New Feature!
I now have an email mailing list of people who want to be kept up to date
on river conditions and fishing success. The people on this list have requested
this information, so they know the best time to schedule their next trip. If you'd
like to receive these emails, all you have to do is ask!
My name is Walt Fulps, and I am the developer and host of Missouri Trout Hunter. This
website is more than a means for sharing my passion for trout with the public. It's a means of
demonstrating to you that, when it comes to trout fishing, I know what I'm talking about.
The secondary purpose is to draw you to this page in hopes that you'll choose me to
guide your next trout fishing trip or to teach you how to fly fish.
I taught myself to trout fish on the Roubidoux Creek during the summer of my 9th year,
and I got pretty good at hooking them on corn, floating bait, and rooster
tails. That winter I saw "The Quiet Man" on TV. In the movie, Maureen O'Hara
seeks the counsel of the town priest while the priest is trying to hook a big salmon
on a fly -- he hooks and loses it, thanks to O'Hara distracting him. I'd seen people
using fly rods at places like Bennett Spring, and I was now convinced that this magic
equipment was the secret for catching a giant fish like the one the priest nearly landed.
So I begged my mother until she finally bought me a Walmart special: an 8' fiberglass
fly rod and an automatic spring loaded reel. The entire outfit must have weighed 7 pounds,
but I dutifully lugged it down to the creek every chance I got and beat the water mercilessly
with my plastic fly line. By watching how others did it, and by listening to the kind
advice offered by strangers, I eventually caught my first trout on a fly completely by
accident. My wife might tell you that it was the worst thing that could've happened to me.
Now, 30+ years and a few thousand fish later, I am still wishing I were a better
trout fishermen and continuing to work hard to become so.
Over the years I have caught trout in every public trout water in Missouri, with the
exception of Hickory Creek (haven't fished there yet). I've also had the pleasure of
fishing with some truly great gentlemen on such Rocky Mountain rivers as the Frying Pan, the Colorado,
the Blue, the South Platte, and the Gunnison, to name just a few, and the fishermen and the rivers all
taught me great lessons. I have guided clients on a number of different rivers in Missouri,
depending on where I was living at the time. Currently, I guide trips on the Meramec River red ribbon trout area, simply because it offers the best opportunity locally for both trophy browns
and rainbows.
Interested? If you have any additional questions or you'd like to schedule a trip,
call me or click below to email me. If you'd like to schedule a date to go fishing, please keep
in mind that certain days will have higher demand that others: Memorial Day will book more quickly
than, say, the Tuesday after Christmas, for example. I don't require a deposit to pencil your name in.
Just your word that you'll give me plenty of notice if you have to cancel or reschedule.
Thank for your interest, and I hope to hear from you soon!
(573) 426-3300 (Ozark Taxidermy shop phone)
OR
(573) 578-2222 (Trout Hunter Mobile Phone)
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