jdmidwest

German Brown Trout, hence the name, is from German stock. Cutts and Brookies are US natives and Rainbows. Missouri prefers strains of McLoud Rainbows that came from the McLoud River out west and were originally stocked from trains in certain rivers. Crane Creek has been attempted to be managed as an original strain that has done well in our climate.

Not enough water to fish Phil, there is a drought going on. We need the glaciers to melt a little more so we can have some of the moisture locked up in the ice......

I still don't see any viable solutions presented here to solve it. How do you propose to fix it?

So, how was the fishing in that stretch?

But we do our part every day here in the USA. We scrub our coal emission to reduce pollution. We control our vehicle emissions. We have a pretty good handle on what we put into the air and we pay well for it. That is why most of our jobs have went to China where all of the pollution is coming from. I doubt if there is any other country with strict regulations and a all encompassing agency like the EPA to regulate it. We shudder when they mention a new Nuclear Power plant. We block the damming of streams to produce hydro electric power. Lowering taxes on efficient products does not really help, the efficient products are more expensive than normal ones. In this economy that is struggling to make ends meet, who can afford the better stuff, even with a meager tax break. Then you have to go long form on taxes and hire someone to do them. How about making them more competitive pricewise instead. Our forestry management is 110 percent better than it was at the turn of the century. Trees absorb carbon, plant more trees in your yards.

Shoot for the gas mask!

Does it come from a shallow well??

What his plans are to solve this "global warming" issue are?

I did not realize there was that much distance between the two towns. I have to travel 100 miles to the nearest fly shop....

OK, you got me interested. The Globe is warming. What do you propose to fix it?

Isn't there one at Lilleys Landing???

That was a rabid wolf with a warble worm in his head. Unfortunately, the sheep were probably without protection as they were in a theater that did not condone CCW, probably. Most theaters are that way around here. And since us CCW types are law abiding citizens, checked out by the FBI and the local sheriff, trained in the law of CCW, their arms were probably in their cars. It is a tragic event, obviously a sick crazy that wanted to make a name for himself. But many died and many young children were injured. They will never be able to fry him hard enough to pay for what he has done. Pray for the families and the jury that will send him off to prison.

I have never discounted that man has polluted the environment in various ways. I have an issue with pollution and things can and have been done to control what we do to the environment. But to be as arrogant as to say we have changed the cycles of the earth, I have an issue with that. And to think buying carbon credits will change it back to the way it was is the silliest dam thing I have ever seen any man come up with.

No, they don't really look at it over a long period of time. They adjust the scale to fit their needs. Earth has changed many times in the last 3 billion years. We have been in a period of global warming since the last Ice Age. Before that, it was a big cool down. I don't deny we are getting warmer, we have been since the Ice Age. I think it is arrogant on the part of man to think that they can change the cycles of the earth at this stage of the game and our present intelligence level..... Nature will run its course. Now if you want to claim your part in the scheme of things, call it pollution. That what it has been called in the past. Attack it that way, people would be far less offensive.

Unfortunately, we are currently in a period of global warming, its JULY. Come this fall, we will have global cooling, at least in this portion of longitude north of the equator. Sunspots.

380 is a worthless caliber, but it must have left a blood trail. Someone had to check into the ER to pull the bullets out from under his skin... Nothing smaller than a 380 long for me, 9mm full caliber. The 9mm short had never impressed me ballistically, even with new modern loads. That is the glory of CCW, and what all future criminals will have to account for. One citizen that has the capability to prevent him from carrying out his crimes. Makes some think twice. Crime rates go down. It is a win, win situation.

Nice. I like the adapter you made for the boat trailer too. It gives me an Idea!!!

I have a sticker from the past. And I have brought many friends on here and will continue to do so every chance I get. Phil, you bend over backwards to make this forum the slickest run forum around. You constantly upgrade the software. You have very little down time, this site is always open. I hope the financial returns from your efforts are worth the time you spend keeping it going.

Sunspots, the answer to everything that affects our planet.

I have used sheets of craft foam that is sticky on one side with pretty good luck too. I don't bother with the slits, too much hassle sticking them back in on the stream. It is easier for me to just run the hook up inside of the foam. I have a few boxes that have wasted space in them. I add a few strips of the craft foam and can pack several more flies into them. I like the clear boxes, you can see what is in them.

Pflieger makes no distinction between a striper and a white bass other than the single row of teeth on the white tongue vs double row of teeth on the striper. Whites have more of a hump where the head transitions into the body in front of the dorsal fin. This one in the pic shows a hump like a white bass. There was no definition regarding the hybrid bass in the book, and it was a recent revision.

What kind of foam did you use and where did you find the clear boxes?

Its a confusing fish. Maybe Pflieger has a better way of telling them apart.

It usually takes the new help at the local Mexican Restaurant about a month to recover from it. I think the bees made a comeback quicker.....

Hybrid Bass have broken lines along the top by the dorsal fin. Spine on the gill cover and distinctive teeth on the back of the tongue. http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/hybrid-striped-bass-wiper-whiterock-bass White Bass have the unbroken lines and single heart shape teeth on the tongue. http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/white-bass Striped Bass, dorsal fins are separated. Tongue patch like the hybrid. http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/striped-bass Looks like a nice white bass to me.