I did some trout fishing last weekend and I am finally getting around to posting up some pics. Westover is a neat little private place just south of Cuba, MO close to Meremac Springs. It is a fun place and there were only two other people fishing it last weekend. We caught a bunch of fish. I wish I would have taken more pics, but I always seemed to be too busy fishing. The biggest one I brought to net was about 21" and I had another really big one break off just as I was bringing it to the net. The weather was great except for the wind and about 20 minutes of rain and hail on Sunday morning. The storm really seemed to turn the fish on though.
Now if someone can tell me what I am doing wrong with the pictures I can show them.

Cool!
Now go to the photos and copy the BB Code IMG line and paste it where you type and it should appear like this.

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This is where the garden steam runs into the main creek.
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Some pools that had fish feeding in them.
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Myself with a trout up by the spring.
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A couple of pictures of the garden stream. Just about every bend and riffle had trout in them.
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Looks like a great place to get away and good fishing too. Glad you were able to get your photos posted.

Thanks for the help!

and where would one find more info on said awesome place? Do tell!

o.k. i found a site but it don't say how much?
http://www.westoverfarms.com/

this place looks like its worth checking out.

I'd love to try the trout fishing there sometime.

Just when I had fly fishing off my mind.....BLAMMM right back in and not good because I have a busy schedule and might not even be able to hit up the lake 2 seconds from my house let alone fly fish

The fishing was $50 a day. I don't know if they do catch and keep yet. They are going to make one of the runs into a kids fishing area. The kids will be pretty much guarenteed to catch fish. They do have one cabin that is finished that you can rent for the weekend. I don't remember how much it is. We stayed in Cuba which is only about 20 minutes away.

I know a little bit about Westover. The orgianl name was Troutdale Dude Ranch where the fishing was Catch and Keep, Pay per pound. After Troutdale went under the Schlueter family purchased the propery back in (I think) 2005. The "big" picture plan for the property was to create a corporate retreat location for big businesses. They started purchaing old log homes from around the country and rebuiling on their property. When I was down there in OCt 2007 they had most of the homes started but they had a problem... they were starting to run out of money. In June 2008 (according to the STL Business journal) the bank took over the farm but allowed the Schlueter family to keep running it. It went up for auction in Nov 2008 but the bids did not exceed the $5 million asking price from the bank. So I think the bank still ownes it. They now have one cabin, the corportate conference room, Fly shop complete but I think the rest of the building are still under contruction. It is a neet place to fish but you still ahve to pony up $50 to fish per day. Also, don't think about stepping off the property because the land owners next door are not very friendly.


later,

FFM