I think the tip of one of these spinning rods is solid fiberglass so that counts right?
Looking at maps I figured out there are three trout places just off and along highway 60 close to me here in Missouri.
1st Hickory Creek Neosho, Mo. Nailed a nice Rainbow Smallmouth and Rock Bass
2nd Capps Creek Monett, Mo. Nailed a really nice Brown
3rd Crane Creek Crane, Mo. Nailed a super McCloud
These small creeks are surprisingly technical even for spinning gear, I have a renewed respect for anybody who Fly fishes these places!

Very nice! It's great to fish where you can catch a variety of species. Is there any poison ivy on those banks?

Beautiful fish and beautiful locations. Congratulations!

Trev, fished hard, and finally found one about middle of park adjacent to the shelter/gazebo.

GG, I once talked to the local biologist, he said when they shocked Hickory in late summer to evaluate the percentage of hold over trout that from Mo.86 down to the bridge by the ball fields that they found about a half dozen trout, said he was surprised at the number (and size 11''+) of rock bass. MDC will reload Hickory and Capp's in Oct. and Capp's has always had good carry over due to less pressure, a few growing into 6#+ range (moving into Shoal Creek and back) on the abundant crawdads. Capp's is a tough walk for me nowadays but back in the '80s-'90s I fly fished it often.

Hickory Creek has the most abundant poison ivy of any stream I've been on. Capp's has large patches of stinging nettle that will penetrate clothing. If you can't recognize them or ain't tough, it's just a half hour or so to our trout Park at Roaring River Spring where they keep the grass mowed and the paths are well trodden, very good for us geriatric types, and restocked daily.

Sorry, but poison ivy rash is caused by an allergic reaction to urushiol from the plants. Urushiol acts as a classic immune system hapten leading to T-cell activation. Once a person is sensitized to urushiol, further exposures cause unpleasant dermatitis.

I've had plenty of lye burns in my career. I'm also nasty allergic to poison ivy. In my opinion, lye burns are less grief. The poison ivy rash is delayed, extensive, swells more, and lasts longer.


Tom

Wash with Tec Nu within 30 minutes of exposure and you will have little or no reaction.

https://www.teclabsinc.com/products/poi ... ivy/tecnu#

Fair enough Tom - I never "got" poison ivy as a kid, summers pounding the woods on my grandparents' farms in Tennessee, so I guess I don't have the allergic reaction.

That's 'buy a lottery ticket' lucky. I sincerely hope you never get a reaction. But...

Developing urushiol sensitivity late in life is well documented. Decades ago the best guided nature hike I ever took was in the woods of Mammoth Caves National Park. The ranger described years of grabbing poison ivy plants to show his tour groups. Then one day he reacted. He said he needed a couple weeks off work to recover. If you aren't allergic yet, be happy that I'm jealous. Still, treat those nasty plants with caution. You never know when your immune system will light up or why.


I'm with Trev - use Dawn soap or other dishwashing soap if you suspect you contacted poison ivy. Speed counts! Rub the soap on full strength, scrub gently, then rinse with water. Repeat. The Tecnu product FishFishWish recommends is a very interesting potion: Ingredients: deodorized mineral spirits, water, propylene glycol, octylphenoxy-polyethoxyethanol, mixed fatty acid soap, fragrance. That mixture should work very well. Tecnu also stresses speed on their label.


Tom

I was about 30 the first time I had a reaction to ivy, handled a lot of it before that, chopped out and pulled up thickets of it and burned the stuff on brush piles, bare handed and bare armed. Then one day I had it all over and it got worse the next day and it took a trip to the doctor and some kind of shot, plus a prescription and about a week of misery to get over the worst of it.
I've never had it since either, but, I blame that on caution, gloves and long sleeves when working around it, hip boots when spraying it.

I've seen Lepomis (eared sunfish) sp. Warmouth that size, but definitely never seen Ambloplites sp. Rock Bass that size - of course most of our water isn't cold enough for the latter.
swimming BWO on our tailwater