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Thanks fellas! :)Gar have been around a REALLY long time. They aren't particularly fast or agile predators (except once hooked!), more of a sit-and-wait or slow ambush style... or easing up close to...

Went looking for Orangespotted Sunfish again. Went to a spot where I caught a single one last year. Found some! Caught 5, a few others flipped back into the water before I could "land" them. Also...

I don't often fish during the work-week anymore, but my wife is out-of-town for her work. So.....After work on Tuesday, I did some errands, and then fished for a bit after the rain passed. Saw a...

Next day, after work, I went looking for Orangespotted Sunfish. Did not see/catch any.Did catch some Green Sunfish, Bluegills, Hybrid Sunfish, a Black Crappie, and a Grass Carp. Had another Grass...

Didn't have a lot of time... got out fishing around mid-afternoon. Air temp upper 50's. Wind speed @ 15mph.Caught 7 fish, 6 species. Cool, but also was unable to string together successful...

Good snake. Haven't seen any poisonous ones in the area, as far as I know.

Nice warm day in the 80's, with stronger wind than I would have preferred... but it helped keep me cool.I fished 2 spots that require a significant amount of walking. I ended the day with over...

Sounds like a great day, Rick! Glad you got out!

Thanks fellas! It's fun to catch new-to-me fish. Ah, who am I kidding...it's fun to catch ANY fish! :) Some of these little creek species can get very colorful when they spawn. The Bleeding...

A flyfishing buddy and his flyfishing wife, from Iowa, whom I've fished with before, came down to the Saint Louis area for a weekend of fishing before staying to glimpse the Eclipse in that path of...

Well, that's a good question, so I checked out what the going pay rate is. Turns out, what I do isn't appreciated financially. But, I COULD earn up to $19.99/hr if I was, instead, a Snake Rescuer...

There were some large schools of Mosquitofish / Gambusia, so I switched to micro flies to try for them. They'd hit, but couldn't even get hooked on the tiny Tanago fly!I caught some Green Sunfish,...

Nice warm day in the mid-70's.... kinda windy. Had a good outing, lots of walking.... I need better shoes. I caught 7 Bowfin, and lost a number of others. I got to sight-fish some of them, which...

Took off work a few hours early on Friday...nice weather, did a couple hours of fishing nearby.Caught some Bluegills, Green Sunfish, a Longear Sunfish, and a couple White...

Ouch! I deserve that. I don't condone it. :) Since they are considered non-native invasives, snagging is a legal way to catch them. I still hate that I did it, but I did it. It did eat the fly...

Left the Micros alone. Went to try for my first Bowfin of the year. Caught one, lost one.:https://s9.gifyu.com/images/SUogy.jpgCaught some Green Sunfish and a Bluegill. Tried for Common Carp for...

Happy Birthday, Rick!

Hungry fish can't handle that kind of temptation, Rick! :)

Thanks Dennis! They are a really neat fish. Like the Bleeding Shiners, they can get more colorful during the spawn.

Tried a different section of the same creek yesterday, with the micro fly stuff again. Caught 29 fish. Striped Shiners, Creek Chubs, Bluntnose Minnows, Bleeding Shiners, Northern Studfish, Longear...

I remember you saying you would catch some suckers with that fly too, right? That's pretty cool!I just got a pack of Daiichi 1130 #26 hooks here's how it compares to the tanago hook. The tanago is...

Definitely fishing for bait-sized quarry! :) Obviously, I'm just in this for the epic battles! HA!!

Some or all of the following may also be Striped Shiners, or not...I really don't...

Having reached my goal of 100 U.S. Freshwater Fish on Fly, I've considered changing my stance on micro-fishing. It wasn't something I was particularly interested in, although I DO like seeing some...

Thanks, fellas! :)