Phil Lilley

Merry Christmas...

https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E358532&id=1 Or send a check to CAM 2400 Highway 165 Branson 65616 Thanks!

I'm not messing with money... I don't have time to set it up honestly.

You guys should not see ads now... let me know if you do.

They should get a lot fatter in the coming days...

What really pays for the ads, I think, are the hundreds of non members who visit on a daily basis. I added myself to the group and they are gone. I don't care... and I wouldn't hold it against anyone who wants no ads. Seriously. The site averages about 5,000 page views and pays about $14.00 per day. Compare past years - 2022, April avg 8,000 views $30.00 per day 2023, April avg 6,000 views $16.00 per day

Blake went up and fished the cicada this morning and said it was silly-good. Bluff bank below Lookout down. After the rain. I caught them on a sinking cicada fly yesterday on one cast. A fly Duane showed us. But a jig will do the same thing, as Blake demonstrated today. Shad - Cicadas. Scuds too. It's pretty good fishing right now on Taney.

If you don't want to see ads on the forum, post here and ask to be exempted. It may take me a little while to get to it but I'll make that change.

It's working now.

Doesn’t seemed To have worked…. I’ll have to look into it further

I haven’t even done it to myself yet. I’ll get to it in a little bit.

I don’t need your monies…. Just tell me and I’ll change your group setting. See if it works

I CAN create a group that would not see ads.... I just looked it up. Now, how much is it worth to you

Beautiful Cut. Thanks!

It's really never slowed down except the "white bite" did somewhat. Drifting scuds is still real good with lots of 20"+ trout caught and released. The warmer water over the top helps the bite. The cicada bite is good early, then tampers off later in the day when the cicadas start hitting the water is droves. Still not much action below Fall Creek which is disappointing. Black jig plus a sculpin/ginger jig with an orange head is hot too. My sources say we're supposed to get a lot of rain in the next week so we may see more gates open through the holiday weekend.

At least the ad content is better, at least for me. That Chinese company isn't coming up on everything anymore.

It is a write off. And I'm sure not complaining about anything dollar-wise. We are blessed beyond measure! And I did run my own ads most of that time, pointing to our online store. So I am wrong about not running ads completely. I do wish I could trim them down though here... I could control them a little better a year ago but they're upgraded the forum and changed things. Now they're everywhere and I don't have much control how and where they go. Or there's a way and I don't see it. That's one bad thing about Invision - they're short on instructions. And Yes! We do get our money's worth with you, Glenn. I wouldn't have it any other way

I went year with no revenue.... I gotta pay for the overhead. Incidentally, I'm only making half what I was making before I stopped last year. Views are the same. I thought about charging a one time fee annually to view the forum but I'm afraid it would kill the site.

The ones that have caught on here are now fatter than fat. They don't come up and slam it either. They slide up slowly and slurp it in. It's funny to watch. They know it's not going anywhere and they're too fat to move.

I picked up 28 dozen cicada flies at Jeremy Hunt's shop yesterday and they said the fish on the White weren't on them yet but the Norfolk was good. You just confirmed it. Enjoy!!!

I don't know... I'm doing pretty good so far. I do think our cicada flies should be a bit bigger but not necessarily oversized, although I have no reason to say so- yet. Too early in the game. As I say in today's one cast, the only place I've found the trout taking them consistently is in the trophy area. None below, although we are seeing them in our area every once in a while. Hopefully they'll catch on. But for now, the ones on the bluff below Lookout are keeping me entertained.

Yes they'll run water for a while. How much I'm not sure. I'll try to take a pic of the 2 kinds we carry in the shop.

Fishing the bluff from Lookout to the Narrows. Best stretch was lower section. Had 6 takes and 3 hookups. Saw lots of cicadas hit the water and almost every one got eaten. It’s only going to get better!

It's a G3 GatorTough 2072 center console. We rent them out here at the marina.

Generation down to less than one unit. TR is at 917.2 feet. More than an inch forecasted today and tomorrow so TR should go back up past 918. Gates? Or will they have the units back online?