Phil Lilley

Had to get back out and fish the evening... hoping water would be off but they kicked on a unit about 6 I think. Got up to Lookout and the water had time to clear. Lots of crud on the surface all the way up. Typical this time of year for the algae to accumulate as the water warms when not generating. Babler reported surface temp was 63 today at noon. White jigs. One unit, sun dropped behind the trees and no fog. What could be better. Curtis's son Craig is here for a couple of days so he tagged along. He's never caught a brown and that was on his list. White was the best color to get his brown and he did catch it down by the narrows. Caught alot of rainbows on the drift- fished the bluff bank of course. This morning they liked it hopped sharply when worked and tonight was nothing different. Missed a bunch too. All these rainbows are fat and colorful. I had 2 pushing 19 inches and ever bit of 3 lbs. Craig had one that the colors popped (pic). I hooked a nice brown but he spit the jig back in my face. It was a crazy hour of fishing- similar to some of the other reports from the weekend. Great fishing!

Had a trip this am. Headed to the trophy area where Bill had already taken up camp - 7:55 am. I'll let him do his won report. The sun was already on the water except of some shade against the bank. No wind- very slick. Could see everything- lots of fish- both suckers and trout- but lots of trout. They were picky. Tried zebras and micros- nothing. At 9 am we headed down for night crawler country. But they were tough too. Not good. Had one nice rainbow in the well and they wanted to take home a few for supper. Called Bill and he said they had picked up above so threw back the rainbow and headed up again. We tried and tried to get them to take a fly- a jig. Nothing. It shut down for Bill too. But I could catch 'em on a jig thrown straight- no float. Sight fished for them- casted to a school and they'd fight over it. They wanted something moving- that was clear. So I taught my clients how to work a jig. They did good! Ended up with 7 < 12 inches for cleaning and threw back some REAL nice rainbows. These fish are full of fight, big and fat. Curtis reported someone bringing in a 23 inch rainbow this am caught in the trophy area. Weighed and released at the dock.

Babler said fishing this am was very good. He started with olive micros below Andy's and ended with red zebras after the sun hit the water. Water off.... haven't reported that in a lot of months. The wind blew some today which made fishing better. When it's flat, it's tough. I saw this played out this evening. I boated to Andy's alittle after 6 pm. The sun was still bright but rainbows were midging pretty hard. Where I was sitting in the middle of the lake, the water was chopped on the bluff side but not on the shallow side. The wind was blowing around the corner at Lookout and only hitting the bluff. Trout were nudging the surface quietly in the shallows but slashing the surface on the chop side- very aggressive. Bigger fish too. Saw some minnows- yes minnows schooling close to the surface and the bigger trout were going after them - again - in the channel where the chop was. I've NEVER seen this before. Yes I stripped a cone-head leech a bit and had one take but as soon as I tied it on, the wind stopped and the bite did too. Caught rainbows on a #14 grey scud- best- working it in 3-4 feet of water and on the flats in 1-2 feet. Best was at the end of the day at the Narrows but on the flat in shallow water. They were REALLY active up on the flat. I pumped the stomach of the rainbow in the pic- several sow bugs and a scud- no midges that I could see. I always fish a scud with no weight in shallow water, using one-and-a-half times leader under the float than the depth. If I was fishing 2 feet of water, I'd use 3.5 feet under the float. They were hitting it on the fall.

Schedule says no water again tomorrow.

No way to predict. This was a surprise.

Booked the 2 bedroom lakefront- now we have #6 open for tonight and tomorrow night. $69 per night.

None scheduled all day, according to the SWPA site.

Let's get together for a cleanup day! At the dam. On the lake. 10 am meet for cleanup noon meet to eat. Pot luck style - at the shelter. Lilleys' will provide a boat or two if needed. Who's in?

Went out this morning for a short run. Threw sculpin 1/8th oz jig along the bluff bank below Lookout - caught a couple. Tried our new "thingamabob's" not sure of the spelling- fished a 1/32 on brown jig with a orange head under it 8 feet deep (they were running 2 units) and caught 3 rainbows. The TAMB's worked good- I liked them. Stripped a big crackle back under some trees and didn't get a rise. Went back out this pm about 3. Went to the cable- me and Jimmy and his friend Cody. 4 units running and high sun. Drifted a pink egg fly on the bottom with a scud- caught 3 rainbows on the first pass on the egg. Second pass caught a couple more plus 2 nice rainbows on a sculpin 1/8th oz jig thrown in the slack water across from KOA. Drifted on down and caught 2 rainbows across from Lookout Island. Worked the bluff bank and then the middle of the lake with the jigs- nothing. Got down below Fall Creek and pulled out the night crawlers. Haven't fished one of those in a long time. Jimmy hooked 6 rainbows before getting to the resort. Cody caught 3. I blanked. Drift fishing from FC down with either crawlers or gulp has really been good. The biggest rainbow came on a crawler - about 17 inches.

I just got a quote from our local print shop on some OA decals- you know, the ones you see in car windows. It's for your motors- so you can identify fellow OA members. 9 inches round They quoted me about a dollar each "plus shipping". That told me they're farming them out. Best to find the real print shop and have them done there. Anyone do that here?

We have a 2 bedroom lake front unit open for Friday (tonight) -Saturday- Sunday if anyone can get away. Will take 2 of 3 nights. Unit #19 http://lilleyslanding.com

Alittle more info would be helpful. Where are you staying or what part of the lake are you fishing? Your experience? There is alot of info already on the forum- reports on Table Rock. Things don't change real fast... reports a week old still should be pretty accurate. I'm sure some of the guys will add some info for you. But for the help, we expect a good fishing report- bad or good- after your trip.

Most of the objective is to get all the line in the air - no dragging. Then it's timing. Not all that hard. But you don't have to follow his movements exactly. You can do the same in half the moves- or different moves. Make up your own moves- just as long as you get the line in the air and in position to make the last roll cast.

Thanks for the report and pic. Looks like you and your dad had a memorable trip.

Where are you from in SE Kansas?

Super- it's a nice place to "stick around".

General Membership Meeting History of Mill Creek - May 28, 2009 Queeney Park Rec Center St Louis “The History of Mill Creek" will be presented at our next club meeting on May 28th by Dr. George Bohigian. He will speak on the directions to "secret" fishing spots, best lures and techniques to fish on Mill Creek. In addition, he will highlight the original settlers, hydrology, entomology and the original stocking of the wild McCloud Rainbow trout. The surrounding natural wonders, the creation of the BCA (Bohigian Conservation Area) and the contributions and present activities of the Ozark Fly Fishers and future plans for Mill Creek will be discussed. http://www.ozarkflyfishers.org/ Someone needs to tell their webmaster to TURN OFF THE BUBBLES!!!!!

I know. There's an unknown number of posts that were evidently lost when ozarkanglers was moved from one server to another. Same with some attachments (images). Unfortunately, there's nothing I or Jim can do about it. Hopefully the damage is minimal.

In my experience in speaking with people about this, I find most are appreciative. Some are bothered. Some are definant. I don't care- I'll say something if I see it 80% of the time. Depends how sure I am about the violation.

This is just a reminder that if you are interested in helping out with the Kids Fishing Derby on June 13th please let Mike Tipton know as soon as possible. The good news is that this year NAFF doesn’t have to cook!! We need “fishin’ marshals” to be down on the river to measure the catch as the kids bring them in and some other details that the crew will come up with. It’s a lot of fun. The “Derby” takes place at Quarry Park across Hwy 177 from the Norfork National Fish Hatchery below Norfork Dam. The time will be from about 8:00 a.m. when registration starts until the last prize is handed out around 1:00 or 1:30. The fishing actually takes place from 9:00 till 11:00. Once the activities are over then you can head out to do a little fishing on your own. The dam is normally shut down for this event so you should be in luck for good wading!! Pat Smith Membership Director North Arkansas Fly Fishers PO Box 1213 Mountain Home, AR 72654-1213 (870) 425-1755 membership@northarkansasflyfisher.org

This is a great event!! For those who live in the Branson area or those who may be visiting::: Saturday, June 6 10 am to 2 pm is the event. Shepherd of the Hills Hatchery - the sink-hole pond to the east of the hatchery grounds. They've fixed the leak! Fishing for pan fish and catfish will be available for kids. Stations will be setup for kids and adults to tour and learn more about the outdoors and specifically fishing. We'll need adults to help kids catch fish! What could be more fun!! Reply to this thread if you can help and we'll put you down. Thanks!

Well- it's in the post but I guess the site has gone away since 2006.

Lots of fishing to clean.... fun stuff! Thanks for the report!!!

$225

It would make me REAL nervous to have a client carrying a gun in the bush in AK. If I were making the rules, clients wouldn't carry them in my camp.