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The Challenges of Spring Fishing

Spring is typically a wet, often stormy, time in the Ozarks. With saturated soils and recharged aquifers, our rivers rise quickly in response to almost any rain. Subsequently, scheduling a trip to coincide with fishable water can be a mix of good planning and luck. But when it all comes together, you’ll find some ofContinue reading “The Challenges of Spring Fishing”

Spring Smallmouth

Smallmouth fishing on a Missouri Ozark Stream

Fall Dry/Dropper Fishing

As is often the case, summer’s low, clear, water lasted well into fall this year and we enjoyed a run of great fishing using a dry fly with a nymph suspended below it. Our rig typically consists of a large, high-floating terrestrial pattern teamed with a small beadhead nymph. Most fish take the nymph, butContinue reading “Fall Dry/Dropper Fishing”

Summer mornings are the best!

In the heat of an Ozark summer, there’s no better place to cool off than on one of our spring-fed rivers. Spring water is like nature’s air conditioner, keeping the trout and the trout angler, comfortable in the heat. We like to get an early start on these days and as the sun rises throughContinue reading “Summer mornings are the best!”

Mid-Winter Outing on the Meramec

After a dry summer and fall, we’ve finally received some rain and snow melt in the Ozarks. The increase in flow and decrease in water clarity gave the Meramec River’s browns the confidence to go on a feeding frenzy and we scored big with streamers. Thin mints and my old reliable, the Olive Mohair Leech,Continue reading “Mid-Winter Outing on the Meramec”