Phil Lilley

Bowman doesn't look too happy. I wouldn't either. It's will be interesting how far AG&F takes this. Could they sue the Corp? We've had kills on the lake here but none documented.

Zach- we was about 50ish, 6'2" maybe and 270-280- a big guy. Sandy white hair and a mustash the same. Round face. Wasn't as fat as he was just a big man. I didn't see the wife... she was fishing and didn't want to be bothered.

I hope she's not a member of the forum!

It's not over 10... but I bet it's 9. Eddie is the Berkley rep for Bass Pro. It's probably a Fenwick!

TexomaOkie's son is a marine assigned to AF1. He's probably with him on this trip.

I'm planning on being back later this evening. Look for a yellow hat.

I was about to leave when I saw Kory walking down the bank. He was wearing a red vest I recognized as a resue outfit- he works for the Branson Fire Department. He was walking with another guy- his captain I fould out. They got a report of a missing woman. They asked if we had seen a lady in waders, 5'11" about 200 pounds. Not us. They said she had been seen last fishing at outlet #1 an hour ago. I walked up to the parking lot and saw 2 fire trucks, 2 abulances, 3 rescue trucks, 2 police cars and a Corp ranger car. About the time I got over to the parking lot at #1, I saw a guy, who was her husband, walk up and talk to one of the officers. Then we all heard on the radio they found her- fishing way down lake at the rocking chair hole. They also said she wasn't ready to come back up and was going to continue fishing. Her husband was not happy... embarrassed is more like it. Lots of trouble for a differences of opinion on where to fish!

Drove to the dam this morning at 7 am- met up with Randy Waggoner and his crew at rebar. Randy is a outlet junkie but he did rather well at rebar yesterday so he converted. Pics of yesterday's trip to follow. When I walked up, Eddie Ketchum had aleady started his assault on the trout, landing 4 trout in 4 casts including this 22-inch brown. He was using a 2-fly rig tying on a #18 gray scud as both. Randy landed one alittle smaller but the hook location was questionable. Then it slowed down... alot. No shortage of fish and esp browns- big browns. I couldn't get them to take anything- broke off on my first cast and that was about it for me. At 9:30, Eddie walked upstream to see how some of his friends were doing. Rob had been casting to a browns for a hour to no avail. Eddie asked to see his rod and casted- just to show him the proper drift. Of course he hooked the brown and landed it. 26 inches and about 8-9 pounds. Rob has to at least get in one of the pics. All fish swam off unharmed. Leonard was up trying out a new white bunny fly. Pretty amusing watching him work that fly on the bottom, enticing mainly rainbows to pick it up and eat it. He let me try- drifted it by a huge brown below rebar and we both thought it took it. I may be getting slow in my old age. Chuck Gries had a client below us. I didn't see it but Chuck said he landed a 24 inch brown. I saw them taking pics of a fish. Other than that, it was pretty slow. Not as crowded as I thought it's be. Nice morning.

He spent the night in Springfield and had a rally this am at 9. I didn't even think... was Danny with him?

That's it- the contest is now set. We'll see when the big clock turns 4,000,000.

Jerod- I live in the same fear... but I can handle it. Fishin' is still just fishin'

Got to the parking lot about 10:30 pm. Moon was out bright. Didn't need a flashlight to see walking. Walked down to #2- there were 3 waders down from #2 outlet. Two left soon after I got there. One stayed and caught 3 trout that I could see- nothing big. I started casting a black 3/32nd oz jig straight (no float) and hooked a fish on the third cast. Foul hooked a 17 inch brown in the belly- felt like a strike so I was dissappointed I foul hooked him. Several more casts- nothing. Dropped down below the guy wading and hooked another fish on a white 3/32nd oz jig- a sucker but this time I caught him in the mouth. Made my way downstream to rebar and thru the narrows trying different sizes and colors of jigs- white, black, sculpin and gray with no success. Saw Leonard leave about 11 pm so I knew it was slow for him be leave so early. When I left at 12:30 am there were 2 fishing with glow sticks in outlet #2.

Scott- I understand. You see alot of bad things. Carry a heavy load. My heart goes out to you.

Gezzz... I think I'll go and get the old series on shuffling (I think 159 posts long) and resurrect it... have everyone read every post and then respond. I think griffin is copying and pasting from his old posts Can you say DRAMA! Remember the old Cafe` and the little guys with guns a blazing... I never liked those but they'd be appropriate here.

You're missing one thing. On Taney - hook a big brown or rainbow in the fall in the tail or under the belly or back using 6x or 7x... you fight this fish to the net and chances are it's dead. Low DO- that's the difference. When hooking a fish in the mouth, you have much more control of the head of the fish and he has to fight harder, tiring quicker, making the fight shorter in most cases. If it's hooked back from the head, you don't have control and he can fight and fight till he's exhausted. Because of the low DO, he often times cannot be revivied. Low DO is the only reason I'd say if you foul hook a big fish, break him off or you may kill it.

It's a skin issue. I'm trying to get my IT and the guy who I purchased the skins from to get together and fix it. I bought them from a company in England... he'll be getting up here in a little bit- hopefully he'll get on it.

Did you read the report just posted by SKMO on the Table Rock Forum? Incredible report. No where will you find a report like this one and this isn't even the best time to fish for bass. Just wait till this spring... I hope this board lights up with info and reports on dozens of lakes and streams. That will be gratifying.

Look's good to me.

Well... this wasn't supposed to go in this direction. And we were just talking about sensoring the forum on another thread. Even if PKw were to have seen this in person, I don't think it would be appropriate to post it. There have been comments in the past about certain guides and issues with drift boats as well as power boats but never any names. This is personal and I'm unconfortable with the implications. I would think if we took every guide on the lake, post their name here and had everyone take pot shots at him (or her) there'd be shots from both sides. But that shouldn't happen here.

I was just explaining this topic to Marsha. I came up with a thought and she followed with an analogy. When someone makes a remark like, "I caught this fish on a secret fly" or gives a report like, "I caught a limit of crappie on Table Rock last week", it's not a reflection on the forum as much as a reflection on the poster. The forum is like a coffee shop with a bunch of old guys sitting eating donuts and drinking coffee in the morning. If one says something dumb, another doesn't get up and exclaim, "This stupid coffee shop!" Yea- this is a fat free, but not a fluff free forum... decaffinated!! Good Night!

am4m - take Rolan's advise. This is a great group of people and they'll help you with your fly fishing.

ibt, my best friend gets ticked at me for giving away fishing spots and reports that esp involve his fishing experiences. There's always going to be people out there that think this way. But that's the beauty of the internet- you have all kinds of people out there. There are those who only read and never sign up- that's ok! You look at the number of people view the forum and most of the time non-members out number the members. Yes- I do try things to try to get them to enter into the conversation. I think that's healthy. But no one is twisting an arm. I can't- not thru the screen I thought about the fishing report forum idea. I could setup a extra forum under each river, stream, tailwater and lake and label it "fishing reports only" and don't allow followup posts. But there are alot of people out there who ahve a hard time navigating the forum as it is. One thing I've noticed about alot of the fishing reports, esp on Taney, is that there isn't the details needed for others to learn by. Only pics and "I caught this last night on a wooly" report. The best reports are detailed- that's why I require DETAILED reports in exchange for lodging discounts here at the resort. Sometimes I reply and rib someone I know - "Details Man!" May be I can work on something.

I also do a call-in report on a local report number. I update it about once every 7-10 days. It's hard to change the report even after a week most of the time because conditions and fishing stay the same. I only have a minute to record the report so I cram as much info as I can. Sorry I don't have the number handy- it's at the top of the newspaper- The Independent.

One thing- I was looking over the forum and thought of something. The forum itself it pretty big. The index page is overwhelming, I know, but I'm not sure what to do about it. As a member, you can log in and hit the 'View New Posts" bar at the top of any page. This will bring up any new posts since your last visit. Then you only after to wade thru those post. Just pick out the fishing reports. Unrelated to this suggestion, a side note - out of 27 topics on the first page of Taneycomo, 11 are fishing reports.

I honestly don't know if it's my shop or not. I bought some flies from Bret early on- 2 years ago- wholesale- and carried them in my shop. I still have a few left. There's a scud-looking fly tied with ostrich herl I think he called the g-bug that Jeremy has tied and put in the bend. He hasn't restocked them in many months. I don't label my flies so there's no name on them. That's the only flies I carry that comes close- I think. If there's another fly- it's an accident cause I or Jeremy have never tried to copy Bret's flies on purpose. I started the topic cause someone brought it up in another topic- I restarted it to give it more clarity.