Phil Lilley

Someone "reported" this and it came to me. It's a good report so I didn't want it to go to waste. 11/26 Wednesday. Finally a chance to fish on my day off. Not much wind and a pretty good current line from below big hole to the island below the boat launch. In fact below the launch pool area as it tails out but is still pretty deep I caught my best fish a nice male bow with kype at just under 18". I started from the south side park lot and went up to just below big hole. Lots of small fish on midges, but I couldn't figure them out today. I tried black zebras, wd-40, soft hackle and emergers....0. My bad. Then I walked below the dudes and guides and boats and started slowly stripping a #14 lt. olive scud with no indicator and had 3-4 OK fish, but I tired of that and said to myself, 'let's fish deep' below the rocking chair. The first fly I used was a bead-chain eye clouser and caught several and one that kept the fly. That was when I started fishing the #10 bead-chain eye olive leach yarn leach with twisted fibres tail. Let it sink and slowly, but firmly strip retrieve. Quit at 2:30 Mark

Cork boards? I've looked at the pic a couple of times and am not sure what you mean. The tray is our float display. Oh by the way- the lights are sold.

I have 2 lights I need to move. Brand new still in wrapping. Retail for about $80. I'll sell for $35 plus whatever freight is unless you want to pick them up. Complete with clamp.

Sounds great- thanks for the report! Keep them coming.

See any browns at all? Any bows on or making reds?

Well............. I STILL have not fished it. What can I say. I'll create it, then hide it. No- charge $100 for it. Naaaaa..... Catch 22

Brian is sending me a marked USGS map of the river but I'd like as much input on this map as possible before adding it to the site. I'd like to have: -recommended floats for fishing -camping spots along the river -points of interest I have distances between access points. Thanks- Phil

Water is off again this am.

One other thing- the video on my report shows a ton of dimpling and lots of midges in the air. That's the main reason I posted it, to show the activity.

Forgot to mention- my finder said the water temp was 54 Yesterday. That's 8-10 degrees cooler than just a few days ago. No reason to think it was incorrect but it doesn't make much sense. It shouldn't be cooling down that fast. But I'll take it all the same.

DD= didn't see you on the lake. Sounds like we should have crossed paths. The trout where we were just wouldn't look at hardly anything we were throwing. I did not try a crackleback though. Thought about it. There are tons of light sow bug and scuds all over the place on the flats below Lookout. The trout were rummaging around in the gravel close to the bank- some with their backs out of the water. I usually can fool them then they're feeding like that but they had he baffled tonight.

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Tom J, Linc and myself boated to the dam yesterday about 3 pm and drifted jigs. 1/8th oz sculpin was the best. White didn't work. All rainbows- some small and some medium (14-15 inch). Hitting light- hard to feel the strike. Missed a bunch. Drifted to the boat ramp a few times and then on down thru the flats. Today no generation. I'm going out with Linc to wade the shallow side of the lake below Lookout here in a little bit. Will report back.

Good one, slusaluki with 222 posts.

Just so happens I'm working on a map right now. Should be ready in a couple of days. Not sure if you looked at the Elevenpoint section on OA. It speaks of flies. Plus there are some great threads you should check out on the elevenpoint forum.

It's really best to wait till closer to the time to know what to bring or what you'll be looking at as far as conditions. That will dictate how you'll fish and with what. Chances are the water will be down by then and you'll enjoy wading below the dam.

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Thanks Eric.

Wow- did they ask Missouri???

Nothing yet this am. Passed o| several does yesterday. I think vince just shot... Black berrt shortcut- space bar scrolls dwn and shitf/space srolls up.

Vince got a big doe, I got a little doe. More tomorrow.

Am sitting in my stand overlooking field. Just shot a doe. Seen 2 bucks and 5 does so far. Do you know how it takes to sroll down to hunting on a blackberry!? Man!

Taneycomo isn't a Corp lake so our dock would not be affected. Even if it was, I would think the dock owner would have the right to NOT have this enforced around his dock- or am I wrong?

I just realized I didn't copy over my current river maps from the old site. They're grainy- I'll have to redo them this winter. Check out the home site of OA and click on Current River.