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I'm going to wait a couple of days. I can't stand the frustration of trying to deal with TW today.

Tackle Warehouse broke the Internet. Again.

That shows how slow I am. I am in touch with FNF other ways so I really had not noticed a lack of FNF posts in this realm. He really does share a LOT of top notch intell. He is absolutely the Man at Beaver.

As long as you can disagree without being disagreeable, it's all good I guess. As far as I can tell, you are both excellent fisherman that just prefer to chase different fish. Keep in mind that those striped fish get BIG and eat top waters and jerk baits AND FNF has been known to filet them out.

Man, I hope I live long enough to retire.

I heard a rumor from someone I trust, but I don't know how good his source is. It wasn't because they were changing the wallpaper in the break room. His source says it involves changing quality standards to make Ranger more profitable. "philosphophical" differences of option in the direction of the company.

I think I would have been chunking lipless crankbaits looking for more of those White Bass.

Richard Cross is coming out with a Zig Jig that is going to have the Mustad 33832 Steelhead hook. I've caught a lot of cool /cold water smallies on Zig Jigs. I'm looking forward to trying the heavy duty ones to see how they do. The hair jigs certainly look great and if you say they work, I know they will work. I've tired a few, but I get more enjoyment from fishing than I do from tying.

I've only thrown into Beaver a few times from shore (caught some fish), but I can tell you Bull Shoals is loaded with fish these days. High water around the spawn is awesome for these fish.

BSL is forecast to go to 668 after this weekend. Heck, even I might be able to catch some WW fish.

I literally expect a bite every cast on the White. I've gotten so spoiled that 10 fish an hour seems S L O W. If I go 5 minutes without a bite, I start gripping the stick a little harder. Good problem to have I guess.

You guys are killing me.

For sale, lightly used split grip spinning rod. I used it successfully for tubes, spy baits, and Ned's. I think it would work for drop shot or shakey heads as well, but I did not try those baits. it says Light, but it's more ML than light. Label says 4-10 lb line and 1/8 to 1/4 oz. this was a $160 rod. I'm asking $80. Thanks.

Good for you. I really struggle to catch trout on jigs with that much wind. It's an amazing river that constantly produces good numbers of nice fish.

I guess "Homer" is a term for fans of any tean except U of A. Remember that I am an alumni of LSU (Class of 83) so I have a reason to be a "homer" for LSU. There are untold thousands of fans of both LSU and U of A that never attended either university. I do not fall into that category. Your are more that entitled to your opinion about LSU or anything else. I just think its flawed. I disagree with your comparisons of Arkansas and LSU. I think LSU is a larger university and LSU has had a larger football program for decades. You might also be unaware of the National Championship team in 1958 ( a few years before my time as well, but my Mom and Dad were attending LSU then). The 1972 team was pretty special as well, but they ran into Nebraska back when Nebraska meant something. I think rule changes involving numbers of scholarships allowed and kids having more choices have derailed Nebrasha for the foreseeable future.The ups and downs were post Charlie Mac and prior to Saban. I don't remember Arkansas ever being a part of the national conversation prior to joining the SEC, but again it was a different era and people worried about stuff closer at home. I would agree that this has been a really special time for LSU. I guess we disagree in that I think it was because of Les and you think it was in spite of him LSU has had a wealth of talent, but they only get to have 11 of them on the field at a time AND It's hard to maximise your benefit from players when they coonsistently leave as Jr's for the NFL. That catches up with you after a while. And from time to time beloved players are too immature to avoid making awful choices and must be removed from the team. I can think of a couple of NFL players that would have benefited LSU greatly if they could have behaved and a dozen or so NFL players that would have helped a bunch had they gone pro after their Senior year rather than before. Again, this NFL caliber talent that LSU got wasn't football manna from heaven. Lots of football program recruit the same guys, but LSU got these guys because of in large part Les MIles and his staff. So before you degrade huim for LSU's failure to do more with what they had, you should give him credit for getting that talent from the get go. But yep, you are absolutely correct, Miles should have averaged 11 wins a year instead of > 9 and had three more national championships appearences in his time with LSU because so many other coaches have been able to do that. Hell, any average coach should get at least one national championship every 5 years. Right? I do not give a loose crap about Vegas oddsmakers and their line. You can make that arguement if you want to do so, but it means less than nothing to me. You don't watch LSU games any more than I watch Hog games. You are unaware of ALL the many times LSU could have scored late or run up the score, but that is not how Miles operates. Many times they will drive donw the field and then take a knee three times and kick a field goal or take a knee and hand the ball to the other team. Multiple times this year they were driving late iin the game and got inside the 20 only to take a knee three times and run the clock out. Would they have covered the spread more often IF Miles chose to run up the score or score late? yep, but so what? It that cost fools some money because they bet on LSU well that sucks for them.

a Ned Rig ca look a lot like a small craw dad

OH, there's no doubt that in a perfect world Les MIles would self scout more and adapt multiple plays out of ONE look. Show run and throw or show pass and then run, but nobody's perfect. Giving the system he grew up in, it's not all that surprizing that he wants to have dominant talent and dictate the game. That gets tough when you telegraph what you are going to do to a team with equal or more talent than your team. I don't think Les would be successful everywhere. I wouldn't want the Mizzou job anyway because of what the players pulled. I would have told everyone of them to play the games as scheduled or resign from the team and forfiet their scholarship immediately and permanantly. I guess they would have whined about being a victim again. I don't know why anyone would weant the LSU job either. The school and fanbase have zero loyality after that many years of consistent success. Who needs it ; although $5 million of year buys a lot of Kleenex.

I'm completely baffled by the pushing of Les Miles ou the door. I hate the LSU fanbase right now. I know know it all 40 somethings still living at home with Mom and Dad saying that Les is a failure because he hasn't done enough with the talent on hand.

Never going to get there, but proud for those that do. I have a different feeling for those guys who tell me they fish 5 days a week because they are disabled. I think I would be disabled if I fished 5 days a week. My wife has a temper.

I get really tired of the hate/ disrepect for Les MIles from Arky fans (and LSU fans too but thats another rant). He averaged more than 9 wins a year. He has guided LSU to 42 consecutive regular season non conference wins (think Toledo). He got LSU another National Championship. LSU has three of them. He got us one. He coached in another National Championship game that was a disaster. That LSU team went to Alabama and beat a better team. I really dont think bama should have gotten a rematch after NOT having played in SEC Championship, but I was not shocked LSU lost that game. I was bitterly disappointed in how they played. Regardless, that's One National Championship more than Arkansas has total. Les Miles is loved by his players and is able to recruit them well. LSU did not always recruit this well and we will not recruit as well IF he leaves. I do believe LSU will continue to recruit better than U of A, but I doubt they remain NFLU after Miles is run off. It's total bull crap to NOT give Miles credit for the talent he obtains, but then blame him for faiing to win a national championship every year. What the hell kind of standard is that? National Championship every 5 years or you have to go? Saban and bama has been the main stumbling block for Miles. LSU fans constantly bring that up and make that comparision because Saban left LSU to go to the NFL. Saban aint coming back and I don't want him back. Saban is NOT getting routinely beat by other SEC coaches either. Saban is a very successful coach and a very flawed person. I would love for him to go back to the NFL and fail again or leave bama and be a football nazi somewhere else. BUT whatever Les Miles has been way more successful over his time at LSU that any of the Arkansas coaches during his time. If Petrino would have bought his girlfriends with his own money, he may have been close to being as successful as Miles has been, but he bought his side action with U of A money and that cost him. Don't tell me how Miles has under performed when your guys haven't been close. The LSU vs Arkansas is a one sided rivarily. It is a huge game for Arky, and LSU always plays flat. I have no clue why LSU doesn't care about that game and I wish it was different, but it aint. I have no clue why they switched to Tamu. I don't think Tamu is going to be a good team in the long haul, but we will see I suppose.

Hey Bill, I really wish ALL the guides on my section of the White River cared about the resource that they use to make money. I'd like to tattoo your post on their brain so that they would behave likewise. Most of the fly fishing guides are on board with being good stewarts of the resource and sell the experience/ memories rather than a catch and kill package deal. Other guides use corn and natural baits and have their entire party fish that way all day. Killing untold thousands of trout every year in addition to the ones that they legally harvest. Its a bummer. I'm all onboard with folks selectively harvesting trout, but to continue to gut hook fish all day after you have your 5 to take home seems awfully irresponsible to me ESPECIALLY if you are a guide that plans on guiding in the future.

IF life had not reared its ugly head yesterday, I would have sore mouthed > 50 bass on BSL yesterday. As an aside, I did flyrod fish Norfork Saturday afternoon. I actually was somehow able to fish in gale force winds with the fly rod and caught a bunch on a scud pattern. I think it took me 4 hours, but I caught 24 Bows and one little Cuttie. Frst time in a long time I've fly rodded for trout. It was like riding a bike though. I had fun.

I seriously need to win the lottery or something. My work life is cramping my fishing life pretty hard. The weather yesterday, today, and tomorrow was awesome for Fall fishing on the area lakes. Sadly, I only had time to catch 25 trout on the White yesterday. I caught 10 an hour, but I swear it felt slow. Half my fish were decent and half were dinky.