Can't Wait Til They Grow Up!

[FishinCricket]

I went down to the public access to brave the possible crowd.. Got there around 6 and the hole Between the last access and the island was chock full of people, so I opted to hit a little used stretch on the miracle mile.. I rigged up an olive bugger and started working over the tail out of the riffles and immediately hooked a nice little rainbow (13 or 14 inches).. Had a few more flashes over the next half hour, but no takes.. Just as I was pondering on what in my fly box would work, the stream surface comes alive with browns! There were flys buzzing the surface and the hole I was in quite literally blew up with top water action! Browns were literally launching themselves in the air after these little white flies..

I tied on one of those weird little cracklebacks that I tied and it was game on for about 45 minutes! I stuck around 15 of em, so many that I destroyed two flies! And these fish were in a frenzy too.. None of em were too big (I didn't take a picture of the biggest one, I knew I only had so many casts before it was over for the night), but 7 inches to around 10 and every single one of em thought they were in the Circus! Acrobatics galore, and putting a decent bend in my 5wt..

Then they shut back off, just as fast. So I flailed with the crackleback for a few more minutes, then, as the last light was fading, I switched back to that beadhead bugger and fish the same spots that the browns were hanging when the topwater bite was on and managed to get one more hook up on a decent fish, another 13 inch bow... Didn't photo his butt either because I just about ate it and drown myself when I set the hook on him and I temporarily lost my senses..

Hit the road around 8:30 and then, on the way home, spotted the golf course/fitness center that I just signed up for... I remembered they said I could hit the ponds with a pole, providing I don't bother the golfers. So me and my light rod decide to take a walk down to the hole 1 tee that's overlooking the pond..

Lil blackie flat tore em up for about an hour, the I decided to walk back to the truck and get the fly rod and my one popper.

Bad move, I guess? I got a good hour of practice at false casting a popper on a 5wt in the dark, but I didn't get one looker on the popper. (unless you count the bat that kept buzzing my line)

Anyway, I feel better now..

[Wayne SW/MO]

[ozark trout fisher]

I went down to the public access to brave the possible crowd.. Got there around 6 and the hole Between the last access and the island was chock full of people, so I opted to hit a little used stretch on the miracle mile.. I rigged up an olive bugger and started working over the tail out of the riffles and immediately hooked a nice little rainbow (13 or 14 inches).. Had a few more flashes over the next half hour, but no takes.. Just as I was pondering on what in my fly box would work, the stream surface comes alive with browns! There were flys buzzing the surface and the hole I was in quite literally blew up with top water action! Browns were literally launching themselves in the air after these little white flies..

I tied on one of those weird little cracklebacks that I tied and it was game on for about 45 minutes! I stuck around 15 of em, so many that I destroyed two flies! And these fish were in a frenzy too.. None of em were too big (I didn't take a picture of the biggest one, I knew I only had so many casts before it was over for the night), but 7 inches to around 10 and every single one of em thought they were in the fucking Circus! Acrobatics galore, and putting a decent bend in my 5wt..

Sounds like a good time. Fun getting them up on the surface isn't it?

That kind of reminds me of last weekend on the Current...Never seen so many 8-10 inch browns in my life, all up on the surface eating feeding on some sort of a mayfly hatch (I think blue-winged olives, but I'm not too good with bug IDs). Usually you don't find such large concentrations of small browns on that stretch of river except right after the spring stocking. It was kind of weird, but fun all the same.

[stlfisher]

sounds like a sweet little trip....gotta love the night fishin as well... I have actually hooked a bat before...not quite what I was shooting for.

Good to hear of the small brown's being caught...high survival should mean good fishing in the next few years. Same thing is happening on the Current.

[FishinCricket]

gotta love the night fishin as well

I did, until I found the 15 foot long slick as snot slab rock in the hole in front of the access... I went from slowly walking along a gravel bottom in 2.5 feet of water to sliding 15 feet across the hole as I set the hook on a fish.. Still managed to get the fish to hand though!!

[fishinwrench]

How'd you slip that F-bomb past the filters? I am more proud if you for that than I am the successful outing.

[stlfisher]

glad you landed the fish and saved the equipment! I have my share of night mishaps....bringing back some memories now!

The most memorable was standing on the back of a small rental john boat which was tied to the shore in a row with about 15 other rentals. I went to step boat to boat when a gust of wind from god moved the boat I wast stepping too. It up and vanished like a fart in the wind and into the drink I went....face first. It was good thing I was ok...my buddy was laughing so hard he would have been useless in a rescue situation.

[FishinCricket]

I've had some close calls, but I've never (knock on wood) taken a full plunge... :fingers_crossed:

How'd you slip that F-bomb past the filters? I am more proud if you for that than I am the successful outing.

Well would ya look at that!?! My long standing history of not cursing in front of all these OAF's, gone in an instant! I blame the Philter.

darn asshat monkey nuts bull dung cock n balls donkey dick dung stain! Thanks Philter!!!

[FishinCricket]

Well it caught half of it, anyway.

[dennis boatman]

They were mowing or something up by the 64 Bridge and the river was full of weeds today...made for tough fishing...did catch a few...