Phil Lilley

http://www.whiterivertaxidermy.com/index.htm John French did a rainbow for me- very nice!

Bumper stickers are still free...

Got a new shipment in... all 5 colors. Christmas special - $9.95 per

I've had some bad luck with Orvis's waders lately. I've owned their guide series and have had to send them back in 4 times now for leaks. This time, they're sending me their new series instead of sending the pro guide back because they're fading them out. But have to wait till Feb to get them. I see they have dropped their price on the pro guide to $199. I'd buy a pair of the pro guide and if/when they leak, send them in for a new upgrade pair. http://www.orvis.com/store/product_choice....mp;pf%5Fid=60LP

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FLW Outdoors offers richest fantasy sports payout in history FLW Fantasy Fishing payout to include over $1.7 million in cash, prizes during Wal-Mart FLW Tour including guaranteed $1 million cash grand prize Read it here

This looks really interesting. Never heard of it but the trailers look awesome. http://www.howardfilms.com/ According to Midcurrent, he has a couple of new videos coming out very soon. Christmas Gifts?

Swimming against the current, the trout make their escape from the farm thru an eight-inch pipe. Read more here...

Bull Shoals Dam tours to start next year ARMANDO RIOS Bulletin Staff Writer Bull Shoals Dam, one of the largest in the country when it was constructed, once again will open for tours, tentatively set to start in spring. Public tours stopped after Sept. 11, 2001, due to security concerns. Tourists will not be allowed to take photographs during the tours, which include going inside to view turbines and different rooms. "We are pleased to start these tours again," said Steve Hernandez, Powerhouse superintendent. The tours will resume in conjunction with the Bull Shoals-White River State Park, he said. The plant and tour are accessible to handicapped persons, Hernandez added. Jennifer Bassett, park interpreter, gave members of the media a preview Wednesday of what tourists will see and talked about the history of the dam. Bassett says interest in the tours — which will be made possible through a cooperative effort by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the state park and state park volunteers — remained high during the six years they were suspended. Laborers worked day and night for four years to construct the dam at a cost $86 million, Bassett said. The dam's main purpose was flood control. It can generate 390 megawatts at peak production. When the dam was constructed, it was the fifth-largest concrete dam, Bassett said. The dam's control room operates the power plants at Bull Shoals, Norfork and Greers Ferry dams. Norfork is capable of producing 80 megawatts; Greers Ferry, 96 megawatts. Bassett says what amazes her was the equipment at the dam — all of it original and kept in good condition. Most of the maintenance work is done in-house. The transformers at the dam have been in service for 54 years, Hernandez said. One transformer was involved in a fire and explosion last year but has been repaired since. Bassett says the magnitude of the structure will impress the public during the tours. "It is impressive, and the fact that the equipment is original," Bassett said. "It has been functioning properly for the last 50 years with (some) maintenance." armandor@baxterbulletin.com http://www.baxterbulletinonline.com/apps/p...130316/1002/rss

Muzzleloader harvest sets a record With the Antlerless Portion of Firearms Deer Season still ahead, Missouri's firearms deer harvest already is in the top five of all time. JEFFERSON CITY-Favorable weather and an abundance of tags left over from the November Portion of Firearms Deer Season enabled Missouri hunters to check a record 13,372 deer during the Muzzleloader Portion Nov. 23 through Dec. 2. The strong showing boosts the running tally of this year's firearms deer harvest into the top five of all time. Missouri Department of Conservation Resource Scientist Lonnie Hansen said unseasonably warm weather during most of the November Portion of Firearms Deer Season limited deer movement and, therefore, their visibility to hunters. "I heard from lots of deer hunters who said they didn't see as many deer in November as they usually do," said Hansen. "When the muzzleloader portion rolled around, there were more people out there trying to fill deer tags, simply because they weren't successful in November." He said deer were more active during the Muzzleloader Portion because the weather turned colder after Thanksgiving. The change in weather showed up in a harvest that topped last year's muzzleloader harvest by 42 percent and bested the muzzleloader harvest record set in 2004 by 12 percent. The top three muzzleloader harvest counties were Oregon with 405, Osage with 294 and Jefferson with 292. Regional harvest figures were: Ozark, 2,405; central, 2,239; northeast, 1,702; southeast, 1,647; northwest, 1,469; southwest, 1,442; St. Louis, 1,411; and Kansas City, 1,057. The number of deer checked by hunters during the opening weekend of the November Portion was down by 32,647 - 25 percent - compared to the record-setting opening weekend of 2004. Hunters picked up the pace in the following nine days, however, checking 214,494 deer by the end of that portion. That was the fourth-largest number of deer ever taken during the November hunt and only 9 percent fewer than the all-time record of 235,409. Missouri's more than 50,000 muzzleloader hunters further closed the gap between this and previous years' firearms deer kills. The number of deer taken by firearms hunters so far this year stands at 240,687, just 7 percent below last year’s record figure. With the nine-day Antlerless Portion of Firearms Deer Season still ahead, this year’s total deer harvest almost certainly will rise at least one more place in all-time standings. Since the antlerless hunt was moved from January to December five years ago, that portion’s harvest has averaged a little more than 21,500 deer. A modest harvest of 13,681 deer during the Antlerless Portion would be enough to propel this year’s firearms harvest to third place. Recent year's muzzleloader and antlerless harvests have been: 2002 - muzzleloader, 9,364; antlerless, 13,413 2003 - muzzleloader, 11,131; antlerless, 25,151 2004 - muzzleloader, 11,938; antlerless, 24,217 2005 - muzzleloader, 10,115; antlerless, 21,922 2006 - muzzleloader, 9,436; antlerless, 23,098 2007 - muzzleloader, 13,372; antlerless, ---. -Jim Low- http://mdc.mo.gov/cgi-bin/news/news_search...197049604,28051,

Trouble follows Knight, it seems

Read the story here Pretty cool.......

Tournament's coming up this Sunday... forecast says it's going to be a little chilly but it's better than sitting at home twiddling your thumbs!! If it's too cold, you could always just send your entry money in and help out the family....

I'm looking for fishing related news site, esp local sites like bass club sites, bass tournament fishing sites, not just bass but walleye, crappie and other "fishes", current fishing blogs and other fishy sites we all would be interested in. Anything that keeps up with current news. XML service even better!

Still a valid subject....

First one - Gotta listen to the whole thing.

This hits close to my second home... the Pebble Mine won't affect the Naknek but what's next? The Article Here

A book review on MidCurrent. Take a look. Fly Fishing Book Excerpt: Castwork

Fly tying, to many, is an art. From tying the simpliest of flies to intricate patterns meant for just a framed set on the wall, some of us would consider it art, others just a hobby. Larry Myhre, outdoor writer for the Sioux City Journal, share his thoughts in a piece published today. The Article

Emailed James at the hatchery this am. I don't like to bug him unless I think something may be happening. Since fishing was so good yesterday and the fish seemed to be full of like (and O2), I thought maybe the process was happening. I was wrong. James said the water temp hasn't moved much, first indicator that the lake is starting to turn. DO levels are still near zero so the Corp must be injecting O2 while generating. We need more cold weather!

I get these "Ebook Bites" from one of my distributors every month. I don't pay much attention because we don't sell alot of books but I looked at this email and saw something I thought some of you might like. They're journals. Well... I thought I would offer them at my cost which is listed below each one. There are 2 I think are pretty cool and if you ever thought about keeping a journal of your fishing trips, Jan 1 would be the time to start, I guess. I really enjoyed Al Agnew's post, sharing what he wrote in his journal. So here's what they are and what they costs- Fly fishers will be delighted to write their fishing adventures & attach their photos in these journals handmade from the barks of Lokta plants that grow wildly in the foothills of the Himalayas. Soft & dark leather cover is hand sewn onto 100 leaves of natural handmade paper. Image of a fly is blocked on the cover. Guava button closure; 7x5 inches, 200 pgs. $34.95 retail 1/2 off - $17.49 plus shipping Fly fishers will be delighted to write their fishing adventures & attach their photos in these journals handmade from the barks of Lokta plants that grow wildly in the foothills of the Himalayas. Slippery leather cover is hand sewn onto 96 leaves (192 pages) of natural handmade paper. Image of a trout is blocked on the cover.. The journal measures approximately 5" x 6 1/2". $29.95 retail 1/2 off - $14.95 plus shipping Shipping will be whatever it costs to ship it to you. I have not ordered these yet. I'll wait 3 days- if you want one, send me a PM or email. I'll order them and send them right out. This is how they appear in the ad. This IS for one journal for the price, not two. I would think I can get these to you by the end of the year... but probably not by Christmas. We'll see.

Yea- I saw you and waved a couple of times but you were concentrating on that float... didn't the guy downstream of you have a OAF hat on? I thought I recognized him too.

Cool site- your My Space. Saw one of your "friends", Kerry Livgren from Kansas and THEN followed it to his site and saw where he's working with 2 of my favorite artists (from my past) Phil Keaggy and Matthew Ward. I sat on the 3rd row of one of Keaggy's concerts back in 1977 in Dallas and watched as he played... simply amazing. Got to spend a little time with Phil back then. Haven't heard much from him is a few years. Good luck with the concert. Thanks for posting the notice. Hope some from the forum can go.

Just a reminder- if you're in town or live around these parts, you should come on down and join us tonight at Covenant Life Church - 3rd and Atlantic - at 7 pm for smoked chicken dinner and a presentation by Jim Johnson on Michigan fishing and Alaska fishing. Public is welcomed- $5 per person for the meal. Bring friends!! I'm smoking 8 chickens!!!