By Bob Randall on Saturday, December 22nd, 2018 in Fishing reports, No Comments
I went fishing at Bennett Spring State Park to celebrate the winter solstice yesterday. I managed to slice my finger open with a filet knife while rummaging around in my […]
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 […]
By Bob Randall on Friday, September 7th, 2018 in Flies, Meetings, No Comments
This month we had a fly tying night instead of a regular presentation. Everyone who attended enjoyed it and learned something. Sorry I couldn’t get better fly shots.
By Bob Randall on Tuesday, May 29th, 2018 in Fishing Wisdom, No Comments
Good article about catch and release techniques as related to fish survival. I have permission from the author, Jeff Rivera, to post it. https://agreateroutdoors.com/blogs/news/catch-and-release-fishing-best-practices-for-handling-fish Here are the bullet points: Use […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Bob Randall on Sunday, April 1st, 2018 in Fishing reports, No Comments
Spent eight days at a vacation home at Belle, MO with the family, including my son from Calgary and his family. Place had a nice pond in the back yard. […]
By Bob Randall on Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 in Conservation, No Comments
https://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/fishing/species/trout/trout-permits
By Bob Randall on Sunday, January 7th, 2018 in Fishing Wisdom, No Comments
The one thing that most of us agreed upon yesterday, 1/6/2018, was that size matters. Go small. Even a large fish will take a tiny insect, lots of them. I had […]
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, […]
