Phil Lilley

http://tggf.us/ Worth checking out - watch the videos.

Note: There are 24 College of the Ozarks students with these 12 vets, part of the Greatest Generation Foundation. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587784,00.html FOXNews.com WWII Veterans Stuck in Okinawa, Looking for Help to Get to Iwo Jima Tuesday , March 02, 2010 By Joshua Rhett Miller A group of 12 World War II Marines ranging in age from 85 to 97 is stuck on the island of Okinawa, waging what could be their final fight to return to Iwo Jima to commemorate the 65th anniversary of their greatest victory. The veterans group, the Greatest Generation Foundation, asked the military to help them get to Iwo Jima after a charter plane company that had volunteered to take them to the battle site canceled two weeks ago, Stars & Stripes reported. But their request, according to U.S. Pacific Command spokesman Marine Maj. Bradley Gordon, had not been approved or denied as of late Tuesday — less than 24 hours before a memorial ceremony was set to begin. “As of this moment, no one has denied anything,” Gordon told FoxNews.com. “I did not say that it was denied, I said it could be denied.” PACOM officials in Hawaii and Japan were trying to arrange a military flight for the group if their request was approved, but the aircraft they had designated for the trip “broke,” Gordon said. He referred FoxNews.com to Department of Defense officials for further comment. "The Marine Corps is exploring all options in order to provide military airlift support for the Greatest Generation Foundation in their attempt to visit Iwo Jima for the 65th Commemoration," Maj. Maureen Schumann, a Pentagon spokeswoman, told FoxNews.com. The Denver-based nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring U.S. and allied war veterans has two prominent names — George W. Bush and Barack Obama — at the top of its endorsement board. It brought the 12 veterans from the U.S. to Japan last weekend in hopes that the military would provide travel accommodations. “[The veterans] are very emotional,” Timothy Davis, president of the Greatest Generation Foundation told Stars & Stripes. “They know the dream of going back to Iwo Jima is not going to take shape … We’re going to fight this. I have to do what I can to get these boys back to Iwo Jima.” One veteran was reportedly hospitalized with stroke-like symptoms after arriving in Okinawa, but he was released Sunday. Another veteran reportedly suffering from an infection was hospitalized Tuesday. “Reality is kicking in,” Davis told Stars & Stripes. “Come the 70th anniversary [of Iwo Jima] most of them are going to be dead. If we allow these veterans to go to their graves with these stories, then shame on us.” Iwo Jima was the site of some of the fiercest fighting in the World War II campaign against Japan. U.S. troops captured the island in March of 1945 after more than a month of fighting. Roughly 6,900 U.S. Marines and 20,000 Japanese soldiers died in the battle.

Blue bird day with lots of wind in some areas. Fishing decent in the am but tough in the pm. That's what I heard from the first teams who came in but stories changed and more anglers weighed in. It's amazing how stories change on the same water in the same day. Some had tough days while others did well. Trout were caught from the mouth of Fall Creek all the way down to the Landing. Not much caught lower than the Landing this time. Bill's account of the condition of trout down lake seems to be accurate. White jigs and spinners made a comeback. Still don't think we've had much shad at all but we could miss it. The trout sure won't. Saw lots of males again and females dropping eggs. Weights are still up there showing there are still alot of good rainbows around to be caught. I'll post the pics from the day including the final results. Jerry and JD Dudley 1st place Will Skucins and Adam Bennett 2nd Place Gerry Dwiggins and Tom Burckhardt 3rd Place Jeff Cross and Tony Weldele 4th Place

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Where does the term, "Nancy Boys" come from? There is a guide on the Naknek in AK who's name is Nancy and we always called her guides (all guys) Nancy Boys. I thought it was an original term but evidently not.

Got mine... great book!

Yea we did years ago. It helps.

We have these issues when the water temp is this cold. I remember years back when the temp drops below 40 the trout seem to slow down or at least that's what we blamed it on. 38 is pretty cold!

Actually I shot this for a guy at Field and Stream who wanted some ideas for a boat handling tip article. Thought I'd post it for grins.

2/24/10 I thought I'd show the safe and proper way to pull your boat into a boat stall with water running (current). Very easy. The one thing that we see that's dangerous is a second person STANDING UP in the front of the boat, meaning to catch the dock post and help guide the boat into the stall only to bolt into the water when the boat's side hits the dock before he can get his hand on the supports. We've seen this happen quite a few times and see alot of near misses. <p> <object width="660" height="405"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="405"></embed></object>

My bad. I thought the comment was way out of character for smallie but thought may be there was something behind the scenes going on. Re reading it, it was clearly tongue and cheek. Sometimes, I don't read so good! I apologize.

Post of the day! I love how you see things, oneshot!

Funny how people will use terms on a computer but would never use them face to face. I can see offering your opinion about posting too many times but to go as far as calling it spam, calling another person a retard and taking any kind of offense to any of this is unconscionable. The forum is made up of all kinds of people with all kinds of views. The bigger it grows in membership, the more diverse it becomes. I don't share the same view of some that think the forum has become advertising but that opinion in itself is ok because it's part of the diversity. Some of you guys actually bump into each other down here at Taney... I would rethink how you use your words and especially how you label and treat each other here. Fishing is fun... but people and relationships are far more important.

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brush piles - cut up trees and bushes tied together and placed in the water, anchored or secured in some way in various places, different depths of water in a lake to attract and house small bugs which attract small fish which attract larger fish, thus making it desirable to fish around. wind-blown points - Points are bank or land jetting out into the water, dropping off in elevation on the point and off the sides. Bait fish, again, are attracted to points especially where wood structure (trees and bushes) are present. Wind blown simply means the side where the wind is blowing into or towards. Schools of bait fish are pushed by the wind to shallow banks and game fish feed on these banks cause it's easy to catch bait fish in shallower water than deep. the bluff walls transition into chunk rock - These are going to take a little more research to find good explanations, including images. the chunk rock transitions into pea sized gravel - ditto docks - Floating structures on water that house boats or dock houses.

Sounds like... spring? Who cares!! Fish are biting NOW!!! Cool!

Vola - Fishing license is Missouri is $7 per day or if you're fishing more than 5 days it's best to buy an annual for $42. If you fish for trout you have to buy a trout permit for $7 (one time). You're going to be in Springfield and Bass Pro on the 27th of March. Were you planning to fish the next day, Sunday? Just the one day?

OK- Jason is closer... just glad you all are finding fish!

I bet it's more like 40 or less. It's much colder this year compared to last. I think.

To put it minutes... Rolla is about 90 minutes from Springfield. Table Rock Lake (Branson, Missouri) is 45 minutes south of Springfield.

Is this strange? It's way early to see whites up this far in James, isn't it? Water temp is ?

I like your screen name... and first post. We like pics! Welcome. admin

It was like this bank to bank today above the Narrows all the way to the dam. Not as many below there and below Fall Creek but there were enough to draw the trout to the surface to eat them.

K... posted the video before I could make sure you could see the bugs... can't or at least I can't. So here's some pics that do show how many there were.