ollie Posted November 9, 2006 Posted November 9, 2006 Want to go, but that dirty four letter word keeps coming up. I'm going to try and make it down either Sat. or Sunday. "you can always beat the keeper, but you can never beat the post" There are only three things in life that are certain : death, taxes, and the wind blowing at Capps Creek!
Steve Smith Posted November 9, 2006 Author Posted November 9, 2006 Dano; I will be at the river all day most likely. Those fish haven't been bothered for ten days now, and they'll be ready to fight. I always put aside opening day for C&R. We catch fish until we're just sick of catching them. I'm sure Tim will have his shop open tomorrow, so if he goes to Taney, it will be early. I think his shop will be open 10 - 2 PM. If you ever get the opportunity to fish with Tim, you'll never regret it. That guy is awesome on the river. In about five minutes, he had me in fish on Taney. He set me up with a dropper fly setup that was just the ticket. I'll show you when I get a chance. ___________________________ AKA Flysmith - Cassville MO
Steve Smith Posted November 9, 2006 Author Posted November 9, 2006 I went to the park and walked the lower end, and it is about the same as the upper end. Mostly stockers, a few nice ones but no bruisers could be seen. The stocking truck was making rounds so that may change by morning ___________________________ AKA Flysmith - Cassville MO
timsfly Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 Steve, I just talked to Marvin at the Hatchery. He told me they stocked 800 nice fish, 300 from 4-6 pounds, and the rest were from 2-3 pounds and they stocked 2000 more just regular sized stockers, should be a good opener. See ya there. Tim Homesley 23387 st. hwy 112 Cassville, Mo 65625 Roaring River State park Tim's Fly Shop www.missouritrout.com/timsflyshop
Terry Beeson Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 OK... here I am at my desk, eating a cereal bar and getting organized for work... and thinkin' 'bout BISCUITS AND GRAVY I could be having right before CASTING FLIES TO WAITING TROUT!!! LIFE IS NOT FAIR!!!! Hope you guys are "slayin' 'em!" PICTURES! DETAILS! I'm JONESIN' here! TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Members OnTheFly Posted November 10, 2006 Members Posted November 10, 2006 OK... here I am at my desk, eating a cereal bar and getting organized for work... and thinkin' 'bout BISCUITS AND GRAVY I could be having right before CASTING FLIES TO WAITING TROUT!!! LIFE IS NOT FAIR!!!! Hope you guys are "slayin' 'em!" PICTURES! DETAILS! I'm JONESIN' here! I am trying to find a place here in Ttown where I can get biscuits and gravy for lunch. Hope you all have a great opening day....Terry has asked for pictures...but can someone tell us about the B&G?
Terry Beeson Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 You thought I wanted pictures of the trout? NAW!!! I want pictures of that GRAVY!!! TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Steve Smith Posted November 13, 2006 Author Posted November 13, 2006 No pictures of the gravy... there wasn't hardly any left. We had our annual biscuits and gravy meet-up Friday morning for the opening day of catch and Release at Roaring River. Dan [Dano] Sears came up along with several of our local folks. I think everybody enjoyed the get togther. We did really well on orange and chartreuse San Juan worms, all ginger bead-head woolies, and gold badger big uglies [some call this pattern a dead chicken]. We caught a lot of trout, but not any trophies, however it’s early in the season. Bob Garrison had the big fish of the day in our group; a three and a quarter pound rainbow. I’ll post a picture first chance I get. Bob caught it drifting an orange San Juan worm. We fished in Zone Two [fly only area] most of the day, and switched over to the upper end after the cold front rolled through. Typical Ozarks weather, sweating in the morning from the high humidity, and freezing cold in the afternoon. Ran into Tim Homesley from the fly shop, and that guy is just awesome at catching fish. He had a counter on his belt, and had caught and released 105 trout before he finally gave it up. I went back Sunday and had really good luck with the chartreuse San Juan again. I was fishing it without any weight, and just letting it tumble through the feeding lanes on the upper end of the river. By the time the sun got to shining on the river, the trout were getting really line shy. Nothing caught worth a picture, but plenty of fun. I probably could have dropped to 7X [using 6X at the time] and did a little better. On the San Juan worms and ginger woolies, sometimes we'd give them a little shake of the rod tip to turm them on. All in all, it was a great opening weekend. ___________________________ AKA Flysmith - Cassville MO
Danoinark Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 Steve Had a blast and can't wait to do it again. Sure enjoyed meeting Bob and the others. You boys do it up right I got to say. Catching fish on Friday and the Razorbacks beating Tennessee Sat night ... Heck I had a GREAT weekend. Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
Murdoc Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 Dano, I went to the game!! Whooo we what a great game!!! I parked about a mile from the stadium and was going to walk and this nice lady picked us up. She was one of the coaches wifes. Dianna Shebest. We got front row delivery to the stadium. Good game!! Smiles are free http://rdpflyrods.com/
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