fishinwrench Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Although the river guage didn't indicate it, the water was up a bit and kinda cloudy today, and it was windier than all get out. My daughter and I started by picking away at the pocket water in the riffles and caught a half dozen between us by short-line drifting olive leech's. The kid stayed with the shallow/fast water game awhile longer, and I switched to a black&olive tungsten bead headed bugger and started concentrating on the slightly deeper tailouts. Bites started coming for me pretty much every other swing..... although I was only connecting with 1/3 of the bites. She changed up her rigging and we teamed up on every tailout from the bridge to the lower boat ramp. She was keeping score and said that we had 16 to hand between us.......and beings as how she couldn't seem to recall who caught more, that means it was Me 😁 1 decent Brown, and the others were 12-14" Rainbows. We discussed making a second pass over the most productive areas, but because of the ridiculous wind we elected to go spend the last couple hours of daylight in the park to see if we could get a dryfly bite going.......We failed at that, but did really well during the last hour or so doing the same thing we had success with in the river. Cool lunch spot. Bet it won't last through the next high water event. FishnDave, MOPanfisher, Krazo and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 What are these little slimy red things ? JestersHK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fshndoug Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Nice job guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JimDog Posted January 16, 2023 Members Share Posted January 16, 2023 19 hours ago, fishinwrench said: What are these little slimy red things ? You piqued my curiosity. I'm always flipping rocks, and don't recall ever seeing those. A bit of googling led me to this. https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/turbellarians-planarians-free-living-flatworms BilletHead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfishn Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 20 hours ago, fishinwrench said: What are these little slimy red things ? See those 30-odd lateral segments on the adult leech you pictured? Get a closer look at those little slimy red things and see if they have the same. If so, baby leeches. trythisonemv 1 I can't dance like I used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 30 minutes ago, bfishn said: See those 30-odd lateral segments on the adult leech you pictured? Get a closer look at those little slimy red things and see if they have the same. If so, baby leeches. I don't think so. They were hard, like a grain of uncooked rice If I had to guess I'd say larval snail..... but I've just never seen one before. trythisonemv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmidwest Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Nice job. Those slimy little leeches are why I wear waders when wading thru aquatic grass. Back in the younger days, I went thru a patch on the Spring River and came out with several sucking on my legs. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 41 minutes ago, jdmidwest said: Nice job. Those slimy little leeches are why I wear waders when wading thru aquatic grass. Back in the younger days, I went thru a patch on the Spring River and came out with several sucking on my legs. Whadderya talking about? Leeches are good for you. Hell, I brought that one home and put him on my funky lip. 👍 Better results than any phoney-baloney doctor can provide. fshndoug, Krazo and JestersHK 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjm Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 5 hours ago, JimDog said: You piqued my curiosity. I'm always flipping rocks, and don't recall ever seeing those. A bit of googling led me to this. https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/turbellarians-planarians-free-living-flatworms My reply too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planarian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JestersHK Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Nice job you two. My favorite trips are always with the fam with me. trythisonemv and fishinwrench 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now