Bassin' on the Fly Rod - B/S

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Yes - there was a lot of confusion.. sorry / thats my fault. I left out a ton.

I am speaking of the area above Bull Shoals Dam, Lakewood I believe.

The turn is before the Wishes and Fishes bait shop thats on the left.. its a left turn into what I think was the most popular dock area at the dam area, possibly Bull Shoals Marina. If you find the water from here.. you will pass the marina/shop on the left and if you continue to drive - you will find this high spot I am referring to. You really cant miss it.

It was summer time when I saw all these fish.. they were just laying there - begging for me to try to get to a fly in front of 'em. I got to them allright.. and I lost 3 different bugs .. making trips back to the car every time thinking maybe I could have been in an area that you werent supposed to be fishing.

The sight of the water really is locked into memory.

best fishes - Brian

[Wayne SW/MO]

No Walleye allowed out of Swan, unless there is a recent change.

[Sam]

there WAS a dock just above the mouth of Swan Creek for many years but was removed years ago.

I had a discussion with my cousin about that the last time I saw him.

When I was a teenager (1960's), my dad, uncle, cousin, and I rented a boat on Bull Shoals once. I remember that a restaurant sat on a hill high above the dock, because we came in for lunch and looked down on the dock and lake as we ate.

I moved back to the Ozarks 15 years ago, and I know upper Bull Shoals pretty well now. I couldn't figure out where in the world that dock and restaurant were, because there's nothing like that now on the Missouri side.

My cousin is a little older than me, and he says it was at Shadow Rock where Swan runs in - and that the dock and restaurant have been gone for years.