Blue Springs Report

[ColdWaterFshr]

EHC and just about any Adams type dries will work when the water is lower and near normal. The fish aren't too picky at all.

[ozark trout fisher]

I'd agree its not really a destination type of place. Perfect for a couple hour fishin-fix, but its like miniature fishing. I think a 3 weight or smaller, and a 7'6 length, no more than 8' is the perfect set-up. Any more people than yourself there and its crowded.

Be sure and wear orange. Couple bow-hunters there on Friday which had me looking over my shoulder. When rifle season opens, I wouldn't go in there at all.

It just depends on what you call a destination stream. Little creeks like Blue Springs are my favorite places to fish personally. I just like the intimacy with the stream you can have in these types of places that you just can't get down on the Meramec. Heck, when I go out on trout fishing trips out west or east, I rarely fish the big name rivers. Last time I went out to Montana for example, Blue Springs would be the size of some of the larger streams I fished, no matter how hard that is to believe. I just like those little brush creeks more than anything else. I know I'm in the minority there.