Phil Lilley

Good story... but please finish it when you have time

You've got some great waters close to you around Fayettville, if F-Ville IS Fayettville. And there's a good TU and FFF clubs there too. Welcome.

Dan- Just curious... do you see the google ads and the banner ad at the top of the forum?

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Russ said Cyclone to Hog Heaven... less people. I'm going to collect as much info about the area as I can and build a section on oa for the Elk and Big Sugar. Any info would be helpful. I'll work on it when I get back.

We are heading over to that area on Thursday and float somewhere... I've put that decision on Russ- he's going to take care of us. Taking the family over- Marsha, Greg and Caleb, Megan and Jimmy and possibly Aaron, our live-in college kid. We're looking forward to our first float of the season. Am taking a bunch of sculpin jigs... they are smally killers. Well, catch-n-release killers.

http://zennioptical.com Just got my second pair and have no complaints. Took less than a week. I've paid over $400 at WalMart for same pair of no line progressives and with shipping I paid less than $70 at Zenni. Save yourself some money and try them.

You may have noticed- I've been moving my google ads around lately. Google has disappointed me so far this year. I checked my pay out from this April to last April and while my impressions went up from 7000 to over 12000 (average per day) my earnings dropped from $5.28 to $1.06 per day. Clicks were part of the problem and I'm sure it was because the ads were at the bottom of the forum BUT my problem is that the same ads appear each day... they need to find a way to rotate ads better. Anyhow... it's hardly worth it for a dollar a day. The ad space at the top of this forum is worth about $500 a month by most standards... Anyone else mess around with google ads?

Yea, the admin went in and deleted the comments... I thought they were referring to Rich. I'm watching out for ya buddy! Sorry... trying to be funny. Isn't working.

Did you find the crappie?

Did you use balloons? I went with a guide years ago that used balloons as indicators and drifted shad underneath them.

Bill said Buster Loving won it with 13 something...

What????

If you ever get over this way, you'll have to check out some of our Ozark waters... our streams are probably alot like yours.

Where were they... depth of water and all? I wonder if they are moving on Table Rock?

Need to firm up our volunteer list for the fair. Tyers- Leonard Mike Hayden Kent Turner Fishers- I know there are others that have told me they could help... just need names so I can assign duties. The event is from 10 am till 2 pm. The hatchery is going to have a kid's pond with blue gill and catfish in it. Kids will complete a series of "stations" before they can fish. It will probably be catch-n-keep. MDC will provide rod and reels. We also usually show kids how to cast- fly and spin. How about it?

No truth. The Corp and SPA do NOT care about fish or lake recreation. It's a nice thought but not true. There's still no room for the water in Beaver, Table Rock or Bull Shoals. When there is room (the Mississippi River Valley), hold on to your hats... they will drop the lakes as fast as they can, at least down to "safe" levels. Then they'll be back to power demand.

Remember, the boards are off so this is NOT normal pool but I think these dock owners may have problems with their docks when everything gets back to normal. Above Short Creek. The flats. I got out and walked this flat and it's CLEAN gravel- no bugs. There are midge larva though but no scuds. This is the bank along the east side of the Narrows. It's washed out and gravel and clay and exposed some rock ledges. The channel seems to be deeper here. This is the bank in front of Andy's place. The bank drops off into deep water now and the point in front of the white house below Andy's house is not there anymore. It's a deep hole. Fished a #16 dirty gray scud along the bluff bank and caught 2 nice trout- this brown and a rainbow alittle larger. Rolan was catching alot of trout using his "mink" weighted scud along the bluff bank. This was an 18 incher. Bill was up there doing very well using micro jigs under a float. 2 horns blew about 10 am.

Guess you know Jim and the fam are flying to Anchorage today...

Lots more gravel down thru outlet #2, just like Leonard said. Lake isn't very deep and the #2 outflow extends out further. I doubt if #2 attracts the trout it used to. I didn't walk down to rebar but it looks, from the pic from the top of the dam, that there's a new shoot down from the original shoot but it doesn't look very wide. The point looks like it's extended downstream and the Big Hole probably is filled in. If it is, the water will move thru this area alittle faster I'd think. But keep in mind, the water level is lower because of the boards being removed at Powersite Dam. I haven't been out in a boat yet- that's my next move. Babler said it's a different world up there. I bet it is. BUT I know the gravel bars above FC are exposed to the sun right now... same problem we've had in the past with the lake being drawn down. This will kill at least the scuds if they don't run some water today.

Ran up to the dam and took some pics...

Hey DD- you are in Anchorage- right?

Special thanks to Pat, Aaron, Micheal, Rolan, Fred, Harold and John for helping out... and Ken for coordinate the event. All forum members. And of course our staff at the resort, for all the good food and service. And the guys from FFF that came and helped out.