President’s Message – Jon Deal

 

Fall can mean an improvement in trout fishing in Missouri.  This is a good time for terrestrials.  Hoppers and beetles can work well on the Meramec, Current, and Little Piney.  Darker bodies on hoppers and Madam X’s may work better than yellow bodies. Attractor dries can also work well on the Little Piney.  Madam X’s and stimulators are relatively easy to tie and, in different sizes and body colors, can cover a variety of situations. The white fly emergence on the Maramec can also be good, but you may want to skate the fly (try a white Wulff).  The tricos on the Current can be fantastic in the morning if you like to fish very small flies.  Be sure to have male and female spinners.  Midges have been working well at Taneycomo and at Bennett.  Midges have been also been “killer” patterns on the Norfork/White in Arkansas.  Midges in sizes 16-20 and in colors such as brown and red have been effective.

 

The weather is getting cooler and it’s just nicer to be out on the rivers.  Fall trout fishing can be great, so if you have been cooped up in air-conditioned structures all summer, now is the time to get out and fish. 

 

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