10/10 AM Fishing

[smithsfans68]

Just got back from a morning at Crane Creek...fished a couple of places.  North of the city on Route A the creek is very low and dry in some places and didnt see any decent size trout...lots of fingerlings in there needing to grow for next year.  Parked near the ballpark and walked down and couldnt get a fatty to take a black ant and some hares ears size 14-18.

Went down lower and got as close to the James River inlet as I could near Galena and found some non-private property bridges to wade through and caught another couple decent sized bows...didnt see the famous McCloud red bows.

Ive seen some youtube videos about that but not familiar where these waters are...any insights from you guys would be most helpful.

[trythisonemv]

19 hours ago, smithsfans68 said:

Just got back from a morning at Crane Creek...fished a couple of places.  North of the city on Route A the creek is very low and dry in some places and didnt see any decent size trout...lots of fingerlings in there needing to grow for next year.  Parked near the ballpark and walked down and couldnt get a fatty to take a black ant and some hares ears size 14-18.

Went down lower and got as close to the James River inlet as I could near Galena and found some non-private property bridges to wade through and caught another couple decent sized bows...didnt see the famous McCloud red bows.

Ive seen some youtube videos about that but not familiar where these waters are...any insights from you guys would be most helpful.

The trick is to walk as far from access points as possible.then stay out of water as much as possible.then use big nymphs and accurate casts to lies. If you can stand as far away as possible so they cannot see you. Buggers work well down there as do prince nymphs. A hopper with a small dropper will work too. Don't overlook any water. The smallest riffles can make for good fishing. Deep holes hold the bigger ones mostly near trees and high banks. 

[Lancer09]

all of those trout are the McClouds. They aren't always colored up like so many of the pictures. Just revel in the fact that yo u can catch trout, in Missouri, in a creek that hasn't been stocked in over a hundred years. 

[trythisonemv]

Yep only one kindof rainbow in there and its almost time for them to color up really well.