Missouri!!!
Have ya'll seen them pic's of openning day? There's no way...geezzz, I mean when I saw that guy in the middle of all that draw back a fly rod, my jaw hit the floor, I thought where you gonna go with that one buddy? lol I'm sorry if any of you fish this way, I don't mean to make fun, it's just NOT for me...
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"Because by the Grace of God I can, be on a beautiful mountain stream with a friend , have the water boil from a 12" Native Brookie taking a self tyed dry,and feel it on the end of my cane... It don't get no better than that..."
Grubb,
I assume you are referring to the "Trout Parks" in Missouri. If that is the case, I wouldn't think of getting near one on opening day. Actually, I seldom fish them at all, especially during the kill & grill season.
Steve
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"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went"-Will Rogers
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went"
Will Rogers
yeah I think so, on the news this morning...Geezzz
Again, if you fish this way I mean no harm , it's just not for me.
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"Because by the Grace of God I can, be on a beautiful mountain stream with a friend , have the water boil from a 12" Native Brookie taking a self tyed dry,and feel it on the end of my cane... It don't get no better than that..."
Grubb,
Actually there were more than 6000 people, split between the 4 main trout streams in the Parks system, for opening day yesterday. The oldest, I believe, was 92 and his 87 year old wife was with him! Some people have "fished" opening day for over 50 years...it's a true social event! But there's no way I'd be a part of that melee!!
Betty
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Trouts don't live in ugly places
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
Here's some numbers for you....
Bennett Springs 1,965 fisherpeople
largest fish 7 lbs 5 oz
Roaring River 1,827 fisherpeople
largest fish 9.5 lbs
Montauk 1,601 fisherpeople
largest fish 8 lbs 3 ozs
Maramec Springs 1,076 fisherpeople
largest fish 2 lbs 9 ozs (tied..two fish,same weights)
None of these streams (spring feed) are more than 1/2 to 3/4 miles long, including the flies only through the spinner bait areas! That's alot of people!
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Trouts don't live in ugly places
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
While I am fortunate now, to live elsewhere, there were long years when I lived in MO and when those four trout parks were the only places in the state to fish for trout.
As horrid as it was, and the pictures don't really begin to capture the actual density of fly fishers, people's unconfined kids and pets, and the local populace fishing for the week's protein intake using canned corn, salmon eggs, and velveeta chunks; it was trout water with real trout.
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aka Cap'n Yid.
Stev Lenon, 91B20'68-'69
When the dawn came up like thunder
Ahhh, Capt'n...ain't it grand?!?
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Trouts don't live in ugly places
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
I love my little river where I rarely see another fisherperson. Lucky, lucky me. Sounds like the rivers in MO. would taste like fondue with all of that cheese.
I fished at Bennett Springs last summer, and it was an interesting experience. There were probably a couple hundred fishermen on the stream those 2 days, but everyone, with the exception of one idiot, was very respectful of each other. I enjoyed the experience and the location. But I don't think I'd want to try it on opening day. That would be a bit more than I could handle.
CJ
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The only limitations we have are the ones we put on ourselves.
Any links to those pics?
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