Search:

I had to look them up to see what they look like. :) Heck yeah, those look like fun! What sorts of flies/size do you target them with?

extra long cutting edge! :)

It jumped a couple times, and also peeled line off the reel a few times. I was using a 9wt rod. There are even bigger ones at this spot, although I didn't see them on this trip for some reason. ...

Went back to the same place as on Sept 27, and caught the same types of fish.I wanted to catch a larger Longnose Gar. And I did! I tied up a new fly specifically for it, and it worked!My new...

Thanks, fellas! :)That'd be an interesting photo, right? HA! I've lipped toothy Walleye and Northern Pike. No plans to lip Bowfin nor Gar at this point.

Day 3 of fishing with my buddy visiting from Arkansas. He had a long drive home to look forward to, so we didn't fish all day, plus we chose to fish a spot nearly 2 hours north of my home.I caught a...

Day 2 of fishing with my buddy who was visiting from out-of-state.First we fished an urban creek. I was doing more guiding than fishing, but managed to catch Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish,...

A buddy from Arkansas came to Saint Louis, MO, to fish for 3 days. This is Day 1...by the time he arrived, it was around 1:30pm. We fished a lake and tiny spillway area first. I caught Hybrid...

Fished a new-to-me spot on the Missouri River. Caught 8 species... Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Hybrid Sunfish, Green Sunfish, Redear Sunfish, Longear Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish, and Shortnose...

Thanks, fellas! :)

Great to hear you are back at it, Rick! Is the algae finally starting to abate?

Did it! 100 Bowfin on fly in 2023!! https://s11.gifyu.com/images/S4iuB.jpghttps://s11.gifyu.com/images/S4iuA.jpg

:) You know, Dennis... I think you've just identified a niche that needs to be filled! I haven't experimented enough to be able to say I've got the BEST fly pattern for targeting mussels, but I...

We were out-of-town for much of the weekend, but got back home at a decent time on Sunday, so I headed out fishing. Got to the parking area around 3pm. Only fished 3 spots, out of the 9 or so I...

Thanks, Rick! :)Ha! You are right, Dennis. Drum never seem to look happy. But I'd like to think I made his day much more exciting than it would have been otherwise. :) He even got to go back and...

Thanks Rick, Dennis, and Larry! :)

Grass Carp:https://s11.gifyu.com/images/Sgfru.jpgCommon Carp:https://s11.gifyu.com/images/Sgfrc.jpgBigmouth...

White Bass:https://s11.gifyu.com/images/S4M92.jpgBowfin:https://s11.gifyu.com/images/S4M9L.jpg19" Freshwater...

Beautiful stream and pictures of it, Scott! Thanks for sharing. :)

Very good, Rick!From my own experience, beware the Wapsi jigheads. The hooks are really soft, and bend out pretty easily. On the other hand, the Wapsi Super Jig Heads have very good hooks...I...

Saw other stuff while fishing...eagles, hummingbirds, goldfinches, white herons, great blue herons, frogs, turtles, snakes, butterflies, flowers...a B-29 that flew over...

And some Bowfin:https://s11.gifyu.com/images/Sggq6.jpghttps://s11.gifyu.com/images/Sggqi.jpghttps://s11.gifyu.com/images/SggqZ.jpghttps://s11.gifyu.com/images/SggqV.jpg

Lightly rained a good part of Saturday in StL. Between that and the cooler temps, I hoped the fish would be active and hungry the next day. Maybe if I was any good at flyfishing, I'd have caught...

2 more fly rod species for 2023.... #77 and #78. 27" Walleye:https://s11.gifyu.com/images/SgNza.jpg37" Longnose Gar. (This is gar species #4 for the year. The last U.S. gar I need now is Alligator...

The Flathead was super fat! It had a decent-sized Freshwater Drum partially digested, but the tail end was still sticking well out of its gullet. It wasn't hungry, but somehow sucked in the fly...