jdmidwest

If the gun is an antique, it may be worth more if you don't clean it up. Nowadays, a horse for 3 guns must have been a good trade. Most good horses can be had for the price of a bale of hay this time of year.

Gigging has been a problem as long as I can remember around where I live. Locals used to use smallies as a big target to practice on as the eyes show up so well. Thank god the MDC started stocking Otters on the Castor River and eliminated the problem with the gigged Smallies. I for one am for a NO CREEL on smallies anywhere in the state. They taste like fish and are full of worms from all of the herons we saved when we banned DDT and made the herons a protected species.

After a small time off, I am back. Alot has happened this year, but now it is cold and the computer desk is warm... Looks like things have been dull around here, no politics, a few smallie issues, poachers, and a few new posters. Time to crank it up and get Phil some attention.

Having used beads for flies longer than most on here have been tying, gold, and copper are most productive in my fly boxes. I started tying beads with gold bead chain beads, split and pinched on a hook, back in the early 90's. Then, gold and copper solid beads became available and I started using them. I never use silver and seldom use black. There have been advances in the colors of beads, most of my old brass and copper beads turned black and I used them for bodies. The new stuff holds color very well.

I may take you up on that, it's a 6 hr drive but ducks are out here and all is froze up. Looks like alot of fun.

Spare the rod, spoil the child. Spanking works. Local schools still have corporal punishment if parents consent. There is a difference between a drunken beating and a sound spanking. Love and attention works too, but don't hesitate to spank and your kids will turn out fine.

I have used Watershed and it works. I also dope them up with Orvis Hyflote, once stated to be able to float a lug nut. Most dry flies I tye and fish now either use CDC or Foam to float them. I still tye some dry hackle flies and I try to use the best hackle. When they get slimed, I retire them and tie on another.

Why don't you donate them to the troops or an organization that would use them to promote flyfishing?

YO!

Which one, Proud American or I voted for the other guy? One in the same. Are you a Proud American today if you voted for the current POTUS? If so, WHY?

???? I thought you did not read stuff like this!

I am confused Thom, are you not happy with the present state of the Union. Things not working out like you planned. What made it political this time? Why attack me or say I attacked someone else? Ever think that maybe you are jumping to conclusions too fast? I stated Wonderful, meaning, next time I go there I will have net access if I need it. I am technologically inclined and carry a laptop, pda, cell phone, digital camera, etc every time I go. I do prefer to get away sometimes and rough it also. Most camping trips are primitive since the electric sites are reserved months ahead and I can't make that kind of plans with my busy WORK schedule. There are no satellites in my tent, or electric for that matter. Looking at the post, my only fault was forgetting to put the second sentence in a different paragraph.

WI FI at the lodge, wonderful. Now if you could just get a cell signal, you could be harrassed by all of the new electronic gadgets that you try to get away from while camping and enjoying the outdoors. Whatever happened to roughing it?

Tubes are ok for lakes and ponds, but would be pretty worthless in most streams and rivers in MO. You would be dragging and walking alot. Plus, I would rather be above the snakes instead of down in a tube staring them in the eye.

Yeah!!! I think admin should restrict any comments on the Missouri Department of Conservation too, causes too much controversy. But, in a way, they are a government entity, so politics must be involved, so they must already be banned.

Lt Governor Blasts Militia Report.

Everytime enforcement comes up, everyone thinks we have enough agents. Yet you see and hear many complaints about habitual violations. The poachers steal from us, game belongs to everyone in the state, laws are in place to regulate it. Agents seem to concentrate on deer and turkeys, but fishing violations happen all of the time. There are more streams in MO than can be covered by the limited number of agents. Most county's have only one agent at best, alot of territory to cover. Most remote locations lack cell phone service, so calling in a violation in action is hard to do. I have and do report violations every year while on the stream. Most have been investigated, few have ever amounted to anything. I do know of a few confirmed catches, one at Montauk and another on Norfork Tailwaters. The local agents just happened to be close at the time of the report, not 60 miles away on the other side of the county or out of town on a meeting.

That would be a very low percentage of the people that should have gotten tickets and lost licenses if all would have gotten caught. They catch a few, but many get by. Fishing violations are the most frequent ones I witness and most on here complain about.

It was just one theory. Could be a liability issue. Most lakes post no boats, no swimming. Who knows, more rules and regulations, no enforcement of existing ones that have a real impact on the game. It may just be urban lakes. I know the city lake managed by the MDC in Jackson has a no boat, no swim policy. Maybe someone skirted it with the float tube, half boat, half swimming.

I really don't know, just read about it in the weekly email. Could be some complaints from bank fishers competing with the float tubers. I have used kayaks and pontoon in local MDC Ponds with great success. Maybe they are too effective and MDC wants to control the use. I am pretty sure it was passed as a regulation looking at the wording. The Commission approved recommendations from the Regulations Committee to: Prohibit the use of float tubes at selected Department-owned lakes.

Buy all of them and sell them on Ebay.

At least I was not number 2!

Its been too dry around here, had to water the garden to get the lettuce to sprout. Maybe next week.

Yeah, I am member #3. Does it come with any rewards?

Watch for new regs on Conservation Areas, a weekly email update on the Conservation Monthly meeting stated that Float Tubes would be banned from some Conservation Areas. It did not go into any detail as to what areas/bodies of water. I don't have a tube, just an inflatable pontoon from the Creek Company. It is comfortable to fish from, a bitch to row in wind or current. I prefer my kayaks. MARCH CONSERVATION ACTION MEETING