April 2019 - Missouri Trout Fisherman's Association - Springfield Chapter

Hook removal

By Bob Randall on Friday, April 19th, 2019 in Fishing Wisdom, No Comments


No, not from the fish – from a person: Hook Removal An emergency room physician at an Ozarks hospital says he averages 2 to 3 hook removal procedures a month. He’s not the only ER doc in this 24/7 medical facility, so let’s guess a dozen or so hooks are removed each month. In the […]


First Written Record of a Fly Pattern

By Bob Randall on Sunday, April 7th, 2019 in Uncategorized, No Comments


Fly of the Month Millennium Double Millennium From a Recipe approximately 1800 years old. Recipe: Hook:   Bone, stone, wood, etc., straight shank, sizes 12 – 00 Thread: Horse hair, whatever color you can get, heavy. Sinew, leather, whatever you have as long as it’s strong Body: red (crimson red) wool, can be from sheep, goat, […]


Walk Under a Trout Stream

By Bob Randall on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in Conservation, Nature, No Comments


The American Museum of Fly Fishing and Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife aquarium and museum in Springfield, Mo., will give curious anglers the chance to walk under a carefully crafted trout stream and see  how trout move about the water column thanks to a new partnership between two entities. In addition, a large portion of […]


“No prudent man is a fisherman.”

By Bob Randall on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in Conservation, Fishing Wisdom, Nature, No Comments


One of my heroes is Aldo Leopold. Many people consider him to be the founder of wildlife conservation and he was one of the early leaders of the American wilderness movement. After receiving his Master of Forestry degree from Yale, he spent most of the next 20 years in the US Forest Service in New […]