Phil Lilley

Nice fish.... very nice story. Thanks for sharing. Chuck is one of the finest angler in these parts.

If you walk through water almost anywhere below the dam, you could say you're "shuffling" cause you can't walk on gravel and not move bugs. But the term used as an adjective to mean someone kicking up bugs so that he can catch those fish attracted to your feet is what we call a "shuffler". The article and it's writer - I wouldn't jump to conclusions. I always give people the benefit of the doubt.

by John Neporadny, Jr. Selecting lures can be tough sometimes, but the decision becomes easier in the fall at Lake of the Ozarks if you pay attention to a bass' autumn diet. Since shad become a favorite meal for bass then, any lure that imitates this baitfish will produce for you. Crankbaits, spinnerbaits and jigs are three of the top fall lure choices for catching bass from this reservoir. If the wind is blowing, burn a spinnerbait along bluff ledges and main lake points. The size of spinnerbait depends on the type of cover you target. If you're concentrating on shallow cover, try a 1/4-ounce spinnerbait with a single number 5 or 6 chrome Colorado blade. When keying on main lake structure in windy conditions, switch to a 3/4- to 1-ounce spinnerbait with tandem willowleaf blades (numbers 5 and 7). Combine chrome and gold blades for clear water-cloudy day conditions, and select a copper-and-gold blade combination for dirty water situations. Favorite spinnerbait skirt colors of the local anglers are white and white-and-chartreuse. The single spin works best when burning the lure up to the cover then stopping it. Use a fast, steady retrieve on the larger model and you can also catch fish early on calm mornings by waking the blade bait across the surface. When the fishing gets tough and bass hold tight to cover, try the crankbait around any wood or brush piles you can find in the backs of shallow pockets or along shallow flats. Although the lure works best in wind, a crankbait also produces when the lake has a slick surface. A shad-pattern, shallow-running, Mann's 1-Minus or a Bagley's B-I in shad colors are good lures for the fall at Lake of the Ozarks. If the water is off-colored, switch to a black-and-chartreuse crankbait. Vary the speed of your crankbait retrieve, but always makes sure to bang the lure into cover. If the fish are really holding tight to the cover, burn the lure and bang it right into the cover Sometimes you might have to run the lure three or four times alongside a log to trigger a strike. When bass suspend under docks at the Lake of the Ozarks, swim a jig along the foam. This technique produces because you can drop the lure to spots in a dock well that are unreachable with other baits. While a jig is often used for sluggish bass in cold-front situations, the lure in this situation is used for active bass hiding in the shady areas of the docks. To detect the subtle strikes that usually occur when swimming a jig, use a heavier lure (1/2 to 3/4 ounces). A white jig with a white Gene Larew Salt Craw or a black-and-chartreuse model with a plastic chunk in the same colors work well for this tactic. Throughout the fall, a variety of lures will catch bass, but you can simplify your lure choices at the Lake of the Ozarks by trying a spinnerbait, crankbait or jig as a shad imitator. For information on lodging and other facilities at the Lake of the Ozarks or to receive a free 162-page vacation guide, call the Lake of the Ozarks Convention & Visitors Bureau at 1-800-FUN-LAKE or visit the Lake of the Ozarks Convention and Visitors Bureau web site at funlake.com.

John Berry The Southern Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers is holding its Fly Fishing Fair this week. The event will be held on October 4, 5 and 6. The activities on Thursday will take place at various locations in the area and most of the activities on Friday and Saturday will take place at the Fairgrounds from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. What is a Fly Fishing Fair? All of the old timers like me still refer to it as Conclave, which has always been an annual major gathering of the members of the Federation of Fly Fishers in the Southern Council. It regularly draws over a thousand fly fishers from Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. The idea is to open it up a bit to anyone that is interested in learning more about fly fishing. Toward this end the entry fees have been reduced. You can get a single day pass for just $5.00 or a family day pass for $10.00. Fees for admission for both days is $10.00 for an individual or $15.00 for a family. That is inexpensive entertainment for the family. Disabled veterans are free. For me, the big draw has always been the fly tiers. There are around one hundred fly tiers that will be tying on Friday and Saturday. Some of these tiers are true artists. I could sit and watch for hours. However once again I will be tying on Friday and Saturday myself as will my brother, Dan. My wife, Lori, isn’t as interested in the fly tying. She is usually outside at the casting pools either trying out the various new rods or helping new anglers learn to cast. A big attraction for many of the attendees are the commercial exhibits. There are several rod manufacturers with everything from hand crafted bamboo rods to the latest Sage graphite. There will be loads of fly tying materials, Dave and Emily Whitlock will have a booth featuring Dave’s artwork and books. Local artist and guide Duane Hada will also have one featuring his outdoor art. A new exhibitor is Cabela's. There are several local guides will be there. I will have a booth across from Sage. Stop by and let me tie you a fly. The featured speaker will be Dave and Emily Whitlock who will speak about fly fishing the Texas Hill Country at 6:00 PM on Friday evening in the main conference hall of the Ramada Inn. On Thursday night T. L. Lauerman, Sales Manager at Wapsi will speak on the introduction of the Bear Creek Bonneville Cutthroat Trout in the Norfork River at 7:00 PM in the main conference Hall at the Ramada Inn. There are currently 58 seminars scheduled for the Fly Fishing Fair. Several are to be held offsite on Thursday. Duane Hada will have a class on Plein Air painting. There are several fishing seminars to be held on the water that day. One that comes to mind is my wife, Lori Sloas’s class Seven Simple Steps to Help You Catch Fish. There is a fee for these and the other classes held that day .On Friday and Saturday there will be classes held at the Fairground that cover a variety of fishing and other related subjects. I will teach one on Nymph Fishing on Saturday at 4:00 PM and Lori has one at 9:00 AM on Friday and Saturday. There are also several classes for the non fisher including a great Dutch Oven Cooking Class led by Dennis Slane. There is a welcome dinner on Friday night at the Ramada Inn sponsored by my old fishing club, The Mid South Fly Fishers of Memphis Tennessee. There is a free pizza dinner along with an auction at the Ramada Inn on Friday at 6:00 PM and an awards banquet at the same place at 6:00 PM. Don’t forget the Youth Conclave or the casting games. As you can see there is something for everyone. I hope to see you there.

I think the pressure is on Atlanta. They haven't been in a playoff game in a while, St Louis has nothing to prove - by all rights, they haven't played well enough to be there (new format only puts them there). Atlanta I would think may choke and not hit well. We'll see. I think they'll beat Atlanta 4-2 and then get by the Nationals in 4 or 5. Again, inexperience will hurt Washington. Cincinnati... not sure. I St Louis they have a good chance there too.

Fair enough. I thought that's what he meant.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/AV8kzzDNQ-U" frameborder="0" width="500" height="281"> Generation patterns on Lake Taneycomo have stayed the same for months. Most days the water is off for most or all day, but some days it's running a half unit to one full unit all day until midnight. Which days that will happen is just a guess, so it's best to check the SPA online schedule before heading to the lake. Our trees are starting to turn a bit on the big bluffs along the lake. It looks like we're going to have a pretty autumn season. Leaves in the water means trout are looking for bugs around them. You'll see schools of rainbows midging the surface along the lines of leaves that form as the breeze picks up during the day. We used either a spin or fly rod and throw a zebra midge or a micro jig under a float anywhere from 12 to 36 inches deep. This pattern will continue through November. I got out and fished with my grandson, Jeriah, yesterday. We used night crawlers, injecting them with air and floating them off the bottom, with four-pound line and #8 hooks. I anchored the boat in three feet of water right in front of the mouth of Short Creek and tossed our bait out no more than 25 feet ("Snoopy" rods -- Jeriah's actually features Mater from Cars -- can't cast very well). Jeriah caught eight rainbows and one brown trout in a short amount of time. I didn't realize he wanted to keep and "eat" his fish, so we threw back the first few before I caught what he was saying. Our guides report doing very well using the jig-and-float method using micro or marabou jigs or a trout magnet. There's been a few days when the wind has really kicked up and created a good chop on the water for just this type of fishing. The best micro jig colors have been olive, olive with orange head, gray with chrome head, ginger and black. Marabou colors that have produced are brown with orange head, sculpin or olive. With Trout Magnets, the favorite colors have been pink, sassie or bison. Berkley Powerbait Gulp eggs have been good, too, using white and orange or white and pink. Fly fishing below the dam has been fair. We have seen a few small browns moving up but mainly males. I fished less than an hour this morning and was surprised to see a lot of male rainbows sparring in the Rebar chute. I caught a few on a #18 rusty midge and a #12 mink scud. Didn't see any trout longer than 20 inches, though.

JoeD - I'm not sure what you just said.

What about geocaching? I don't do it... not sure if it's still popular.

Not chasing anything- not even feeding. I've heard may be it's females loosening their eggs but I've seen males jump too. May be it's a spawning thing...

If you post more stuff on your blog, I'd love to post something on the main site. Wonderful pictures. Yea I'm jealous!

I need a lesson, Ken. I'd be the first to admit I have a lot to learn.

I've seen some in the woods close to the dam but have no idea what's good and what's not. Good info- thanks.

First post and it was a great fishing report! Thanks very much!

I think what Brian means, and Rick would agree, that hooking a big fish on light tippet (7x - 8x) in the fall when the DO (dissolved oxygen) is low and fighting it could be its death sentence. It's like boxing at 15,000 feet for us... not enough o2 to recover from the fight. There's a balance. Tiny hook size.... use at your own risk. The worse you can do is lose the fish--hook pull out.

Here a link to their flyer - http://www.ozarkangl...House_Flyer.pdf

http://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/recreation/outdoors/taneycomo-draws-thousands-of-fly-fishermen/article_b2a5d94a-7414-54d3-ad35-5d34442420fe.html Here's an article by one of the AGLOW writers from last week. He fished with Bret Rader and used his flies.

Small browns (under 20 inches) doing the belly flop down close to the MDC boat ramp.

On Taneycomo - no. Just a little color in the sycamores. It usually doesn't peak till mid October but each year is different.

Saw browns doing the belly flop 2 evenings ago above the MDC boat ramp. Not big ones though. That's all I know. Should be soon.

How did you know the deer's name was Randy? Sorry about the theft... bad stuff. Green flies... jigs? I can't remember what I gave you.

I can create a political forum if that's what members want. I have no problem with it. Moderating it is another issue though. Honestly don't have the emotional energy for it especially right now. I do good checking what's being posted now. My dad is sick. Liver disease and cancer. Natural prognosis isn't good. Doctors have done all they can. He's at home (lives just down the street). We have always and still are putting our trust in God for his healing. I don't like excuses... nor do I like airing this on the forum although we have kept friends up on dad's condition on facebook. We don't want pity... plenty of people go through sickness like this--there's no escaping it. We've all learned and grown through this experience and life will go on regardless of what the outcome will be. Bottom line we're all in this life together, for better or worse, liberal, independent or conservative. Ideas for moderating a political forum?

by Darin Schildknecht The trout fishing has been great this week despite the change in weather. Table Rock is holding steady at around 908.00 feet above sea level. The Southwestern Power Administration has kept the generators off most mornings until about one or two o’clock in the afternoon. Days like this usually give everyone a chance to do the type of fishing they like to do. In the morning when the water is off the wade fishermen have their time and in the afternoon the fishermen who like the generators running have their time. Up in the trophy area, when the generators are off, the wading has been good. Fishing #16 to #18 Rusty, Primrose & Pearl, or Ruby Red Midge has been great. Fish these under a Palsa stick on indicator about eighteen to twenty inches deep. Miracle Flies in yellow or peach have also been good. These both can be fished on 5x Fluoroflex tippet also under a Palsa, but on the bottom, not suspended. Down below Fall Creek fishing has been good when the water is running. There are a couple of things that are working down here. Powerbait or Gulp in white plus a color, for example, white and pink on a hook at the same time. Fish this on a drift rig on the bottom. Air injected worms fished the same way are also catching fish. Trout Magnets in Pink, Cotton Candy, Sassy, or Salmon Fix either under a float of without a float is good also.

I guess I'm a softy when it comes to hard-and-fast rules. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt and I have been proven wrong on more than one occasion is regards to letting topics like this continue. Most of us know we aren't going to change minds here but may be we can do our best to inform without bias and at least the last few political topics have done just that. I understand why you're confused... I draw a line and then allow it to be crossed. Not defending myself, just trying to explain my actions, which I'm having a hard time doing it seems. Man, it sure is a beautiful day!!

Wow - a piece of OAF history. I forgot I posted that almost 7 years ago. Al has become an intricate voice of this forum. He's very much appreciated.