By Bob Randall on Thursday, December 31st, 2020 in Fishing reports, Fishing Trip, No Comments
A couple of months back, Mike Kidd from the MTFA Branson chapter sent out a message about the Missouri Blue Ribbon Trout Slam. I’m always interested in finding new places to fish, and especially those that are a little less crowded so this sounded like something that would be enjoyable to do. A blue ribbon […]
By Bob Randall on Friday, August 30th, 2019 in Fishing Trip, No Comments
I can’t seem to install this story into this website the way I want. It will come up when you click this link below. If I ever figure this out, I’ll fix it. In the meantime, if you want to read this story, click below. Bob http://www.mtfa-springfield.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Alaska-post.pdf
By Bob Randall on Sunday, April 14th, 2019 in Fishing reports, Fishing Trip, Flies, No Comments
Attending Mike Kidd, John Bush, Bob Randall. Fly of the day was a green wispy fished on a sinking line/leader. Water was high and fast. Fish seemed to be holding in the lower section of pools. Cast quartering downstream into the pool, then strip it back. It was important to get the fly down low […]
By Bob Randall on Monday, February 25th, 2019 in Fishing Trip, No Comments
Ron Ward and I went with Bill Shank to Belize and had a great time catching bone fish. These fish are strong and peel line off of the reels when hooked. The lodge where we stayed served very good food and the rooms were nice. Our wives went on this trip and while they didn’t […]
By Bob Randall on Sunday, September 23rd, 2018 in Fishing Trip, No Comments
By Mike Kidd On Saturday September 15, 2028 Ron Ward and I departed from Springfield/Branson airport en route to Dallas/Ft Worth and then to Seattle via American Airlines. In Seattle we boarded Alaska Airlines to Ketchikan Alaska. We stayed at Super 8 in Ketchikan and the next day boarded a Beaver float plane to our […]
By Bob Randall on Monday, May 21st, 2018 in Fishing Trip, Social Events, State Council, No Comments
The MTFA State Council Derby went off pretty well. This was the 72nd annual Derby. We had a little rain, but I didn’t see anybody melt. Fortunately, the rain held off while we were cooking fish in hot oil. We were able to serve up the food for Saturday night’s picnic without getting wet. I […]
By Bob Randall on Friday, April 13th, 2018 in Fishing Trip, No Comments
The closest place to Springfield to fish for steelhead is at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore between Gary, Indiana and Michigan City, Indiana. I had known about it for some time but just couldn’t muster the determination to try it out. One day, my fishing buddy Larry Olson said that a bucket list item for him […]
By Bob Randall on Sunday, January 7th, 2018 in Fishing reports, Fishing Trip, Social Events, No Comments
Ice. It was literally freezing at Roaring River Saturday morning. John Bush had offered some magic formulla to put onto my fly line guides but I declined. Later, while fishing, I discovered ice on the forward guide on my rod. I occasionally felt what seemed like ice cystals on my line and once, I was […]
By Bob Randall on Saturday, December 30th, 2017 in Fishing Trip, Flies, No Comments
I am happy to report that the line did not freeze to the guides and my reel never froze up. Larry Olson and I took advantage of our last opportunity to fish in 2017. There were more people there than we expected but we didn’t have to crowd anybody. We each caught a few. Most […]
By Bob Randall on Thursday, November 30th, 2017 in Fishing Trip, No Comments
Not every hero is human or even supernatural. I say they can be individuals of other species if they possess an admirable trait. One of my heroes is a Bennett Spring trout. He saw what he wanted and he went for it. I appreciate enthusiasm. He failed to achieve his goal so he went back […]
