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Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast

870 | Fly Fishing the Eleven Point River with Justin Spencer

Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast

Dave Stewart

Leisure, Hobbies, Sports, Wilderness

4.7530 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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870 Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/870

Presented by:  Jackson Hole Fly Company,  Fish The Fly, AVC Rig, Drifthook Fly Fishing


Somewhere deep in the Ozarks, Missouri splits in two. One side is farmland and highways. The other is the Eleven Point River, where everything goes quiet. No houses. No roads. Just cold, spring-fed water sliding through Mark Twain National Forest and miles of wild trout water where you can float for hours without seeing anyone.

In this episode, we dig into fly fishing the Eleven Point River and the surrounding Ozark streams with Justin Spencer. We talk about his indicator jig system, why movement matters more than anything, when the fishing is best, and how trout and smallmouth behave through the seasons. We also cover Missouri's trout parks, blue ribbon water, and how to plan a trip that actually fits the river.
 
Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/870

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0:00.0

Somewhere deep in the Ozarks, the world splits into much of Missouri's farmland and highways,

0:07.1

the kind of place where you might hear a diesel truck long before you see the river.

0:10.7

But on the 11-point river, everything goes quiet. No houses, no road hum, just spring-fed water

0:16.6

sliding through Mark Twain National Forest and a stretch of wild trout water where you could float miles

0:22.0

without meeting a single soul. This is the Wet Fly Swing podcast where I show you the best places to

0:26.7

travel to for fly fishing, how to find the best resources and tools to prepare for that big trip,

0:30.8

and what you can do to give back to this species we all love. Justin Spencer is here today to

0:36.6

take us into the Ozarks and the surrounding great rivers

0:40.8

and spring creeks of the area. Today we're going to find out how he fishes an indicator-style jig

0:46.5

system and he swears by this and how it works for both trout and small-mouth bass and how

0:51.4

movement is the key today. We're also going to find out the best seasons to fish

0:55.5

and some tips on fishing the Ozarks as well. We're also going to find out how small mouth stack

1:00.9

in the winter and the exact conditions that Justin waits for before taking his clients to the river

1:06.9

and why Missouri's trout parks and blue ribbon streams matter and how to plan your next

1:12.3

trip to the Missouri.

1:13.7

All right.

1:14.2

If you've ever wanted how to do it all, how to fish it, how to take it all in.

1:17.6

We're going to get into a top fishing spots of Missouri as well today.

1:21.7

We're digging in.

1:22.7

You can find Justin Spencer at 11.5Fishing.com.

1:26.6

Here he is.

1:31.1

How you doing, Justin? Doing good. Thanks for having me on. Yeah, yeah, thanks for putting this together here today. We're going to jump into a new river.

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