Phil Lilley

Water is off again this am.

One other thing- the video on my report shows a ton of dimpling and lots of midges in the air. That's the main reason I posted it, to show the activity.

Forgot to mention- my finder said the water temp was 54 Yesterday. That's 8-10 degrees cooler than just a few days ago. No reason to think it was incorrect but it doesn't make much sense. It shouldn't be cooling down that fast. But I'll take it all the same.

DD= didn't see you on the lake. Sounds like we should have crossed paths. The trout where we were just wouldn't look at hardly anything we were throwing. I did not try a crackleback though. Thought about it. There are tons of light sow bug and scuds all over the place on the flats below Lookout. The trout were rummaging around in the gravel close to the bank- some with their backs out of the water. I usually can fool them then they're feeding like that but they had he baffled tonight.

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Tom J, Linc and myself boated to the dam yesterday about 3 pm and drifted jigs. 1/8th oz sculpin was the best. White didn't work. All rainbows- some small and some medium (14-15 inch). Hitting light- hard to feel the strike. Missed a bunch. Drifted to the boat ramp a few times and then on down thru the flats. Today no generation. I'm going out with Linc to wade the shallow side of the lake below Lookout here in a little bit. Will report back.

Good one, slusaluki with 222 posts.

Just so happens I'm working on a map right now. Should be ready in a couple of days. Not sure if you looked at the Elevenpoint section on OA. It speaks of flies. Plus there are some great threads you should check out on the elevenpoint forum.

It's really best to wait till closer to the time to know what to bring or what you'll be looking at as far as conditions. That will dictate how you'll fish and with what. Chances are the water will be down by then and you'll enjoy wading below the dam.

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Thanks Eric.

Wow- did they ask Missouri???

Nothing yet this am. Passed o| several does yesterday. I think vince just shot... Black berrt shortcut- space bar scrolls dwn and shitf/space srolls up.

Vince got a big doe, I got a little doe. More tomorrow.

Am sitting in my stand overlooking field. Just shot a doe. Seen 2 bucks and 5 does so far. Do you know how it takes to sroll down to hunting on a blackberry!? Man!

Taneycomo isn't a Corp lake so our dock would not be affected. Even if it was, I would think the dock owner would have the right to NOT have this enforced around his dock- or am I wrong?

I just realized I didn't copy over my current river maps from the old site. They're grainy- I'll have to redo them this winter. Check out the home site of OA and click on Current River.

There's tons of it along Lake Taneycomo.

I heard bobcats are bringing $100 on the market. Coyotes are pretty high too. Might be worth it to buy a small game and fur bearing permit before hitting the woods this year.

PSU students win national award for CAFO film November 13, 2008 11:56 pm - By Greg Grisolano ggrisolano@joplinglobe.com PITTSBURG, Kan. - Tyler Swezey has fond memories of Roaring River State Park. "I've been going to Roaring River since I was a little kid," said Swezey, 21, of Drexel, Mo. "I've spent a lot of the best times of my life there, just fishing and hanging out with friends and family." Swezey, a senior in communications at Pittsburg State University, said those memories inspired him and a friend, Anthony Monteleone, 22, when it came to crafting a documentary film for one of their broadcasting classes. Their film, "Everyone Lives Downstream," garnered a first-place award from Collegiate Broadcasters Inc., a national organization that recognizes student achievement in media, during the group's national convention last month in Kansas City, Mo. "Coming up to the moment, I was a little nervous," Swezey said. "But hearing my name was really rewarding. I was just like, 'Wow!'" The documentary explores the concerns of some anglers and neighbors of the Cassville, Mo., state park who have filed a legal challenge against a concentrated animal feeding operation located just a mile from the park entrance. The CAFO houses about 65,600 chickens. "I think they did a heck of a job," said Jim Riedel, president of the Roaring River Parks Alliance and one of those featured in the film. "When they called me and asked me to do an interview, I just about didn't do it. I had no idea how good it was going to be." For Troy Comeau, director of PSU's broadcasting department, the win cements Pittsburg State's reputation as one of the nation's leading institutions for young broadcasters. "I think over the past five years or so, our broadcast program has been nationally known," he said. "So it's nice to be recognized as top in the nation. I'm very proud of Tyler and Anthony." Comeau said the department has been nominated for at least six other finalist awards from the national group, but this is the department's first win. The competition is open to any college or university and does not take into account enrollment or other factors. "Ithaca College in New York is usually our biggest competition," Comeau said. "But their tuition is outrageous, so they have a lot of nice equipment. For our students to be able to compete really says a lot about what our students can do here." Tyler Swezey and Anthony Monteleone plan to do a follow-up film next semester that will focus on the statewide impact of CAFOs in Missouri. Monteleone said they want "to see if there's a way to resolve this, and allow these businesses to continue and also allow our natural resources to be protected." Copyright © 1999-2008 cnhi, inc. Courtesy/PSU Tyler Swezey (left) and Anthony Monteleone earned a first-place award from Collegiate Broadcasters Inc. for their documentary film on CAFOs.

Formats- flash produces a larger file so it may be slower. It was for me too and I have pretty fast connection speed. Not sure what else to do with it. I usually have people I ask about these things but this time I figured it out for myself- that what took so long. Probably spent 6 hours just on the videos. Most of the extra time is due to changing to a mac and mac software.\ but once I get it down it should work much smoother. I do LOVE iMovie.

Many of you, perhaps, are not aware of the recent Little Rock Corps of Engineers decision to change and "amend" a ruling that they had in place. This ruling in place since June of 2007, and agreed to by the Little Rock Corps of Engineers, Arkansas Game and Fish, Missouri Water Patrol, B.A.S.S. AND the Missouri/Arkansas Marina Association allowed fishermen to fish portions of the Marina as long as they didn't CAST within 50 feet of "a commercial zone". Good Ruling, agreed to by everyone at an "open meeting" by representatives of all interested parties. Now comes a "NEW RULING" in May of 2008 signed by Col. Donald E. Jackson of the Little Rock Corps of Engineers--{Phone # 1-501-324-5531} that states that "Fishing is not allowed in ANY PART of the Commercial zone including Boat Storage Docks" {and also "Satellite" Docks owned by the Marina and placed in other parts of the lake outside the Buoyed waters of the Marina}. It is my understanding this time only the Marina Association people were involved with the Corps in these meetings. There are several more inclusions in this ruling that also affect Slip Renters, Swimmers, etc. As individuals we can ask our Missouri Congressman Mr. Roy Blunt {phone # 1-417- 889-1800} and Missouri Senator Mr. Christopher "Kit" Bond {phone # 1-417-864-8258} for their help in asking why, this was changed without new "open" meetings and ask them to use their influence to get this ruling amended and the old ruling kept in place. Enough calls, letters, and/or e-mails will let these individuals know that Fishermen do have a voice. The Fishin Radio Show hosted by Don Berry {1-417-868-6100} which airs on Jock 98.7 F.M. on Wednesdays between 4-5 p.m. had a show last Wednesday November 12th and will try to get Corps representatives back on again this coming Wednesday November 19th to continue to discuss this matter. Please, don't just sit back and listen to the radio show. Contact someone and let's all try to make something happen now before this spreads from the Little Rock Corps to other districts and before it includes resort docks, private docks and who knows what else. Thanks!! John Mooney - Fin & Feather Tackle Shop

Ollie's in the video- so is his jig.

Stopped at Crane on the way back from Roaring River. Picked up a Subway and went to the park to eat. Still raining but did get out and shoot some video of the creek there. Then drove east of town to the Wire Road Access and hiked in. I was impressed with the size of the creek. I thought it was going to be alot smaller. I caught my first McCloud rainbow on a red san juan worm. Thought they'd take a worm because of the rain. Caught 2 more in the same run and caught another on a elk hair caddis alittle further down. I saw a trout rising in a pool and he took the caddis. Didn't have alot of time but it was fun. Hope the video helps those who hasn't seen the creek before. Would like to film more another time. I've already had comments on not able to view the videos. I took me 3 hours to figure our how to post these last night and make them work. They are quicktime videos. I'm struggling with new software with my new mac converting files from one format to another to make them either flash or windows, like the others. I'll work on it today and see if I can convert them to other formats and post them- it will be later today---- hopefully.