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Great Year!!

2011-12-26T13:37:00.000-08:00

Well this year has run it's course and we are looking at 2012 square in the face. I can't believe how fast this year has passed. I wanted to take this time to thank everyone for their business and how great it has been emailing and meeting my new friends. I've added several new country's that I've shipped to and really great people there. This year I've built about 78 custom rods and I don't have any idea how many blanks I've sold. I've got a lot to be thankful for. I've been blessed with 4 beautiful, smart and loving girls. My 3 daughters and my wife make my world go round!! I thank God everyday for them. Thank you all and I hope God blesses you all as much as he blesses me!!

I'm back!!

2011-10-24T19:15:00.000-07:00

Sorry to be away so long. I've had a very busy year so far. I got a couple pictures from Bodfish Boatworks and had to post them. Very nice build with one of my 1wts. NICE!!!!

I really want to thank all my friends that I've met this year and all the returning friends. You all make me feel great about my blanks and rods. It's getting close to the Christmas shopping days so don't wait too long. I was shipping rods next day delivery last year to make it before Christmas day. Please don't wait and be one of those last second shoppers. I'll always take care of you but I don't want to have both of us nervious!!!

I got some emails from my good friend Rick Osborn and he's been catching some real hog rainbows on Taney the last month. I wish I could go out to play with him!! I can't wait for the browns to run! I'll have my 9' 6wt ready to go for some night fishing!! Hope everyone is doing well!!!! tight lines!!!

Fly Rods!!

2011-04-15T12:49:00.000-07:00

Well I'm getting my new size of blanks in this week. I wanted to have a great size for the Taneycomo night scene. So Starting Right now!!!! I have a 9' 4pc 6wt for sale!!! It's perfect size for the monsters that swim around at night on Taney! They will be the same costs as the 5wts both in the blank and the Custom Rod. It's been a really great year so far for blank sales and for Custom rod sales. Thank you all!!! I'm enjoying some slow time right now with only 5 rods to build. I'm trying to spend as much time as I can with my ladies. Time well spent. I hope everyone has had a great year so far. I pray that the gas prices go down so we can get out and do something. Pull your head out Oduma!!!!

March Madness!!!

2011-03-14T18:48:00.000-07:00

I'm telling you all "Thank you" It's been a wonderful month so far. The 1wts have been flying out the door. The rod sales have been very good!

I've got a friend in Japan that has bought a lot of blanks. Please keep him and his family in your prayers. So lives about 300 miles from where the earth quake hit but felt everything very clearly. He said that there's going to be bigger counts of the dead than what they are saying.
I don't know how they can say they were prepared for this. Terrible.

Keep fishing and praying!!!

Get Ready for Spring

2011-02-20T19:27:00.000-08:00

Hey, It's been a great start to the year. Sales have been strong even when the weather stunk! I'm looking forward to spring getting here. I've got a lot of rods to build and loving it. I just shipped 6 blanks to Japan to a very nice man. He sent me pictures of some of the streams that they fish and they look a lot like our streams here in Missouri. Some time I would love to hand deliver some blanks to him! I hope everyone is gearing up for spring so let me know if you need anything. Tight Lines!!!!

Rod sales!

2011-02-08T18:04:00.000-08:00

The rods are still selling good! Thank you Lord! The 7'6" 1wts are really hitting the trail in built rods and blanks! These blanks are really sweet. They cast like a dream! I've been shipping rods left and right. I'm still pondering the reel sales. The reel that I like has 6 ball bearings and will spin forever smooth! I'm wondering if I should offer a extra spool? I haven't been fishing in months but snow and cold have been ugly! We have had 13 inches and are expecting 4 more on top. It's suppose to be in the fiftys next week. Heat wave!!!! Keep fishing and catching!!!!

Here's a pick of a nice fish caught at Roaring River last year.

Great Start to 2011!!!

2011-01-22T12:41:00.000-08:00

Hey!!

What a start to the new year!! The sales have been really great!! I've been shipping to all over the world already! Brazil, Singapore, UK, France, Italy and to Denmark!!! And a few to the states!! The blanks are moving also! Thank you Lord!! I've been really blessed! I've been looking to try and add a reel to my line up also. I've been looking and it's a rough road to find just what I want. I'm kinda picky and I hope it shows in my rods and blanks! I've got 6 rods to wrap right now. I haven't even been able to go fishing yet this year. I'll make time soon I hope. We've been fighting sickness at home for a while. We're doing better now.

I'm needing feedback on the reels. I want to know what everyone wants in a reel and can't find. One thing I want is a silent reel. No clicking no drag sound!! Let me know at mark@rdpflyrods.com

Hunting and Fishing

2010-12-11T13:41:00.000-08:00

It's been a great weekend already. I got to go with a bunch of guys from work up to central Missouri for some outdoor fun. We got drawn for the HaHa Tonka special hunt. I wasn't going to hunt but I still wanted to get out with the guys and enjoy their company. We were successful. Had a blast with them. We went squirrel hunting on Friday. I was the only one to get any. Got three and lost one in a old snag. They got up Sat morning to go hunting and I got up and went trout fishing a Bennett Springs. The river was in great shape and the fish were plentiful. Met Marshall and Mike there. It was great to see them. Met another rod builder from Nixa. Really nice guy and his friends also. The weather was cold but we were bound and determined to fish. It really wasn't that bad but it did start getting colder!! A lot colder!! We had a great time fishing and catching!! I decided to leave about 10:30 and head to the house and see my girls. I was really missing them!! It's great to get away but there is no place like home!!!!!! Oh yea!! We stayed in a really nice place on Niangua River called Niangua Campground. Really a great place to go. The cabins were really nice for a bunch of guys. Price was right also!! I've got rods to build and girls to hug so we'll see you later. Tight lines!!!

November update!!! Great!!

2010-11-26T19:00:00.000-08:00

Sorry it's been so long but here it goes. I've been really busy! REALLY BUSY!!! The blanks are moving and the rods are moving even faster!! I sent a bunch of blanks to So Toyota in Japan and blanks to France and Italy and Argentina and Rods to England and Australia and soon to Brazil and a bunch in the US. I'm very blessed!! I did get to go to Roaring River on opening day of Catch and Release and caught a bunch of fish. The big boys were no where to be found. Today the 26th. Marshall and I went down to RR even tho it was 24 when I left the house this morning. Luckly the wind wasn't blowing and the cold didn't cut to bad. The killer worm was really doing great. I had a tip about another fly that my buddy Larry told me about and decited to give it a run and WOW!! I caught a fish on the first 5 casts!!! The 6th cast was a little to long in the back cast and I had to tie on again. I caught about 25 fish in a hour. Sorry I promased that I wouldn't tell what he had told me. I did get a picture of a grandpa that caught a nice 8lb fish. I'll try and add a picture.

I'm still building like crazy and loving every minute of it!!! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!!! Tight lines!!!!

The blanks are here!!!!!

2010-10-20T19:53:00.000-07:00

They are here findly!!! The best 1wt and 2wt on the market!! These are the real thing!!! Get your order in now. They are selling fast. I'm going to have to order some more 7'6" 4wt blanks already! The custom rods are selling great also!! I'm also shipping a bunch to Europe!! RDP is going strong!!! and so are my blanks!!! Tight lines!!!

They are Moving!!

2010-08-04T18:11:00.000-07:00

Well the new blanks are in and moving! Yea!!! I'm so pleased with the quality of these babies!! They are straight and the finish is great! But the feel is even better!!!! Yea!!!!! My brother took my 1wt someone call the fishing police!! Thanks for coming by! Tight lines. Leave me some feed back!

Blanks, Blanks, Blanks!!!

2010-07-29T20:15:00.000-07:00

The blanks are here!!! Part of them anyway!!! The 6', 6'6"2wts , 7'6" 4wt and 9' 4wt, 5wts are here!!! The extra tips are here also!! The rest of the blanks will be here Oct 15th!!! I'm pumped!!!! The samples that I got are the cat's meow!!! I made up the 7'6" 1wt and talk about a great feeling and casting rod!! SWEET!!!!! Get on the list it's getting longer!!!

Catch them and let them live!!!

Blanks update!!

2010-07-07T04:45:00.000-07:00

The blanks are coming the blanks are coming!! I got the sample blanks for the 7'6" 1wt this last week and hang on everyone this blank feels wonderful!!!! I'm very pleased with the way it feels and the quality of the blank! The 7'6" 2wt, 3wt and the 7' 2wt and 9' 3wt blanks are great also!! I should have the 6' 2wt, 6'6" 2wt and the 7'6" 4wt and the 9' 4wt and 5wt blanks in around the middle of August. The new blanks aren't going to be here for a while. They said 120 days! I told them they were killing me!! That's the first of November! Good time for early Christmas shopping so keep that in mind.

I did get to go hiking in Colorado in June. It was another great time. We camped and hiked in the Lost Creek Wilderness area again. There was 7 of us. I got to spend time taking pictures and Brook trout fishing. Sweet time!!

RDP blanks!!!

2010-05-03T20:18:00.000-07:00

Yes everyone you read the title correctly! I've decided to start my own line of blanks!! I've been working with a group that does really great designs and one of the guys was a former designer for St Croix. The blanks will have the Tiger Eye finish and will be the full flex IM6 graphite with a little sweetner added in. The sweetner is a small amount of boron. The boron will add another step in touch! You will be able to feel the fish think about biting your fly. You'll have to learn to wait before setting the hook so the fish has the fly in his mouth first. "sounded good didn't it" Now for more good news. I'm adding a 7'6" 4pc 1wt!! I'll also have a 2wt and a 3wt and a 4wt in the 7'6". I'll have a 6' and a 6'6" and a 7' 2wt in the 4pc also. I'm going to have 3wt, 4wt and 5wt in the 9' rods also. I really want to be a leader in the smaller rod market. I'll still be building the custom rods. I'll have to up my prices a little to cover the new blanks but $15.00 will not be bad. The blanks will run between $55 and $65 and you will get your moneys worth. It will be later in the year before we see them. I'm very excited to do this step. I hope you will be also. Just think! A 1wt that you can afford!! I'll keep you posted!! Tight lines.!!!!

Spring has sprung!

2010-04-03T06:55:00.000-07:00

Hey,
I hadn't told you about my birthday trip with Marshall. I had a blast!! I meet Marshall at 7 am at the lodge and we went up to zone 1 to start. We didn't make the whistle because we were talking so much. It didn't matter. I got rigged up first and out in the river I went. It was a cool morning and a little mist was going. The first fish was a nice one. A fat 2 1/2lb rainbow. Fought really great!! Nice start to the day! I was using the killer worm and it didn't let me down! I caught fish everywhere I went! Went below the bridge in the rapids and caught about 10 fish really quick. About 11 we decided to go play some golf! I hadn't played in about 2 years. I hit the ball pretty good for the most part. Of course Marshall always hits it good! I had a birdy and finished up 5 over for 9 holes. I was proud! Marshall played much better. Lunk! It was really great to get to spend most of the day with him. I then headed home. I got home in time to go with Michelle to pick up the girls at school. We went over to Hog Wild and had dinner! It was a man's day to remember!! I went to bed early! I was one tired boy!!

I shipped a rod to Brazil a couple weeks ago. He got it and loved it! I shipped one the same day to Canada and it's still in customs. I don't get the customs deal! Had a lot of inquiries and a few sales. Kinda slow for the most part. I've been thinking about having my own line of blanks made. I've been talking with people all over the world trying to find someone that will do the best job with what I want. I'm leaning toward and manufacture here in the states. I would rather have every thing built in America. That's very important to me. I'll keep you updated!!
Get your kids out fishing!! It will be the hardest day of work for the biggest reward! Tight lines!!!

Getting ready for spring

2010-03-13T13:22:00.000-08:00

Well here we are again. It's March and spring is springing a little. I've been selling a lot of rods in the last couple weeks. I sold one to a guy in Brazil last week!! I've covered about every Continent now.
I'm getting ready to go fishing on my birthday this Wednesday up at Bennett Springs with my buddy Marshall Robb! I'm so excited I can hardly wait. We are going to meet there and fish in the morning and then maybe go play golf in the afternoon!!! SWEET!!! I haven't played golf in two years. I hope my swing hasn't left like my diet!!
I've been thinking real serious lately about expanding my business. Getting my own blanks and selling blanks and reels and complete kits. I'm thinking and sending out inquiries to see what it's going to take. I really think it would do well now because my rod building is doing very well and I think people will trust me. I'll keep you informed. I'll also tell you how the 17th goes!!! Tight lines!!

Friday Catch and Release

2010-01-22T16:11:00.000-08:00

Hey!
I went down to Roaring River this afternoon!! It was cold when I got there but I was hot for the water!! The river was up a little and had a small amount of stain to it. I looked around for some lunkers for a little bit and could only find one and when I cast anywhere around him you would have thought that I was throwing a stick of dynamite in the water. Gone in a flash!!!!!!! I then decided to catch some fish. I started with old faithful "The Killer Worm" Well it sounds dramatic anyway!! I started fishing about noon and fished till about 3:00 and had a ball! I caught about 30 fish in all. I walked a lot and covered most of the river just to see where the fish were. They have done some work on the pools and I don't see what they are trying to do but what ever. The rod sales are steady and I even got a guy from Malaysia that is wanting a rod! I've been getting a lot of return customers lately and that really makes me feel good about the way I build the rods. I did meet a nice guy from Aurora today that I had talked to before and told him about the Killer Worm. Hope everyone is keeping their line wet!! Tight lines!!

2009

2010-01-13T07:07:00.000-08:00

Long time no see!! I had a great year in 09 for rod sales and would like to thank everyone!! I sold about 150 rods. Lots of return customers!! I shipped about 25 or more over seas. My time fishing wasn't that good but spending time with my family was priceless!!! The fish will still be there for me to enjoy in the years to come and my girls are growing up fast and I don't want to miss a moment! I'm looking to have another great year and looking forward to meeting a lot of new frends!! I hope everyone has a great 2010!!!

2009-10-03T15:19:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a long time from my last blog. I've been very busy with my family and rod building. The rods have been really selling well. I've been selling a lot in the UK and sold one to a nice guy in Sweden. I did get to go down to Roaring River and do some fishing and meet up with the Sobers. Used the Killer Worm and had a lot of fun. Got to spend some time talking with Ron and John and Michael. Good people! The river had a lot of water in it and was a little stain to it. The number of fish in the river was down but still not bad. I'm heading down with the family this month for a weekend and really looking forward to it. My brothers brother in law caught a nice 4lb+ fish last weekend. He caught it on a ultra light rod. Boo! I made him a fly rod?? I'll try and keep my blog updated better. But when there's rods to build I'm building!! Tight lines!!!

A Taney Morning

2009-06-27T05:09:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!
I went down to Tanycomo Friday morning to meet a new friend. Gary Harrison met me in the parking lot to get his new rod. Enjoyed meeting Gary and getting to know him. Very nice guy.
I hit the water about 9:00 and 0 units!!! First time I've been able to fish the river in day light. It's changed some but still the best place around to fish!! Started with a egg pattern. Nothing! The next 4 tie ons Nothing! The Killer worm was next! First cast "HELLO" nice 17" fish and the Dam horn starts blowing!!!! Many nasty four letter words ran threw my mind and none of them "fish". Then the horn blows again!! 2 units! Just when I figure out what they want!!! The water started coming up and a third horn blows!!!!!!! Everyone started for the north bank. A weard thing happend!! The water started dropping and went back down to normal???? I didn't care what was going on I wanted to fish and I did! Caught fish everywhere I went. Had a ball!!! Caught about 15 fish in a hour and a half! The river was wonderful to feel again on my waders. I talked to 4 or 5 very nice people. I'm going to have to take a morning off and head down sometime soon!!!

The rods have been selling very well as of late. Hope it continues!

Colorado Brookies

2009-06-14T14:59:00.000-07:00

Well I got to go hiking the first week in June in Colorado. We went to the Lost Creek Wilderness area. It was a great time!! We did get to do some Brook Trout fishing but the stream was up and dirty from several days of rain. We had a blast with everything from hiking and finding fire wood to day hiking up farther in the mountains. The mornings were cold. I had ice on my tent about every morning but it didn't take long to warm up and dry out. There were eight of us that went. Great bunch of guys!!

OH NO!!

2009-05-13T08:29:00.001-07:00

Well I got a real kick in the teeth this week. My rod blanks supplier said that I ran him out of the 6'6" 4pc 2wt blanks!!! I've been selling a ton of them but I never thought that would happen. He's got them ordered and he's also ordered a bunch in matt black finish also. I don't know how long it will take to get them but I'm crossing my fingers that I will be soon! I feel I'm missing a lot of sales!!
I've got 18 days till I go hiking in Colorado!!! I've got my Gregory backpack and sleeping bag and tent and everything but food ready to go already!! I'm pumped!! Look out brookies Murdoc's coming!!! Tight Lines!!!!!
Give your kids a hug today!!!

Long time no see!!

2009-04-16T08:53:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a while sense I posted last. I've been busy, a little. I haven't been able to get away and do any fishing so no fishing reports. Lot's of family busy going on. Very worth it tho. My girls are getting more and more busy with school and Girl Scouts. Fun time! I have been selling a few rods. I'm all but caught up right now but more interest is coming in so it will be feast time again. You know "feast or famine" I'm still working out for my hiking trip and feeling pretty good. I've got about everything ready and I have a couple months to go. Sorry I'm excited!!! I'm planing of doing some fishing later on this month so I'll report then. I've added a little clip of a good friend of mine catching a nice 8+ trout at Roaring River. Gary
Smile and keep them wondering what your up too!!!

Fly Rods

2009-03-18T14:14:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a great year so far for rod sales. I've been very busy and getting busier. I shipped 10 rods last week and I'm going to ship 4 this week and I took 3 rod orders last night and forsee more this week. I really appreciate everyones orders. I pray everyone is happy with my work. I hope to open a market in the UK if Dave and I can get everything worked out. He's a true fly fishermen!! I'm going to take him up someday and go fishing in England. That would be sweet!!!!

Keep fishing and keep living!!!

Friday the 13th!!

2009-03-14T07:07:00.000-07:00

Michelle and I dropped the girls off at Celia's and took off for Taneycomo. Well it was Friday the 13th and the corp was running water when they said they wouldn't be!!! So it was off to the Landing for some grub!! Famious Dave's was on my mind!!! GREAT LUNCH!!! After we were done we were walking out and I called the Dam. Zero units!!!!! We were off and running. I dropped Michelle off at Tanger and I was speeding to the dam. I haven't seen the river behind the dam for a long time! It has changed a lot. The whole thing seems shallower. I tied on a scud and caught a few fish and then changed to the Killer Worm! I was able to do some site fishing and did manage to catch about 15 fish. I lost two nice ones. Just didn't get the hook in them. The horns started blowing at 4:45 and here the water came! Time to leave and get my sweetheart and head home. All in all I had a great day! Good company, Good food and trout fishing!!! It doesn't get much better than that!!! Rods are still selling good! Get your order in!!

Wed trip to Roaring River

2009-03-07T16:36:00.000-08:00

I had to run down to Tims on Wed to pick up a reel so I spent a couple hours on the River. I was very suprised to see how empty the river was of trout. It was just 4 day sence opening day and there wasn't hardly any trout in the river. I fished down below in the fly area and did manage to catch about 15 fish in a couple hours and enjoyed the catching as well as the weather. Man was it nice!!! My tag number was 2826. They said they turned loose 7200 fish and there had to be at least 3000 fish from Catch and Release season so there's a lot of fish missing some where!! It was nice to go fishing for a while and I enjoyed my company also. Michelle read a book and I think napped some also! We had a great outing!! I'm about to get caught up on my rod building. I've built 13 in the last 2 weeks!! I'm a tired boy!!

Taneycomo and Roaring River

2009-03-03T13:43:00.000-08:00

My trip to Taney went great. I got down about 1:00. They were running one unit so waiding was really out. I got a place by #2 outlet and gave it a shot. I caught about 15 fish till 3:00. I caught one cutthrout that was about 18inches. Hard fighter and beautiful fish. They fight a ton better on Taney than Roaring River. I'm going to head down to Roaring River on Wed to get a reel from Tim at Tim's Fly shop. Great place to stop and get all the scoop!! I'll report after the trip. I'm going to fish a little. Michelle is going with me maybe I'll get some pictures to post. I'm selling rods like crazy right now. Great start to the year!!!!

Remember you can comment on the blog. Thanks!!!!

Rod sales

2009-02-23T14:30:00.000-08:00

Haven't posted in a while. I've been busy building rod!!! They are going fast!! I'm working on 9 right now. I haven't even been able to go fishing! I'm going down to Taneycomo this friday! Yea!!! I'll post again after my trip.

Jan 3, 2009

2009-01-06T09:20:00.000-08:00

Got to go down Saturday morning. Beautiful day!!! The rains have helped the river alot. Nice flow. Fishing was great. Got to meet Josh from Springdale AR. He landed this pretty female. 8 1/2lbs. She was full of eggs. If you look at the picture close you can see she's aborting her eggs. Turned her loose and she did great. There's a lot of nice fish in the river. Looks like some are new to the river. They turned loose a bunch of browns last week sometime. Not big browns but nice fights. I didn't stay very long but did manage to catch a few. It was nice to get out and fish!

Afternoon run 12/19/2008

2008-12-19T18:48:00.000-08:00

Well I made a quick run down to Roaring River this afternoon. I got there about 11:30. There were maybe 30 fishermen on the river. I started down in the fly area. The river is running a little lower right now. The fish are doing the scatter moves. You cast around a group of fish and they scatter!!! There were three people down in the fly area. Not a lot of big fish down there. I caught five fish and went up around the lodge. Gary Bates was there. We talked a while. The fish were hungry up there. I started catching a lot of small ones which is still fun. About everywhere I stopped I caught a few fish. I went around by the falls and caught a bunch! I missed a hog big time. He swam right up and bit the Killer worm and I set the hook and nothing!!! Bummer!!! I ended up catching about 30+ fish and had a blast. The weather was nice for this time of year. 40'S and partly sunny. Sold two rods in two days. Thanks!!!!

Friday 5th RR

2008-12-08T10:45:00.000-08:00

Went down to RR on Friday. Kind of dissapointing. Lots of kids in waiders walking around. The fish were shell shocked!!! The fly would hit the water and the fish would head for the hills!!!! Didn't make it down until 12:00. Had to work, bummer!

Great Day!!

2008-11-28T11:55:00.001-08:00

Went down to Roaring River this morning with my two best friends. Pat my bro and Marshall. We had a blast!!!! We findly got tired of counting fish!! That's a great day when you get tired of catching but everyone knows that the catching is icing on the cake!! It was cool early but was not cold. It never changes on the Killer worm catch a ton! I caught 3 about 3lbs and Pat had one nice one and so did Marshall. Talked to Tim a minute and he wasn't kidding about using the big ugly flys!! He tied on a orange and white bouble bunnie and the bigger fish went crazy! This thing was 4 inches long!!!! Roaring River is still one of the prettest rivers anywhere. There were a lot of people fishing and walking around soaking up the beautiful day! Lot's of people asking about fishing regs. Fishing permit and trout stamp is all you need. The Good Lord has blessed us with a lot that we take for granite! Look around sometime and really look what we have and remember he's given this to us!!!!

2008-11-21T21:07:00.000-08:00

Well catch and release season finely opened last Friday. I had a great day to start. My first fish was a beautiful 5lb rainbow! I caught about 40fish in 4 hours and 7 of them were between 2lbs and 4lbs. Beautiful day weather wise. I used the Killer worm all day. This Friday I went down after I got off work at 11and got to fish a couple hours. Caught 21fish and had one 3lb and one 4lb fish. Met up with Gary Bates and got to see him land a nice 3lb fish. Last Friday I got to net a sweet 8lb rainbow for a gentalman from Pittsburg KS. He said that he had been fishing RR for 41years and findly caught a 3lb fish last summer. Well you beat that one by a ways!! My brother took my dad down last Monday morning and he said he stopped counting after 30fish. Killer worm is in deed a KILLER!!!! I'm posting a picture of one of the nice rainbows that I caught.

Fishing Bennett Springs

2008-10-20T12:42:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,
It was a great weekend. I got to go up to Bennett Springs Saturday morning. I met Marshall and Mike at the Store about 7 and we were ready to go. We went up and started around the spring and the water was a little high but clear. It didn't look like there were too many fish in the river. No matter!!! I was fishing!!!! I fished around the spring for a while and then started my walk about. I ended up below the big bridge in the shallow swift water. I threw the Killer worm at them and they responded. Caught 25 till 10am. Fished it under a palsa about 3 feet and a small shot about 1foot above the Killer!! Went up to came and saw the rest of the Robbs and Watsons. It was great to see and talk to everyone!!! Ellen your growing up way too fast!!! Stewart your a wild man!!!! Cindy you haven't changed a bit!!!! Mike it was great to meet the rest of your family!!! Great bunch!!! It was a great weekend!!!! Fish Fun and home to my family!! Doesn't get any better than that!!!

Lots of news

2008-10-09T09:42:00.000-07:00

Well it's been an interesting week. I was ask to talk at the local Rotary lunch this week. I saw a lot of familiar faces and had a good time with them. They had a lot of great questions and I hope I got them the answered good enough.

I talked with a friend from St Louis also this week. He had a great trip to Bennett last week and did pretty well with tough conditions. He did quite well with the killer worm!! I hope to get to go down to Taney and visit with them at the end of the month.

That brings me to Taneycomo. The water is lower on Table Rock and that means FISHING!!!!! But of course I've got 8 rods to finish and I can't go!!! They have been catching a lot of nice fish.

Roaring River is still up and stained. They are turning loose some lunkers every Friday evening so if you want a shot at one be there Saturday morning!!!

Tight lines and smiles!!

Taneycomo

2008-09-29T13:54:00.000-07:00

It looks like they are drawing Taney down quick. I'm looking forward to going down and catching some big browns. Or fishing for them anyway!!

24" Brown Trout limit on Taneycomo

2008-09-08T12:38:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,
It's been a lot of water week!! Table Rock opened the gates for a little while and they will continue running 4 units for a while. There has been a good reaction to the blog on OAF about changing the length limit on Taneycomo to 24" for the brown trout. I hope everyone that can vote does. I've contacted the MDC and they are watching the reactions. I've contacted the Branson Chamber of Commerce and waiting on their reply. Wouldn't it be great to see huge Browns swimming around!! SWEET!!!

Rain!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-09-04T08:02:00.000-07:00

Well it looks like we are in for another month or so of 4 units from Table Rock! It came up 2 feet in a day this week. The fishing has been really good for a couple of weeks for the waders. Here around Mt Vernon got about 4" of rain. It was a nice 4" tho. Didn't come down all at once. We should have a really colorful fall this year with all the rain. Look out for Winter this year. The Almanac says it's going to be a wet one and COLD!! Yuck! I'll keep my waders ready to go at anytime!!!! Fight them fair!!!!

Welcome!!!!

2008-09-02T07:58:00.000-07:00

This is my first live blog. I've talked to some friends that fished Taneycomo last week and they did very well! They said that there were a few nice Rainbows crusing around and they did notice a couple of pole breaker browns seen. They were tight lipped he said. It looks like it's going to be a great fall on Taney. I would look for fish to go close to 20lbs this fall with all the food available this Summer.
Smiles are free!
Mark

August 29, 2008

2008-08-29T11:23:00.000-07:00

Well we are getting ready to go to see the Roberts. We will be gone until Monday evening. Hope everyone is fishing and catching!!! Taney rules!!!

My new blog

2008-08-29T08:40:00.000-07:00

Here we go!