Phil Lilley

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Duane called me Sunday morning. He said they killed a bear in camp on Friday night. On Thursday night, Duane was woken at 2 am by a crashing noise. A bear had taken the back door of the dining hall off its hinges and was in the storage area helping himself to goodies inside. Duane said he entered the front door and grabbed the shotgun on the rack. Unfortunately, the shells were, yes, in the storage room. He bluffed the bear back out the door and went for the shells. The bear decided to leave so no shots were fired. Friday night is Eddies night - everyone at camp heads to town for dinner. Not long after they ordered their food, Jim's cell phone rang. Rob, their neighbor, had gone down to camp to check his cabins when he saw a bear at the back door of the dining hall, door on the ground. Jim, Duane, John and Mona headed back to camp. Rob also called another neighbor, Allen, who is a federal park ranger. With both Allen and Rob armed, they put one bullet in the bear, only wounding it. It ran to the west behind the dining all into a low, bushy area. When Jim and company arrived, they spread out, with firearms and surrounded the bear. Finally it made a break for it and was shot, killed. Duane said it took them till 2 am to skin the bear. It was over 800 pounds. They took the head, skin and feet to Fish & Game and filled out a report. He found out that their bear was the 8th nuisance bear killed this summer in the area.

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We posted this on the Taneycomo Forum but I thought some of you Table Rock guys might be interested in helping out... you do know how to fish for trout, right??!? Here's the schedule: Sept. 19th - Saturday: 6:30a - Eat Breakfast 7:30a - Head out to Lake T. to fish 11:30a - Return to Lodge to have lunch 12:30p - Head out to Lake T. to fish 4:30p - Return to Lodge 6:00p - Come to pavillion for dinner 8:00p - Leave for Hits of the 60's Show 20th - Sunday: 6:30a - Eat Breakfast 7:30a - Head out to Lake T. to fish 11:30a - Return to Lodge to have lunch 12:30p - Head out to Lake T. to fish 4:30p - Return to Lodge & have awards for day 6:00p - Meet at pavillion for dinner 7:00p - Awards presentation 7:30p - Fly Tying (location TBD) We need guides for both Saturday and Sunday. You don't have to be a official guide, just a fisherman with a boat to take one soldier fishing. Rods will be provided. Now, these guys would like to fly fish BUT just catching fish will be a plus so... bait is allowed! I'd like to get enough guides to take one soldier in each boat - that's 10 guides each day. So if you can only do one day, that'd be great. These are soldiers that have been injured/disabled in war. It's a real honor to do this. Let me know so I can put you down! Thanks, Phil

August 2009 Newsletter from the Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery Conservation Center CONTENTS [1] Scouting for Badges, August 14th [2] Walk & Talk: Henning Conservation Area, August 15th [3] Fly Tying with Jeremy Hunt, August [No Class August 8th] [4] Hunter Education Class, September 21, 22, & 24 @ Dewey Short VC [5] Dewey Short Visitor Center is closed for Renovations for remainder of August. [6] Ask a Naturalist “What kind of spiders are making the huge webs in the trees along the highway?” Special Note about programs at the Fish Hatchery: Unless specified for scouts, all programs are intended for families. Scouts may come as a family, but they must make their own individual reservations. We do not take multiple family reservations. Each family must make their own reservation by phone. Multiple families may make a single reservation for scout programs. Reservations are taken by phone and not by email. 1. SCOUTING FOR BADGES Friday, August 14th 10am - Noon SCOUTS The Hatchery will have a 2-hour scout event where cub scouts and girl scouts can complete several requirements for their badges. Stations and a hike will be available for scouts such as bear cubs, webelos, brownies, and junior girl scouts to earn at least one badge and in some cases requirements for other badges. Come to the front desk of the Visitor Center to find out how your scouts can take part in this fun event. Reservations are required. Call (417) 334-4865 ext 0 for reservations and more details. 2. HENNING WALK & TALK Saturday, August 15th 10-11:30am - FAMILIES The Shepherd of the Hills Hatchery is kicking off a new program series called “Walk & Talk”. On the 3rd Saturday of each month, staff and volunteers will take you on a different hike in the greater Branson area. Our first hike will be the Dewey Bald Trail at the Ruth & Paul Henning Conservation Area. The Henning Area is located on Hwy 76 just west of the Butterfly Palace. The 0.6 mile hike will be on a paved trail with slight inclines. In addition to learning about the plants and animals of the area, we have a very good chance of meeting up with a Baldknobber to learn the ‘real’ history of the area. This program does require reservations and space is limited. Call (417) 334-4865 ext 0 for reservations and directions where to meet. 3. FLY TYING AT THE HATCHERY Saturday, August 22nd 2-4pm – ALL AGES Join Jeremy Hunt, local fishing guide to learn more about the art and fun of tying flies. This session will focus on streamers that can be used on Taneycomo. This class is designed for both the beginner as well as the experienced fly tier. If you have a fly tying vice bring it, if not, you can share one at the class. There will NOT be a class on August 8th due to scheduling conflicts. 4. Hunter Education Class will be held at the Dewey Short Visitor Center September 21, 22, & 23 (must attend all three nights to get certification) 6:00 pm to 9:30pm (Monday & Tuesday) and 6:00 to 8:00pm (Thursday) Ages 11 and up Here is your chance to take the 10-hour MDC certified Hunter Education Class for free. This class is required for anyone born after January 1, 1967 who would like to buy a hunting permit. This class covers a variety of topics including: hunter ethics, how to handle firearms safely, types of firearms and archery gear used for hunting, knowing your game, knowing the outdoor conditions, hunting preparedness, and much more. A short exam must be passed to be certified. Reservations are required by calling (417) 334-4865 ext 0. 5. Dewey Short Visitor Center closed for renovations. The US Army Corps of Engineers has closed the Dewey Short Visitor Center for the remainder of August for renovations. The grounds and trails around the visitor center will remain open. The difficulty with this closure is that renewing COE permits will be difficult until their alternate office is open. Currently you can get more information about renewing permits and shoreline management online at: '>http://www.swl.usace.army.mil/parks/tabler...e.htm If you need to reserve a campsite at one of the COE areas go to Recreation.gov at '>http://www.recreation.gov/ We will keep you informed if the Dewey Short Visitor Center reopens before the end of August. 6. Ask a Naturalist: What kind of spiders are making the huge webs in the trees along the highway? Mandy in Hollister asks, "I have noticed as we drive that there are more and more large webs in the trees. What kind of spiders are making the huge webs in the trees along the highway?: I found a huge wasp flying around my yard. It was over 2 inches long and was black with yellow stripes. Is this some kind of monster wasp and do I have anything to worry about?" Mandy, believe it or not, those webs are not being made by spiders. They are actually being made by caterpillars. The webs we see in the Spring and Summer are being made by Tent Caterpillars and the webs we see in the Fall are being made by Fall Webworms. These caterpillars will eventually turn into rather ordinary moths. What these caterpillars are doing is actually an effective way to feed on the tree leaves without being eaten by predators like birds. There may be several dozen caterpillars who work together to spin a dense web around the leaves they want to eat. As they eat all the leaves in their ‘tent’ they spin more webbing around more leaves and feed with little disruption. These webbed ‘tents’ can look unsightly at time and several can be in one tree. A healthy tree will survive this caterpillar attack, but trees already weak from disease or ice storms may die. One saving grace is that there is one local bird that finds these caterpillars quite tasty. The Yellow-billed Cuckoo (yes we have cuckoos in Missouri) has a strong curved beak which it uses to tear open the webbing. This exposes the caterpillars to being eaten quite easily. You too can pull these ‘tents’ open and pull out the caterpillars. If you pull them out and toss them to the ground, you will find that other birds will show up to have a free meal. You can also put a few of these fuzzy caterpillars on a hook and catch all kinds of sunfish. If you have a question that you would like to have a Naturalist answer, send your question to John.Miller@mdc.mo.gov . We will then answer your question in a future newsletter. Hope everyone is enjoying the last half of summer. Cheers! John Miller Naturalist Program Supervisor Shepherd of the Hills Conservation Center 483 Hatchery Road Branson MO 65616 (417) 334 4865 ext 0 John.Miller@mdc.mo.gov

There are 10 soldiers participating in next month's event here on Lake Taneycomo. We're putting together a fly box for each soldier with trout flies. Not asking for many from each person... it's not going to take much... but if you can, send me 10 or 20 or 30 trout flies - you've tied or not. Be sure to give me your name and at least city so each soldier will know who has donated the flies. Send them to: 367 River Ln Branson, MO 65616 attn: Healing Waters Thanks!

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I tried to find one Dance falling in the water off a boat but couldn't - this will do.

Didn't get out till 2 pm and loaded up at 6. Headed down toward Mincy first and trolled the flats then the channel side using jigs and a hot-n-tot. Had a few bumps plus a big blue gill. There was some surface action but they didn't come up for more than 10 seconds. Headed back up to Snap and trolled around. One stick up and caught 3 crappie, 2 keepers. Blue gill were coming up and ripping little minnows on the surface- kinda cute. Headed back toward the ramp and saw 3 bunches of whites on the surface. They stayed up long enough for me to get 2 out of each school on a white 1/8th oz jig. They were about a pound. Little wind, 85 degrees and hazy to cloudy. Great evening to be on the water - but had to come in. I think it was just getting started.

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Reel Aid 2009 is a concert benefitting Reel Recovery, Casting for Recovery and Project Healing Waters. It is to be held on Friday August 7, 2009 at Minglewood Hall in Memphis, Tennessee. The doors open at 5:00 PM and the concert begins at 6:00 PM. It is scheduled to continue until 11:00 PM. Tickets are $15.00 in advance or $18.00 at the door. You can obtain your tickets at http://www.minglewoodhall.com . The organizations that the concert benefit all use fly fishing to heal the body and the soul. I am much more familiar with two of them, Casting for Recovery and Project Healing Waters. Casting for Recovery is an organization dedicated to rehabilitating breast cancer survivors by introducing them to fly fishing. My wife, Lori, and I have been volunteer guides for their annual outing at the Bull Shoals Catch and Release area. We have seen first hand how it can have a positive impact on these ladies lives. As a Viet Nam veteran, the program that touches me deeply is Project Healing Waters. This is designed to rehabilitate soldiers that have been injured in Afghanistan and Iraq. I was never wounded but I spent two months in Camp Zama Army Hospital in Japan recuperating from a bout of hepatitis, so I have a lot of empathy for these guys. My brother, Dan, has spent a lot of time teaching them to cast a fly rod and tie flies. I spent several days with them last year guiding them on the White River and Dry Run Creek. I have seen first hand how much this program means to them. I have no direct contact with Reel Recovery, a project that uses fly fishing to rehabilitate male cancer survivors. I do know guys that have participated in the program and others that assisted in it either from fund raising or actually assisting participants in the program. Every one of them felt like they gained a lot from it. The goal of Reel Aid is to raise money to help people in the Mid-South attend Reel Recovery, Casting for Recovery & Project Healing Waters' fly fishing retreats for cancer patients and rehabilitating military. This means that the proceeds of this concert will directly benefit people in this area. My former home town, Memphis, is a hot bed of music. After all, this is where Elvis got started. They have lined up a stellar list of local bands to provide the entertainment. The bands are Inner 61, the Dirt Brothers, The Jeff Scheetz Band and Gabby Johnson. Inner 61 is a combination of powerful vocals, great bass, dual guitars and powerful drums. Their first album, Nothing Personal, has garnered critical acclaim and the band toured the United States from Key West to Los Angeles to support it. Their new single, This Time, is getting some play time and promises things to come. They are working on a new album and preparing to hit the road again. Catch them at this concert. The Dirt Brothers are a cross between southern rock and country. They are a high energy southern country band that must be seen and heard to be believed. Their CD, Rocking ur Country has been well received and is like attending a live show. They consider themselves a bunch of country rebels with a heart of Rock and Roll. The Jeff Scheetz consists of Jeff Scheetz, Matt Waddill and Kent Burnham. Jeff Scheetz is a guitarist and song writer. He is known internationally for his many instrumental CDs. Mat Waddill is the lead vocalist, bass player and co writer for the band. Kent Burnham is the talented drummer. Together the have a bluesy rock sound with a bit of funk that is not to be missed. Gabby Johnson is a band made up of four long time friends that have been playing rock music for over ten years. They have put out four CDs, Walking Out, 129, Been So Long and Life. They have quite a following and have toured extensively. In addition to music there will be a raffle and silent auction. There is a wide variety of quality merchandise available. There is a Winston nine foot four weight Boron rod and a Ross limited edition pink “Reel in a Cure” fly fishing outfit. There are two sporting prints donated by the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation and signed by former governor, Mike Huckabee. If you are interested in a guided fishing trip there are several that have been donated by local guides. I also noticed several other fly rods, a vest and a fly line. If you are not interested in fishing tackle, there is some hand made jewelry and pottery and other items too numerous to mention here. If you want to look at the complete list or just get some additional information on the concert, go to http://www.reelaid.com . I am also going to be involved. They asked me to emcee the concert. I have no experience at it but I believe in the project and want to do something to help. This whole thing was put together by Robin Lambert with a bunch of assistance from her husband Barry and a solid cadre of volunteers. Kudos are well deserved for Robin and Barry. If you want to see a great concert and help some worthy fly fishing organizations in this area please check out Reel Aid 2009. I will be there. Stop by and say hello! John Berry (870) 435-2169 berrybrothers@infodash.com http://berrybrothersguides.com

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I've had a mac for almost a year, using safari, and never had this experience. It worked fine "out of the box". It's got to be a setting in your browser. As for the lake cam, I use a windows based program to encode the video so only explorer see it. I am looking into using something else for other browsers.

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On July 17, Kansas angler Joe Atchison reeled in what may be a world-record king salmon. Though we'll never know for sure because this brute was released back into Alaska's Kenai River to fight another day. Atchison was guided to the beast by veteran salmon hunter John Whitlatch, who estimates that the fish weighed between 85 and 92 pounds. That weight is based on a measurement of one of the more slender parts of the salmon's girth (it was kicking too much to get it around the thickest part), so 91 pounds is a bare minimum. Whitlatch claims this was a very fresh fish, about seven miles up the river from the salt and still heading higher to spawn, so by not killing it, there is no telling how much giant genetic material was left in the river. The world-record king weighed 97 pounds and was also taken in the Kenai back in 1985. Visit out Field Notes blog for more coverage, and keep clicking to see more shots of this monster salmon.

Gotcha covered. Just copy and paste the embed code. There's a drop down menu below that says "HTML off"; change that to HTML on - Auto Linebreak Mode and it will show up like this. BTY - we picked the perfect weeks to go to camp. They've had 5 days of the last 2 weeks with 60-70 mph winds straight - ALL day and night out of the east. Can't take boats out... can't fly. Stay in cabin and play cards!!

I think I'll go Tuesday. See what all the "fuss" is about

You didn't mention it just had all the seats reupholstered and new carpet and the body was touched up to perfection. It is just like a new boat.

How about on line shows... I'm wanting to do something on line. Just getting ideas. Thanks.

I'm watching North to Alaska. Scenery good of course but all you're watching is someone catch fish. "Look I caught another fish!" Talk about where you're fishing... why you're fishing there... what's going on with the run... how you're fishing and why... be more creative with the camera.

I don't watch alot of TV... but I've seen my share of fishing shows over the years and there are few I'd consider good. Camera angles... effects... I like education. I love education. If you're educating your viewer, all you're doing is bragging. Any ideas?

1ST_Annual_Guns_and_Hoses_Fishing_Tournament_Flyer.pdf This is a pdf file of the tournament flyer with entry form. Here's the rules: Tournament Start Time: 8 a.m. We will send each team out in the order that the team registered for the tournament. Flights will be used with 25 boats per flight on 10-minute intervals. Tournament Weigh-in: Beginning at 4 p.m. Each person weighs in four trout, meaning eight trout per team. Flights will be required to return at their allotted time. If you leave at 8:10 a.m., in the second flight, you will be due back at 4:10 p.m. Other: Boats will be limited to two anglers on one team. No more than two people to one boat. Dock fishing will not be allowed, but you may, of course, leave your boat for a restroom or lunch breaks. Trailering of your boat before weigh-in is prohibited. Absolutely no wading is allowed. All Teams: Will be required to DECLARE where they will fish, either above or below Fall Creek. Those declaring above Fall Creek in the trophy area will not be allowed to weigh in any rainbows “in the slot” – between 12 and 20 inches. Those declaring below Fall Creek are not to FISH above the mouth of Fall Creek at any time during the tournament. No bait restrictions except in the trophy area - follow MDC rules.