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Also born in 61. They have pix of my mom while pregnant with me at Bennett. My family friends always jokes that I was concieved and raised at Bennett. I fished from as early on as possible. Pictures of me playing in Norfork Lake at 3 yearsold with a zebco. My dad gave me a fly rod right away. I built my first rod at probably 12 or 12 years old. I thought I had lost it but when my dad passed we found it in the back of closet. I traveled all over the US with him and his buddies. Many of them are pretty famous guys. Pretty cool to Fly fish, bird hunt and play golf with people like Lefty. Jack Mclaughlin and a guy named Carl Mantell taught me alot about hunting and fishing. Also how to sip brandy and smoke. When to use rig gun grease for problems with your back side in a duck blind. What a great time. I was taught to tie flies by Ed Story when his fly shop was on the Rock Rd. I took to the salt on my own and love big fish on the fly. When I was 15 I illegally drove my sisters car to Montauk for the weekend. Got me arse kicked when I got back. I still twitch a little when I see a mid 70's camaro. So 47 years or so. Pete

I know that Justin, but why does he want to trash it. I gotta come back down there and fish. It's been many years since I fished there. I always just keep going to Mountain Home. For the ditch pigs as Gavin puts it. Pete

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Thanks STL I guess I missed that post. How's the fly line working out for you? Pete

I threw away the magazine after I read it. Actually recycled it. They are taking donations for the project. I can't remember but it was something like a $1 donation per tag sold. Or you could donate $1000 and get a framed and signed duck stamp for 2012. They pretty much are moving the focus of the park away from true fishermen to visitors and lawn chair fishing. It seems that way to me. Pete

I read a blurb about a planned 72 foot walkway and overlook at the spillway. Do I get to name that too? Pete

Does anyone else no about your relationship with Chief? I mean besides the whole internet.... Break em out big man, I'd love to see em. Even if they are only bass. Pete

Do you and Chief need some time alone???? I promise I won't be bored by some Gascon fish porn. Pete

Oh!! I've fished the Niangua at night at the canoe access with decent results on browns. About 20 years ago. SIO3

I've had about equal success in full moon or otherwise. My favorite is a rainy night though. I have a lot of old photos of big fish while I have rain gear on. Some photos look like they were taken at night but it was really just a rainy day in the winter. A few very prominent guides used to spotlight them while the angler fished for them on the Little Red years ago. People say fish are afraid of the light but I've seen some very large browns take a bugger under a spotlight. Of course now you can't fish the spawn at night at Cow Shoals anymore. I think. Pete

Thanks guys. I can't wait for next weekend. Pete

We went. My dad was honored as a Fly Fishing Legend for hte FFF and put on the Legends Banner. They will have his bibliography and picture at all future events. He was the second Ozark Fly fishers President. He served 3 seperate terms as President of OFF. He was a Southern Area Council President and National Federation Treasurer for over 25 years. My brother and I hopped around and fished several places on the White with 2 units running all the time for 3 days. Very dissapointing water generation but we caught lots of fish up to a fat 17" brown my brother caught. I won the distance competion at the casting games. Anyone is welcome to come and hold the trophy if they like. Nothing better than winning that against my brother on the weekend my dad gets honored. Dave Whitlock signed my shirt and we spent some time reminiscing with him. Very nice weekend. Headed back to Mountain Home next weekend for our annual trip to fish and camp with the boys. Pete

Good luck Leonard I'd lay odds your flies are bigger than most of the fish there. SIO3

Pete's Lawn Chair Snaggin Hole??? Sir that's my bright green fly line your walking on. Honey I told them dxxx kids to use jigs, they snag em better than brassies. And they're cheaper. Pete

Went down Saturday and Sunday and boy was it disappointing. Extremely small fish, thousands of them. You could catch them on anything. They aren't old enough to be wary. We caught em from 4 inches to 11 inches. It was packed. I want to rename Pete's Blue Pipe Hole. "Sit in my lawn chair, snag fish and yell at my kids hole" I know it's long and it doesn't flow well but that's what it's turned into. At the end of the day we found soft plastic worms on the bank there. Boy did they ruin a good spot. At one time there were 19 people crowded around it. A big fight at a wedding at the shelter by the guage house. Now that was pleasant. Speeding cars and trucks leaving the shelter after fight and almost killing people around the spring hole. That was pleasant. Some big mouth lady yelling at her kids at the "Sit in my lawn chair, snag fish and yell at my kids hole" Very pleasant. A real nice hatch of PMD's on Saturday. Weather was perfect. Company was good. Arkansas Friday to Sunday this week. Thursday to Sunday if my evil plan works out at work. Pete

I enjoy your posts about the Gulf. We fish every time we go to Florida. Usually the Destin area. Keep it up. SIO3

Rend lake in the spring. We had been hitting it week after week until it was ON. It took probably a month before we got it at the right time. Could've whacked on em conventional tackle but I held out to take em on the fly We need to get together for a trip. Pete

Good to see you got out Smallie. Everything is going well my friend. No problem on the backing. I've caught more than my share of the best fish in fresh water (and salt) on a fly rod. I just don't have a boat. Pete

Thank you Mike. That's what I've heard all year, we just can't make it all the way to a tailwater in a half day trip from St louis. SIO3

You can get on fish from the parking lot upstream of the Landing buildings. We caught it one day with fish midging just downstream of the new bridge. Parked right next to the water and whacked em while people were parking and heading to the Landing. There is a shoal right next to the parking lot. The fish were lined up in the riffle water behing it. SIO3

Now that's what I'm talkin about!!!!!!!!! Good going guys. Chuck is a very nice guy in addition to his guiding ability. Me and my brother are heading to Bennett in the morning. I could only wish for something like that. SIO3

Nice!!!! I love me some hybrids. I got braid and a seven foot heavy action rod. I also have a nine weight that puts the wuppin to those boys. Pete

Thanks Phil I know it's normal and what is your thought about how far down lake do the 02 levels get better? It would seem that below the rebar chute o2 levels would go up with the aeration of the water there. Pete

It's nice to see the water off but the O2 level dropped below 2 PPM. Not good. SIO3

I think they use lighted bobbers. Oops, I mean "indicator". Pete