Anyone been out recently?

[Micah Denham]

Hey guys! Been wanting to get out and cast the fly rod a bit and Maramec is the closest. Anyone been out at all? Whats been the hot ticket item as far as flies? Thanks guys! 

[Haris122]

I've been meaning to, for the past month now, but somehow I always fail at going. Next week I'm really going to try, however, it won't be much help to you as I don't fly fish.

[Micah Denham]

thanks for the reply man! Let us know anyway!  Im sure some spin guys will appreciate it! plus, itll probbaly help me out with what colors and what not! 

[Gavin]

Have not been, but little scuds and midges usually rule at Meramec Springs. Itty bitty 20-32 on top. 16-22 scuds. 

[Haris122]

I finally made it down there yesterday. Almost didn't happen again as I was taking too long getting ready and basically left the house at 1:30 pm. By the time I got down there, I was going to have less than an hour left if I were to fish Meramec Springs, so instead I just tried my luck out at the Highway 8 Access to the Red Ribbon section. I can't tell you much in regards to what would've worked best, as I just kind of stuck with one of the really small shad colored crankbaits I already had on, seeing how I only had a few hours, and most of that was spent trying to wade my way between former "hotspots" without falling in, but I did catch a nice colored up, fat 15" Rainbow. I think I actually caught the same one twice, once going downstream and then again on my way back upstream around the same spot. Both times it gave me a good fight, 2nd time even with a few jumps thrown into the mix. I had another Rainbow on, that got off close to net, and then had another 2 or so bites where I didn't get to see what it was. It wasn't a few hours packed with action, but I was pleasantly surprised to have even gotten that much of it, much less, with a nice strong fish on top of that. On the down side, I found out my aquaseal patch job of my waders didn't really work out, so in some sense I'm glad I didn't stay there much longer or it would've been a rough cold day. One more cool thing to mention, I spooked some turkeys and had 10 or so of them just fly over me to the other side of the river, after they took off. 

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Thanks for the report.  Better than work.

Can anyone get into the campground area there in the off season?

[Micah Denham]

On 1/20/2019 at 1:16 PM, Gavin said:

Have not been, but little scuds and midges usually rule at Meramec Springs. Itty bitty 20-32 on top. 16-22 scuds. 

Awesome! Guess i know what i'll be throwing! 

[Micah Denham]

Awesome report man! Thank you! 

[Mbrown2858]

I think a buddy and I are going to head out there tommorow and see what happens. A bit different than my normal trips to Taney. Lol I’ll report after I get back on how things go! Yeah