By Bob Randall on Saturday, August 27th, 2016 in Uncategorized, No Comments
Posting this for Dennis Stead: “Nellie Morrison and I went fishing in Taneycomo at night and caught nice rainbows and browns. Attached are a couple of pictures of their big browns.”
By Bob Randall on Thursday, August 25th, 2016 in Uncategorized, No Comments
Insect-O-Rama: The MDC held it’s annual Insect-O-Rama on Friday, August 19. We participated again by tying flies on safety pins for the kids who attended. The kids love ’em and a few adults were eager for them as well. Attending were Patti Hayes, Dennis Stead, Ralph Eichholtz, Larry Wegman, Jerry Jester, his grand-daughter Kaylee, and […]
By Bob Randall on Saturday, August 20th, 2016 in Uncategorized, No Comments
I will never use this club to promote politics EXCEPT to discuss conservation issues. The MDC was created by a constitutional amendment back in 1936 to keep politics out of conservation and to promote the use of scientific techniques in management. In 1976, again by constitutional amendment, Missourians passed a 1/8th percent sales tax to […]
By Bob Randall on Saturday, August 20th, 2016 in Uncategorized, No Comments
Conservation Federation of Missouri Affiliate Summit meeting: Kim Schultz, Ralph Eichholtz, and I attended the CFM Affiliate Summit here in Springfield on Friday, August 19. It was a good meeting. Here are a few highlights that are important to us: -CFM Executive Director Brandon Butler (he spoke at our August 2015 meeting) has spoken with […]
By Bob Randall on Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 in Uncategorized, No Comments
Fish Food: I ordered the “Catch and the Hatch” course on line. It’s all about aquatic insects and other fish food. It’s informative and educational. It will also be useful after I get my priorities straight. When I get ready to fish, instead of thinking food (what are they eating), I think flies (which fly […]
By Bob Randall on Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 in Uncategorized, No Comments
Special Orvis fly offer: Orvis is offering a special on 20 of their best flies. It’s only $9.95, the shipping is free, and this is from Orvis. I have these flies. I have never opened the box. I use them only as examples. If I want to tie a bead head pheasant tail nymph, I […]
By Bob Randall on Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 in Uncategorized, No Comments
Great Weekday Fishing Adventure: Bennett Spring State Park July 13, 2016. It was a good day with 11 of us going out to fish. Most of us caught a few fish but Steve Young and Larry Olson showed up the rest of us. Steve was fishing with a black wooly bugger with a gold bead […]
