4-13-11 Blue Spring Creek

[mhall02]

Well, I had some business this morning in Cuba so I thougth I would stop by the legendary Blue Spring Creek for a go. Got there around 11:00, what a beautiful little stream and area. Fished for about 3 hours and caught lots of minnnows (dace, shiners, and chubs) and 3 very small trout, probabally 3-4 inches for the biggest. All were caugth on greyish skuds under an indicator.. Pretty fish, but a very tough area to fly fish. Every good looking spot had a tree laying in it so I see how these fish survive and probabally where the bigger ones were hanging out (i.e. under the tree!!). The creek is a little small for my liking, seemed smaller than Crane or some of the other locations in SW MO I've fished for the non-stocked rainbows. Anyway, it was nice to get out, and glad I at least did not get trout skunked. Maybe one day I'll try it again.