Trout....TROUT...TROUT!.....

[MoCarp]

every wonder WHY people love fishing Taney? or even some of our trout parks?.....we are spoiled me thinks 

 

 

[snagged in outlet 3]

I guess we need a micro fishing section.  Seems to be getting popular.

[MoCarp]

Just now, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I guess we need a micro fishing section.  Seems to be getting popular.

When the guy got all pumped up over an 8"er that was a good indication of just how the expectations go

[snagged in outlet 3]

My dad drug me all over back east fishing famous streams for dinks.  Never did appeal to me enough to go back.

[BilletHead]

      I have caught trout in some pretty neat places. many, many in their native ranges. I don't care what size they are. Each one is a blessing to me and the Mrs.  I catch some big ones too but think there is too much emphasis on big fish or for that matter anything big caught or harvested. Take for example my micro fishing friends. They get pretty excited from small catches! I caught a smallish fish this fall on the Niangua Sent a photo to JohnsFolly. He responds a redtail shiner . Hey I am on my micro way .  Haters hate you big fish snobs ,

  BilletHead

[Quillback]

When I lived in Washington state I would sometimes explore small streams that were in the mountains, any stream there that had water year round, probably had trout.  Only limiting factor was slope steepness, really steep streams with high velocity flow won't support fish, at least the sections on the steep terrain won't.  It was fun to bushwhack your way to those small streams, small meaning you could step over them in some places, and catch trout.  They weren't big at all, an 8" cutthtroat was a trophy.  I'd have a short fly rod, have about 3 feet of line out and just dab a fly in likely looking spots, no casting, it was all about stealth, move up stream, keep a low profile, as long as you don't spook them they would always go for the fly.  Most of those little streams were hardly ever fished if at all.  It was fun to do every once in a while.

And if I needed a big fish fix, I could go salmon or steelhead fishing.  Best of both worlds. 

[Al Agnew]

There's a lot to be said for catching native eastern brook trout in their native streams.  Just as cool is catching native cutthroat out west.  With all the larger streams I have to fish in Montana, I still spend a couple days a year fishing some of the tiny tributaries for Yellowstone cutthroat that seldom reach 12 inches.

[snagged in outlet 3]

Easy fellas. I didn’t hate I just said I wouldn’t go back. 

He drug me all the West  too. 

[BilletHead]

10 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Easy fellas. I didn’t hate I just said I wouldn’t go back. 

He drug me all the West  too. 

     I am not hating you. We have a lot here in the Midwest. Guess you have the urban trout up your way .  We save all year to go where some others don't want to travel. Like what we have here too and most we can do year around ! 

   BilletHead

[Tim McDougald]

The crayfish were entertaining... I would love to fish in a small stream and catch those small trout.