Fishing Next Week

[beamedik]

I have to agree that montauk is the best park to trout fish in MO, although i haven't fished at meremac. but, it is beautiful and the fishing is absolutely wonderful. i am sending my boys (18, 12, and 41) down next week for spring break. (my husband has actually graduated, but he has voluunteered to take the boys on spring break). anyway, we are trying to get all the fishing supplies together and am trying to find fishing reports and water levels(high, fast, ect). my 12 y/o is 5 feet tall and weighs about a pound and i don't want him to get swept away. they will fish some in the c&r area and some outside the park, baptist mostly. any suggestions for keeping a 12y/o into an occasional fish would be appreciated. he has a 7" 4wt fly rod, and a spinning rod. and, if you see them down there, say hi--dad and 2 boys.

[Kayser]

#12-16 Beadhead Hare's Ear, Pheasant tail, and Prince Nymphs, and #8 or #10 Black or olive Wooly buggers and Mohair Leeches, are all must have's on the Current. I think the youngest would do best to focus in the faster water(riffles) with these, because the water is usually pretty shallow in those spots. He just needs to walk slowly, and be very careful where he steps (there are loose gravel drop-offs, along with some turtles to step on).

If he is going to use the spinning rod, then he probably wants to bring some brown, black, black/yellow and white marabous, white thread jigs, and maybe some glo-balls.

There is a USGS waterflow gauge just below the park, and the website is HERE.

Rob