Harold Bate, Jim Craig, Glenn Haake & me (Matt McClure) recently embarked on a 3 day/night camping trip to the Current River. We rented a cabin at Pinecrest Campground. 1st day we fished Cedar Grove below the low water bridge early evening due to the high daytime temps. We were … Read More
Just before the 2025 Labor Day weekend, I, Al Harper, joined Denny Garner and Ryan Young in his comfortable inflatable drift boat for a 7.2-mile excursion down a beautiful stretch of the Meramec River. To his credit, Ryan diligently floated and fished various rivers throughout sultry, and at times, almost insufferable … Read More
On 6/21/23, John Muckerman and I, Al Harper, decided to celebrate the first day of summer by floating the nearby Big River and seeing what we could catch with fly rods. The Big originates in St. Francois county and flows north for 83 miles before emptying into the Meramec River near … Read More