Sunday, November 14, 2010

Bennett Winter Opener

Three of us had an enjoyable trip down to Bennett Spring this weekend (Rocky, Ray, and Terry). The weather was pretty good on Friday, in the 50's in the morning and 60's in the afternoon. There were a few times we caught a few sprinkles. There was no crowd at the whistle although it got more crowded during the day. The Ozark Fly Fishers from St. Louis had taken over the Sand Spring motel as it was their winter outing. Anyway, the fishing was good and we all caught a lot of fish. It was particularly good on Friday morning. Everyone seemed to notice a lot of small fish, along with a good mix of sizes and colors. The best flies seemed to be the black midge, bed spread, glo ball, crackle backs, and also a few dries by Rocky. Saturday's weather was a little cooler at about 40 with some wind chill. This trip we noticed they continued to work on the new hatchery stuff, as they were pouring concrete for the 2 runs that will go under the new building. It is supposed to be a more efficient operation. While down there, we ran into Mike Rueck as well as a couple of other nice fisherman. I spoke quite a while with Rick from the Northland fly fishing club. He tends to fish the same spots we do. I got a couple of photos of a guy who caught a very nice brown at the main outlet hole. Here are a couple of shots from the trip.

Fish On

Another One

Nice Brown Trout by fellow fisherman

Laying new concrete hatchery run

The actual spring at Sand Spring

Niangua River at Sand Spring

Now there's a happy group

Rocky & Ray

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Terry R.

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