My Opening Day Experience

[MrDucky]

Hiya OAF , Well I know its been a little over a week since opening day at the trout park's , Thursday Wow what a morning 3:00 am or so waking up too Tornado warnings and Sirens , Yes Terry and Leonard the same loud sirens I dont like . Well i got too the park at almost 4:30 am and to my surprise , There was ALOT !!!! of cars . The only time i have seen that many cars , was at California Speedway for a Nascar race . Anyways after finally finding a parking place right at the entrance of the park LOL , I decided i would walk all the way up too the hatchery pond area and wait for another siren , Well 6:30 am came , the siren went off , I heard a gun shot . and then looked at the water and it was total MAYHEM!!! Fishing lines everywhere (even places you wouldnt expect them to be) I was just so amazed . It was like a bad Jerry Springer episode . I did manage to catch 3 right off the bat , I then decided to hike back towards the car , Well then i saw a pool with a couple of really big fish (like Leonard big fish) and there was about a foot of open space that i could stand . This didnt work to well , I was standing on a rock out of the way and i slipped and feel onto another rock , I landed on my right front pocket side of my thigh , and inside that same pocket was my car key's and a pocket knife OUCH !!! , Well as many of you know im a pretty big guy and when i fell i also really hurt my shoulder . As soon as i could catch my breath i got up and limped to the car , This was an hour and a half into the day after the siren sounded . i headed home

I did witness opening day , im thinking next year im gonna enjoy opening day from the couch @ home in front of the television

[Terry Beeson]

OUCH! Been there, done that, Ducky... and being an even BIGGER guy, I "feel your pain."

But I tried to tell you nobody goes on opening day... it's too crowded!

I enjoyed opening day from the comfort of my couch this year...

[Flysmallie]

Well I've been wondering what happened to you. Sounds like you had a super fun time.

Hows your shoulder? Can you fish?

[MrDucky]

The shoulder is better , I was really sore the next 2 days but i did manage to fish both friday and saturday , i also fished yesterday a bit with Tim from Tims fly shop

[Seth]

Man, I am glad I have not had any opening day experiences like that. If it were me, I would stick to Taney and atleast wait till summertime before heading back to those trout parks. They aren't as crazy by then, atleast at Maramec Springs.

I fished Maramec Springs yesterday and today and it was a mad house both days since the weather was so nice. Once the stream gets really clear and the heat of summer hits, the stream will be a lot more fun to fish. You even have room to use the evil fly rod down there at Maramec.