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Tag: Trout

  • Full Circle

    When I first waded into the swift, cold waters of Colorado’s Rio Grande River in 1958, wearing Ked tennis shoes over borrowed stocking foot waders, I hoped to catch a trout… and not fall down and drown. As I became a more proficient wader and angler I started hoping to catch a limit of trout. As the years rolled by I caught many limits of trout. I ate some and released more. I’m ashamed …but not much… to say I gloried in sometimes being that guy on the stream who caught trout when no one else could. But I was nice about it. I willingly shared my home-tied flies with other anglers. Now that I’m eighty years old I find once again that I hope to catch a trout … and not fall down and drown.

    I’ve come full circle.

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  • Annual Winter Outing: Heart Of America Fly Fishers

    The HOAFF winter outing at Bennett Spring State Park is one of our most popular events each year. Always the first weekend in December, the weather is usually pleasant but this year Mother Nature out-did herself and smiled on us with 60-degree afternoons.

    A picnic lunch near the spring on Saturday, followed by more fishing till 4 PM, then barbeque at Ollie’s at 6:30.  Throw in a trout or two and you’ve got yourself a super weekend.

    If you’ve never taken advantage of the winter catch & release weekends at Bennett Spring you’re missing out on some of the best trout fishing of the year. The winter season runs from the 2nd Friday in November to the 2nd Monday in February.  All three zones are open to catch & release fly-fishing from 8 AM to 4 PM Friday through Monday. No daily tags are required but you must have a valid MO fishing license.

    Thanks to Webmaster & Event Coordinator Bill Brant for these excellent photos.

    Now put on your waders, get out there, and start pounding the water to a froth.

  • Heart Of America Fly Fishers

    Thanks to fellow Heart Of America Fly Fishers member Terry Robbins for providing this excellent photo of a Bennett Spring trout in its natural habitat. And with a borrowed camera yet! Actually its real natural habitat is a concrete holding tank, but it’s a nice photo.  You can check out Terry’s blog and web site at http://www.robbinsroost.com .

    Speaking of the Heart Of America Fly Fishers, anyone interested in the sport, whether you’re a beginner or a grizzled old timer with salty sweat stains on your shirt, everyone is welcome. We meet the 3rd Monday of each month (except December), 7:00 PM at Community of Christ Church, 79th & Mission Rd. Prairie Village, KS.

    Check us out at http://www.hoaff.com

    Bennett Spring Trout