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That's cool! I like it! :D

Aww, that's a great picture!

Thanks, Dale! :D

Thanks for posting that....it feels good to even just to see a PICTURE of a fish right now. Got the shack nasties going on. Used to icefish during the winter, but before moving to STL, MO, I gave...

Awesome! That looks similar (different color maybe?) to one you gave me when Dale and I visited. The water was extremely muddy that day at the first pond...this fly was the only thing that caught...

I haven't been able to confirm this...but I know this stream hasn't been stocked in many many years. And other such streams in MO were stocked with McCloud strain Rainbow Trout way back then. So,...

I got that one today. Lots of question marks in the message. :confused:

Pretty sure this was the last fishing trip of 2020 for me. Went to a nearby park with a trout-stocked pond. The pond was about 65% covered with a thin layer of ice.
The open areas were mostly...

Guys north of you in Ankeny were icefishing on 2"-3" of ice this weekend. I've been on 2.5"....that was not smart. 3" of good ice is ok to fish on. My buddy said 3 guys were standing all together...

Hit a new-to-me lake Saturday. Got skunked. Then I went to a lake that skunked me the last time I visited it. Caught 2 trout and 4 crappies....

I got that one too.

Wow! This is pretty cool. Nicely tied, Scott! :D

Awesome! Love the flies. Can't wait to see some pictures of big Tilapia! :) Gar are cool fish.

That's great, Rick! How deep did you set your dropper?

Thanks Dale!

Fished a few hours each of 3 days over the T-day holiday. Caught just 4 fish.
Thursday's fish were 2 trout. Nice ones...14" and 16"....

Fished on Saturday for about 5.5 hours. I was thoroughly chilled by the time I left, even though it was supposedly 48 degrees. Maybe the drizzle, breeze and overcast skies prevented me from warming...

I haven't fished it. I would bet there's fish in the South Fork....looks like it runs unimpeded all the way to Mark Twain Lake. Water looks murky in the aerials...hard to know how deep the creek...

Dave,
The St. Louis Area Winter Trout Program brochure I have says the MDC stocks 12 lakes in St. Louis city and St. Louis County...as well as 5 lakes at the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation...

Sunday I had the park all to myself for awhile....it eventually got pretty crowded. Caught 6 Rainbows. This gives me 40 so far, of the 400 that were stocked...so I've caught 10%. The rain and wind...

Saturday was cloudy, intermittent rain, breezy. Had the pond all to myself. Caught 10 Rainbow Trout, 1 Largemouth Bass, 2 White Crappies.
I heard an owl in a big pine tree I was fishing under, but...

I hope your knee restoration turns out as good as your flies did!

Oh...and this happened on Saturday as well:
I was fishing, not really anyone nearby,...asphalt walking path behind me, trees on the others side. The trees really didn't overhang the path by much...

Fished Saturday, same place. Fishing was even tougher than before! Only caught 4 trout!
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This fella made it into my house,...

Great! Have you been able to go catch some? I think it got up into the mid-70's here in STL yesterday...I was overdressed in jeans and a longsleeve t-shirt. The trout seemed to want to avoid the...