Phil Lilley

Where abouts in Kansas? We have a few flatlanders here.

The guy Bill descibes has been reported... MWP came down personally and took my statement. He was going over and talk to the party after leaving the resort. They are staying at a resort just downstream from us. Hopefully that won't happen again from these guys. Water running hard right now. Very mucky! That means it will be cleaner tomorrow.

This was taken I think in late May, early June. I found it on my camera just today. It looks like one of our pet troutcam trout.

Just talked to the MWP. They carried out a sting last night on the lake and caught at least one individual stealing a boat and then using the boat to steal more equipment on other docks. This has been a huge problem on Table Rock... glad to see they are making some headway.

I put the http:// there. All it had was www. When I hit the link I get a "can't be found" message.

Sorry- I was in a fog. Beaver Lake power pool is 1120 and it's now at 1113, 3 feet below power pool. Not sure what is 15 feet higher than normal.

That was Linc Hunt. Glad to meet you yesterday.

Hey KFF... I tried to fix your link but it didn't work. You forgot to put the http:// in it. Either edit the post or post again. Phil

I remember this guy smashing mellons on stage years ago. I even thought about going until the reviews came in. Here's one from a friend of ours and a leader in our community - We took in Gallagher on Saturday night having been told by their publicist that it was a "Family Show". Some of the humor was strictly adult oriented and I was ashamed I took my kids. We had some explaining to do to our 11 year old. Most of it went over the head of my 9 year old. He made repeated references to oral sex, how well endowed his on stage guest--a 13 year old teen--- would attract a 12 year old girl friend etc. Also pulled a long oscar myer weiner out of his pants---very crude. We ended up leaving. He also humiliated the boys he brought on stage calling them homosexual etc. I find it ironic that for the most part, his humor and world view is definitely conservative but NOT Christian. I think the folks in Branson should know this as he needs to tone it down. If it were not for the sexual jokes it would have been fine--every kid likes to smash things. He ruined it by allowing his adult show to creep into the family venue. Moe Bandy would definitely be ashamed if he knew what went on in the show.

It looked cool from the lake- seeing the band and crowd. Haven't seen the area from land yet. How was parking and getting out? Someone said at church yesterday they wish the designers didn't make the lakefront look like a back alley like they did. Was refering to the back of the retail shops. It is not that pretty from the water.

Lights- yes- but mine hardly ever work. They do right now at least since I've been running back to the resort from the lower lake bass fishing in the evening.

Not sure if you're refering to the tailwater or the lake but by the looks of the corp generation chart http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=375 they ran alittle water Sunday but not much. Beaver Lake's level is holding just over power pool. They haven't moved much the last week- up or down.

Yes I have- about 10 years ago for a week in September. What a beautiful place God created for us to enjoy!! And the fishing to boot.

We waited for 5 but saw everyone leaving. When did they say this?

Add that pearl/flash zebra thing... I can't remember the exact name.

When you came down the lake from Lookout, did you fish the bank? Middle? Shallow side? How deep do you think you were getting down? Last night was unique in that there was no fog. Most summer nights the fog is so thick you can get turned around on the lake in the dark and literally get lost. Plus if you're fishing the bank, it's difficult to know exactly where your fly- or lure- is landing unless there no splash... then you're in trouble. Thanks for the report.

To the concert I guess. Is that the one we got in the mail... free gift?

Well, we've seen people catching trout, and others not doing so well. But that's typical when it comes to fishing. But... the bait fishers are doing much better than the artificial fishers it seems. Power Bait ruled this week- Gulp and regular eggs, white, yellow, pink and orange. Keep switching colors and you'll get your 4 rainbows. It did seem people were taking advantage of the limits, at least out of our dock. I talked to MDC about checking the dock but they've been busy. Just a word to those who plan of staying here at the Landing... if you're fishing- off the dock or out in a boat- you're allowed 4 trout a day per person, 8 in your possession. If you keep 8 trout in 2 days, you are catch and releasing the rest of your stay unless you eat some of your creel. Killing more than your limit robs the next person of his opportunity to catch trout, especially off a dock where the fish pool is limited. If you don't like the rules, don't come. While I'm on the box, catching and releasing using bait. I assume since I've written about this many times and posted it in our rooms here at the resort that everyone knows- that's just not corrent it seems. If you're using bait you are going to lose alot of hooks so take a bunch. If a trout swallows the bait, don't use a hook retractor or forceps to dig it out. Don't touch the fish- just cut the line and let it fall back in the water. Don't handle a trout with your dry hands or dry rag. A dry rag is the worse thing you can use- you might as well hit it over the head and kill it now because it will die a slow death of desease. The mucas that comes off on your hands protect the trout from bacteria. Removed, it will develop mold on it's side and eventually die. Fishing... I've fished alot this week and it's been slow for me. I've fished the trophy area (you can read my other reports from the week prior) and have not seen the number and size of rainbows from Fall Creek to Lookout that I'm accustomed to seeing. Yesterday did impress me, catching 3 nice rainbows. I did locate a school of these trophies at the bottom end of the Narrows and there were others scattered along the bluff bank. I did not though look or fish the shallow side of this stretch so I may be wrong about the lack of trout in this area. Early and late there have been good midge hatches all over the lake. I've found that red #16 zebras are good at these times. Also some of the new zebras are working well- pearl and ugly. They ran water yesterday afternoon hard which pushed cold water all the way down to Branson so the fishing down there should be good. Even on the boat ride back from the show last night I could see midging trout in front of the boat as I moved up the lake around the bridges. Have any other questions- fire away. I'll do my best to answer them.

Nemo- welcome. Where are you from? Where do you fly fish presently?

We boated down to see the fountain tonight. We listened to the band- the echo was something else but nice sounding band. Not too loud on the water at least. The fountain went off about 10:45 pm. One song- Star Spangled Banner. On a scale to 1 to 10 I'd give it a 2. For all the hoopla and the millions of dollar spent on this thing - 'only one other of its kind and it's in Las Vegas' fire and water... IT WAS LAME! Waltzing Waters is 100x better. Nice boat ride though I'll give the benefit of the doubt. One of the guys who went with us said may be they are saving the best for... later? Keep you coming back? I sincerely hope there's more or the people of Branson are going to want their money back.

http://www.swl.usace.army.mil/planning/wrminflow.html#public Our newspaper says there's workshops scheduled- June 19, 6 pm, at the Pinkston Middle School Cafeteria at 1310 S College in Mtn Home, AR June 20, 6 pm, in the NW Ark Community College's Shewmaker Center at 1100 SE Eagle Way in Bentonville, Ar The Corp is seeking comments will July 18 on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the White River Minimum Flow Reallocation Study. This document can be seen here - http://www.swl.usace.army.mil/planning/dra...dy_may_2006.pdf

Went out today at 5 pm- back at 7 pm. Boated to the cable, running 2 units but dropping slowly the whole time we were up there. Threw jigs- all kinds and colors and caught 3 rainbows between the 3 of us. Extremely slow and not sure why. They should have been tearing it up with the water running but NOT!

Wind chop is like a light switch... it turns the fish on. I think it brings the trout up towards the surface because they feel more secure to do so- like cover. It breaks up the light coming thru the surface and gives flies a whole new look. Plus all the other things mentioned - all good.

We've talked about having both... each has it's advantages. MDC has some guys who are higher-ups in TU that have helped us here and it would be tough to give that up. FFF would help cause it would bring Arkansas flyfishers closer to the Missouri flyfishers, in my opinion. And I like FFF because of it's active fly tyers and fly casting instructor classes. We'll see. Thanks John.

Well got out this am late- both Coy and I slept in. Got out at 9 am and headed upstream past Fall Creek. Stopped just above the Red House- no wind alittle -midging but not much. Coy threw a jig, I tried a zebra, then a scud, then a stimulator- got one rainbow against the bluff bank. Wind picked up and so did the fishing. We drifted down the bluff bank with red #16 zebras under an indicator 12 inches and caught some nice rainbows just past the narrows on the gravel bank. They were close to the bank- saw some real big rainbows there. Came in at 11:45 am.