Little Piney 7/31/11

[Gavin]

Did some family camping down at Lane Spring with 3 other couples and a mess of kids this weekend.

Got a late start on Saturday. We didnt leave town till ten, hit rain in Fenton,

stopped for lunch...rain didnt leave till us till Rolla. Finally go there around

2pm...set up the camper just in time for ...more rain...rain stopped before sunset, and the kids had a ball playing

around the fire till 10pm.

Got a little fishing in Sunday AM. Got up at dawn hiked from our campsite (#5) down to Lane

Spring and fished down about a mile then back up to the top of the campground for breakfast at 9am.

Fishing started slow...Picked up a trout or two hear & there on a variety of offerings...Prince, Fox

Squirrel....but nothing on the mohair leach lead fly...Switched out the mohair for a

Pats Rubberlegs....and the tables turned....The R. legs was the preffered

offering and it got downright silly. No trout over 14", but a good number in the 10-12" range.

The kids had a ball swimming & rounding up crayfish later in the morning...turns out

that the Pat's was about the same size and color of many of the crayfish...go

figure. Guess its better to be lucky than good.

Slept in Monday moring , packed up, & went swimming for a couple hours.Stopped

at Cookin' from Scratch in Newburg for some very good pan fried chicken.

The homemade mashed potatoes, and rolls were good too. Round $20 including tip for two

adults & 2 toddlers.....well worth the stop.

[RSBreth]

Sounds like a great time. I can't wait until it cools off some and I can go camp at Bull Shoals State Park. There's fishing to be done, but we just like the campsite and poking around at Gaston's and the whole Dam area.

[mic]

Gavin,

Going through some old threads looking for fishing tips on LP. What is a Pats Rubberlegs?

[Gavin]

Here you go....

Pat's Rubberlegs

Its a great fly anywhere, particularly on the North Fork of the White and Eleven Point.

[mic]

Here you go....

Pat's Rubberlegs

Its a great fly anywhere, particularly on the North Fork of the White and Eleven Point.

Thanks....That looks like a blue gill fly. I wonder if would work on Blue Springs??? Only one way to find out.

[mdrstl]

Gavin,

Going through some old threads looking for fishing tips on LP. What is a Pats Rubberlegs?

FYI; I had pretty good results on a Bead Head Wooly - light olive with some sparkle, a few weeks back. A number of smaller (but great) trout hit on a San Juan dropped off the back. I took it off as I'm a good example of a dropper being "two flies fished poorly" comment.

M