tippett7

Large olive stickbait caught me a 12 lb. Striper in Tennesee on a cloudy windy day fishing about 30 ft. deep trolling.

Welcome to the forum. I see you have an interesting name. What is your favorite crawfish pattern and are you willing to share how to tie?

I was fishing directly below you guys. I was in the white hat. Welcome to the forum. Do you live in Branson. I will try to be down there next Saturday if I can.

Watch out for the electric eels down there. There killer

I am not the greatest writer in the world, but I have a short story that I would like to share. I have a 6 year old little girl who I love more than anything in the world. I used to be one of those guys who said I would never have any kids or I wanted to wait till being married about 10 years. As you know it doesn't always work out that way. 2 years after being married we found out we were pregnant. My wife still throws it in my face how I first reacted when I found out. It wasn't good, but now I can't imagine life w/o her. She is my everything and I think this short story will prove it. About 2 years ago, when my daughter was 4 it was a cool breezy October morning. Autumn leaves were gently falling and it was a perfect day to hit the water (Lake Taneycomo). As I was finishing up some flies for the morning trip, my daughter asked me if I was getting ready to go fishing? Pretty smart kid actually. I said yes, and then got the famous question, I was not wanting to hear. Can I go fishing with you dad? Now don't get me wrong I love to take her fishing, but today was a day just for dad's. I'm not sure if any of you can resist a cute little redhead with baby blue eyes, but I crumbled and said yes. She shouted "YEAH" and proceeded to grab her folding Princess Chair and Stroller with her twin babies. Funny how she did not grab a fishing pole. Her idea of fishing up to this point in her life, was dad catches them and then brings the rod to me on shore and I reel them in. In the meantime she sits in her chair and watches dad or plays with her babies. She really enjoys throwing rocks in the water right where I'm fishing most of the time! We were just above outlet 2 above the island on the North side. My worst fear came true as it was very crowded that day. The water was somewhat calm and I could see a lot of fish. After catching about 6 some guys came over and crowded our spot, so it was either go home or go somewhere else. The only spot open.................. You guessed it, was the other side of the stream. There was a lot of trout on the other side, and I knew I had to take her over there, but what was I going to do with all of that stuff. Well, here is what happened. Kailey was on my shoulders holding my fly rod, while I held her princess chair in my left hand and her stroller with 2 babies in my right hand. Keep in mind they are all bright pink. It's a little difficult to cross the stream by yourself, let alone carrying all this stuff. So we cross the stream ok and I see all these guys stop fishing and just staring at me. I knew the only way to fix it was start catching fish and so we did. That day she brought in her biggest trout of her life; a nice rainbow about 21 inches. Soon after that she was ready to go home. Imagine That. So we packed up our stuff again and I made what seemed the longest crossing of Taneycomo in my life. One guy says to me as we are crossing, nice stroller and laughs. I just ignored the shmuck as Kailey had caught more fish then he did and went on. That night as I was tucking her into bed I smiled and said thanks for going fishing with me. She said, You taking me fishing is the thing I love best about you. That made it worth it right there. At the moment it was pretty humbling, but as I look back at it now, it is a memory I will never forget. Since then my daughter has learned how to tie midges and scuds and is going on her first trip to Dry Run Creek and casting all by herself. We will see what happens. Hope you enjoy the story.

Were they running any water this morning at 6?

Do you ever hike up in the mountains to go fish for wild trout? Sounds like fun.

Welcome to the forum. Do you like fly fishing for bass or trout?

Just in general.

Here is a great question? Do some research on this before answering. What happens to crime rates when citizens are not allowed to protect themselves by having guns. If you like seeing deadly brutal crimes everyday you should be for gun control. If you like living in a safe country then you should own a gun.

I have been fishing soft hackles lately and I catch a ton of fish but very seldom do I catch any big fish. I think it has to do with bigger fish hang on the bottom. Any one else out there have any thoughts on this. I did manage to catch a 20 " rainbow last Sunday in the evening and that was the biggest trout I ever caught on a soft hackle.

How many fish have you caught with it?

Welcome to the forum.

I have always heard of 100 fish days on Taneycomo, but I never experienced it myself. About 60 was my best day, but Saturday was unique. After running water forever they turned it off. I hit the water about 9:00 am and started below outlet # 1 about 100 yards. Using a dark gray scud with a marabu scud underneath I started catching a bunch. Some were decent size and some small but all of them fought like hell. I normally like to move around when I fish, but this day was special and I stayed at the same location till 5:30pm. There was a period of almost 3 hours where I was catching fish on every cast. It didn't matter what you were throwing they were hungry. Everyone was catching fish around me. I even switched to a soft hackle to slow things down for me, but nope I was getting a hit almost every cast on that too. What an awesome day. Sunday I went back down there and fished nothing but soft hackles and caught about 45 for the day. Not as good as Saturday but still 2 great days in a row of fishing. Hopefully they will make this a regular pattern.

Next time you go send me an email and I will go with you. Dave

Leanord, You the man!! Night fishing is a blast.

Welcome to the forum. Every fly fish for white bass?

If you practice correctly it should not take years right? Ok maybe at least one, depending on how much you fish.

Why don't they just tie a fly like a swimming minnow and then they can have the best of both worlds.

FLat Creek has also been know as Hillbilly Lover Lane Creek

I would not forget about the almighty scud. Size 16 - 20 Olive, Tan, Gray all work good.

Welcome to the forum. Where the heck is Flat Creek?

how deed are the crappie?

Nice flies. Do they work better than the famous Circus Peanut?

Whats the best creek in Souther Mo to fish for smallies?