Bunch Of Bsc

[Dirtworm]

I was able to get away for a few hours on Saturday (thank you to my wife and kids). For some odd reason, I thought the best thing I could do with that time is to tackle Blue Springs Creek again.

I have decided that God designed this place in such a way that it is a little like parents putting their child's Christmas presents in an electrified box - it may be pretty, and you really want whats in there, but getting to it is going to be painful.

So again on this trip, with my limited time, I ended losing more flies than casts made (for those of you who were wondering if that was possible). I have come to the end of my complaining for now, I suppose I should here ask for some advice so that I can be better equipped to suffer blissfully at this little stream in the future.

So the question rolling around in my head at this point is this: How and where do people cast on this creek? I am seriously thinking about leaving the fly rod in the car next time, and I think maybe the best outfit for all these tight corners is actually sold by Ron Propiel and not Bass Pro.

The only time I can manage any sort of backcast is when I am right on the edge of the stream (I have already long ago sworn off getting in the water here) or once when I found a spot so close to highway N that I was able to throw a real nice loop standing right on the double yellow line, which may be hazardous. So is a traditional cast out completely?

I have heard tell about a slingshot cast, I tried a few times this trip and it seemed to work fairly well with my new 3w rod, but I couldn't hope to get it out far enough to cast somewhere where the fish wouldn't see me. Even this method is challenging with all the brush around. So, I am open to new ideas. I can see how after enough trips one would start to get to know the creek well enough that I could find a few spots that are far enough down stream from some good holes and have adequate backcasting room, so maybe thats an answer. I'm hoping that there is something else I am missing.

This is a beautiful little stream and I would feel darn good about myself If I finally wrangled a 5 inch rainbow out of there.

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this, and double thanks if your reply is anything more than: "stop whining, thats fishing."

God bless,

Adam