Fishing Thurs. And Fri. October 21St And 22Nd

[rcguy]

Had a great time NOT being at work and being on the stream. I fished Thursday about 9:30 until whistle. Caught 10 or so up and down the island on assorted color Midges in sz 18. Olive P and P, Rusty Midge all worked for one or 2 fish. All in all the fishing was slow. Three weeks ago a Light Olive Midge was really good for me...go figure! Caught a few more up by the Holland dam in the afternoon and several in the late evening just below the spring.

By the spring I was swinging a Yellow Soft Hackle in sz 14 a they were snapping at the thing on every drift. They were hitting short, I guess, because I finally landed 3 but I had probably 25 takes. Frustrating but fun. I met britsnbirds and his buddies up by the spring and we shot the breeze for awhile.... great seeing you Pat... I enjoyed the company.

Friday I started at the horn up by the island and it was slow for me. Caught a couple on Midges, 2 on a small peach glowball, and quit for lunch at 11:00.

I checked out of Sand Springs Motel at 11:30 and decided to drive behind the resturaunt and try fishing the Niangua. The water was good wading depth so I thought I would give it a try for my first time fishing the Niangua. I waded out to an island about 20 feet offshore and fished fast water in each side of the island. I put on a olive wooleybugger with some gold flash on and started drifting and stripping across stream. I finally tried snapping the rod tip slightly and letting it drift down and across stream. That did it and I caught 5 up and down the island in the next hour. I was happy because I really didn't expect to catch a thing. I finally went back to the park to fish a couple more hours before heading home. I actually did better on the river. I did lousy just up from the whistle bridge but a fellow I met named Ken caught a few on a Zebra midge I gave him. I guess I gave him the magic Midge in my box cause he did better than I did. Anyway, it was fun fishing as always. I have certainly done better but I caught my share.

My next trip will probably be sometime in November catch and Release.

[NoLuck]

Glad to see that you got away to do some fishing Jerry. I was debating about going down Friday eve after work but all the forcasts called for rain all weekend. They sure screwed that all up. It was too warm to go bowhunting so I ended up doing absolutely nothing. Had I known that it wasn't going to rain until Sunday night I would have been down there camping and fishing. Oh well. The winter season will be here shortly, and I'll be down. Maybe down the first weekend of C&R.

[rcguy]

Heh, I would have enjoyed watching you catch fish! Post when you're heading down and I'll see if I can make it. I'll be ready to head back in a few weeks after my sore shoulders

heal up. Two days of fly flinging make me hurt for a while...I know, what a wus.

[NoLuck]

The reason your hurting is you don't fish enough Jerry......LOL

You know what they say, use it or lose it. Same goes for just about everything we do. I rode the Mtn. bike the other day and my legs were sore for 3 days after. I have not heard of much of anything on the schedule for Nov. so I may try to make it down opening weekend. My bowseason has pretty much been a bust. I guess I need to find some guys to go into a lease up north someplace next year so I can have someplace and someone to hunt with. My hunting buds all but are nonexistant now. Too old and too lazy to get out there and just do it.

Talk at you soon,

Rich