A lone angler on a midstream rock lays out a long cast under a broken bank of cloud.

Spring Creek · Ozark County, Missouri

Rockbridge

Two miles of spring creek, glass-clear, stocked with rainbows that go in at two pounds and better. Three days. Put your name down.

First light
5:58a
Sunset
8:02p
Water
56–58°F

What you’re fishing

Four things about this creek that decide everything else on this page.

Are you in?

All three days. No Missouri fishing licence and no trout stamp. It is private water, so do not go buy one.

Friday to Sunday, all three days
Which permit are you fishing?

Who’s bringing what

Tap anything to put your name on it. There’s a restaurant at the lodge doing three meals a day, so this list is the stuff it doesn’t cover.

What to throw, and when

Pick your day and your permit. The blocks follow the actual light, and each one shows you what that light looks like on the water.

Day
Permit

In the bag regardless

Permit, weather and time of day don’t change any of this.

    The water

    Same creeks, same crew, earlier in the year. Drag it sideways.