a small island midstream that had a spring bubbling up out of it and spilling down both sides... The ledge across from it had a creek flowing in and it had a crew of about 20 smallies in it and I think I got almost every single one of them to hit that jig.. Setting the hook was a different story, those little bastards are fast and subtle! A small snake finally ran is off, or I might still be there!

Hey, wait a minute.. Alfalfa, what about your promise to the He-Man Wumin Haters Club? Welcome, ladies.... Glad to have you here, all our wives will be thrilled.

Indeed, my bad. (actually, it was SB's fault, but I digress.. Err digest, or whatever) Gasconade

I would just paddle up to Greer... That stretch from cane bluff down is AWEFUL skinny water...

That's the best week to fish that "unnamed ozark river", cause hardly anyone else has a line in the water...! (and gay or not, some of those floaters are kewl and some are totally perverted jerks.. Just cause it's a "gay pride" float shouldn't give people the right to act that way and say such perverse things in public!) Anyone else hitting that "unnamed river" during that week? I know I am... We're gonna have a "fishpride float" that same week... Send me your prepaid entry forms and I'll tell you which river we're hitting... :wink: (shame on you, Gavin)

I would agree with this statement in it's entirety and would also add that 11ptcanoe offers a great selection of canoes.. My wife and I love our old town but if we made the drive to the 11pt we'd leave our boat at home and use theirs.. The 11point Canoe folks really are top notch!

No whey, hoooooosier!!! I'll share some tail, but only if it's lobster tail... (that stuff is ri-ich!)

Don't suppose this doctor friend of yours is in the market for a new luxury auto, eh? Cause I know a guy who knows a guy, ya know...

The wife has never seen (or heard of) the North Fork of the White, so I coerced her into taking a trip down tomorrow.. We'll be at sunburst ranch at 7:45 to check out the digs, buy a few flies and hop a ride to Hammonds for a float down.. I expect you all to be on your best behavior while I'm away! Anyone got suggestions, points of interest, etc? I was thinkin I should plan on using big streamers, eh?

Yup, good Ol Lebanon... Where the men are MEN (and the goats are scared!) Nah, you're projecting again... And you really gotta stop flirting wit me, I'll tell ya again I don't swing that way..

Speedo jello wrestling isn't cheating... (assuming everything stays in the package, lol) (though how my name got mixed up with speedos and/or jello wrestling I shall truly never quite understand..)

Nice fish, buddy! What, no trout?!? lol (j/k) What lures were you using? (if you don't mind my asking)

Uhm, okay then... lol

I see... Is that some kinda code?

Ah, finally someone who does some investigating and asks for more info before making a suggestion.. How refreshing..

In case no one mentioned this trick: When teaching yourself to cast, stretch out as much line as you will need for practicing, then attach a length of electric tape to the spool and reel it in on top of your extra line.. This way if it does bunch up it stops at the tape! (thanks to whomever provided me with this advice a few years ago.. Priceless!)

You're like a child, Al.. lol Congrats on the catch, I think it's the best story you've told us all month!

Please, everyone.. Disregard this man's advice, All the fish are out in the middle... No where near the undercuts, banks and ledges... Nice report mic..