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After not landing any of the gar that hit my fly the previous evening, I changed to a different fly that has hooked and landed gar for me in the past. Woolly Bugger. I DID get some gar landed...

Thanks fellas!
Those Koi are getting wise to me. Lots of aggressive refusals. Like swimming up, then quickly turning 90 degrees or 180 degrees and quickly departing! :rolleyes: I'm gonna have to...

Grass Carp
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White Bass
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Channel Catfish...

Different spot...
Black Bullheads
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Goldfish:
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I will be fishing in Arkansas again in a few weeks. There are some smallmouth streams in central MO that I've fished in previous years that I want to hit again....but they are both high at the...

Great "numbers" day! Way better than not catching anything. :rolleyes:

Glad you are getting into the fish! The fish have gotta be confused...you went right from Deep Freeze to Tropical Oven in just a few days!

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Flyfished after work. The creek was high...backed up from the Missouri River. Saw a nice gar, it ate the fly, I hooked it and it was on...

Yes, it was 20 mph winds and spitting some moisture that day as well. North-central Missouri...not too far from the Iowa border. :)
I hope you both get some much nicer weather soon! :grin:

Fished at a new-to-me place. Caught bass, bluegills, and hybrid sunfish on Saturday morning.
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Northern Watersnake is a good guess. We definitely have quite a few of them around. I think this one is a Great Plains Ratsnake. Non poisonous, very "chill", non-aggressive species. In fact,...

I'll look forward to your report! I've driven by the turn-off to Montauk a few times.... I haven't checked it out yet.

Some of the Koi:
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Worked a couple hours, then took the rest of the day off to go fishing. Really nice day.
Hit the creek for drum/grass carp. Did not catch any drum. A grass carp shook free as I was guiding it...

Awesome Rick! Glad you were able to get out....Iowa weather so far this year has been consistently awful!

Excellent! Way to go! :)

Thanks, Dennis! :)


Thanks, Dale! Yes, that's a very fish-catching pattern for me! Pretty much every species can be caught on them....from Grass Carp to Koi to Goldfish to trout to big bass to...

Brown Trout:
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Rainbow Trout:
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Hybrid Sunfish:...

Traveled to Arkansas to fish with a friend and try for Bowfin on fly. Also hoped for Snakehead, Spotted Gar, Flier, and some other species. The trip had been planned for many months in advance. ...

Welcome back to Missouri! "You can take a man out of Missouri, but you can't take Missouri out of the man." Is that the right saying? ;o)
Its funny..back in Iowa there was a group of 3 of us fly...

Drum give a good accounting of themselves. Last year I was using a 6wt on them, and the fights were amazing! Such strong fish! This year I've been using an 8 wt, and the fight is still good, but...

Nice smallies!

Is that the sound-room devloped hybrid between a saltwater Kettle Drum and a Bass Guitarfish? An aquaculturist's mashup between rhythm and tempo? You can really feel it when you hook into one!...

Tried for Freshwater Drum again. Caught 2 on back-to-back casts again. And that was the only ones, again. Weird.
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