HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE DICK !!

Greatest Cook in the World (Except when were camping)

Walaahhh !!

What now Wolves ? Speculation it could be a coyote-wolf hybrid

JEFFERSON CITY, MO -- DNA tests show that a 104-pound canine shot by a hunter in Carroll County Nov. 13 was an unusually large coyote.

The hunter shot the big canine on opening day of Missouri’s November firearms deer season, thinking it was a coyote. Coyotes are legal game during deer season. However, when the hunter saw the animal’s size, he wondered if he had mistakenly shot a wolf. He reported the kill to Conservation Agent Marc Bagley. Bagley took possession of the animal and turned it over to the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Resource Science Division for identification.

Resource Scientist Jeff Beringer said the MDC staff took measurements and collected tissue and hair samples for DNA analysis. The test showed the animal was a coyote.

According to Beringer, the coyote was a male approximately 3 years old. It had no tattoos, microchip or evidence of ear tags that would indicate it might have escaped or been released from captivity.

The coyote’s size and the size and shape of its feet were similar to those of a wolf, leading to speculation it could be a coyote-wolf hybrid. Gray wolves, also known as timber wolves, once inhabited northern Missouri but were gone from the state by the late 1800s, due to hunting and habitat loss. Wolves persisted in Minnesota. From there, they dispersed into Wisconsin and Michigan, which now have wolf populations of their own.

The last record of a gray wolf in Missouri was of a young male mistaken for a coyote and killed by a bowhunter in Grundy County in October 2001. A radio collar and ear tag linked that 80-pound wolf to Michigan.

They are here !!! PART deaux

The Missouri Department of Conservation has examined these photos of a mountain lion taken Jan. 12 in a wooded area outside of St. louis, MO and says they are valid.

The have confirmed that the photos are of a mountain lion.

The photos were taken by Garrett Jensen of Chesterfield with a trail camera. The Department of Conservation did not release the exact location, saying it does not want people flocking to the site. It would say only that the site was near the Missouri River.

This is the 13th confirmed report of a mountain lion in Missouri since 1994, and the first in the St. Louis area in that time. 

Pretty wild... One things for sure its not the lion that was shot in Ray county last month.

Jeopardy Question: Scottish slang for a sea run brown trout (Salmo Trutta)

Answer: What is a Broonie

Other names for sea run trout in the UK and Ireland have many regional names including sewin (Wales), finnock (Scotland), peal (West Country), mort (North West England) and white trout (Ireland).

Teeny Nymph Locators, Sunglasses

These were sold in the 80's. I actually had a pair. I guess the theory is the frames reduced glare similar to a football player putting grease under their eyes.... I guess..

I couldn't see any better.... and looked pretty stupid (or more stupider) ... Who wouldn't want a pair of these ?

Jim Teeny was famous for creating his signature fly the teeny nymph. 

Do you ever put a Kirby in your hook ? You should !!!

Mustad 277 and a TMC518 (both size #32's) 

A Kirby or Reverse is a bend in the hook created by bending the barb outward by 25 degrees, thus changing the angle of penetration.


Here is a really good tip most don't know. 


If you are fishing small hooks and are getting short strikes, put a Kirby or Reverse in your hook. This changes the angle of penetration of the hook and forces the hook to the outside of fish's mouth, this will increase your take and catch. To put a Kirby in a hook, put the hook in your vise, then push the shank of the hook sideways. This will make the point curve off. If you push the hook one direction it is a Kirby if the point goes the other way it is a Reverse.  


You need to know the difference there will be a quiz.

Thomas Hart Benton - Cave Spring - Fishing in the Ozarks