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That's cool. I often wonder about names of places. SIO3

I have dish but it's still a joke. How much money do these people need? How do you survive the holiday's without football? I'd go fishing if I lived down there. Get my 7 year old out from in front of the tv. Weird thing is my 49 year old brother in-law watching cartoons with her. SIO3.

Hey Phil me too. I wanted to tell you thanks for the website and all your work and dedication. Plus, your just a nice guy. SIO3

I did that to get your attention. Just got back from the Taneycomo Mall. Flew in Tuesday morining on my chartered '99 Yukon with a leaky water pump and warped rotors. In flight service sucked. Voss Tuck Port coffee and a half eaten bologna sandwich. My flight arrived at 8:30 and I suited up, walked down the steps and waded straight through outlet 2, to aggravate the snaggers, and headed to the gauntlet where I nailed down 2 browns and a rainbow in quick order. Then that freak at the power house caught a glimpse of me and blew the horn. 3 TIMES!!!! I waded straight up the middle of outlet 2, to aggravate the snaggers, on the way to the truck and went to Phil's shop. I have got to open a resort because when I walk in, Phil's wife is working and he's out "skeet shooting". Two customers are trying to spend north of 200 bucks on fishing stuff but I told em to get some bobbers and mini jigs and bag all those other things his wife told em to get. Bought a tapered leader and a pack of palsa's and went to get a campsite. The guy in the power-house must have seen me drive away and turned the generators back off while I drove to Lilley's. Left Phil's and went to the State Park to get a campsite. I put my giant coffee mug on spot 165 to save it and paid my $14 and headed to the river. I started and stayed around rebar and had a great day of fishing. Many browns and just a few rainbows at the end of daylight on dry-flies. Browns were fooled with olive scuds and the rainbows were suckers for chernoble ants. Headed to Big Cedar for some things for my wife and I was a sucker for the blueberry poppyseed dressing and some body butter. Trust me on this, body butter for your special person is all that and a bucket of chicken. Speaking of chicken I headed to KFC to dine at my leasure, then went to the chalet Yukon at spot 165. Somebody took my giant coffee mug off my spot and the lectric didn't work. I mean, stealin my coffee mug is one thing but I have to have my lectric blanket. Stumbled around in the dark and found some lectric and moved camp. That just means I drove to another site. Wednesday morning I packed up and had breakfast at the gas-station. MMMMMM, coffee and Krispey Kremes. Went to river and waded straight back through outlet 2, to aggravate the snaggers, on my way to the rebar hole. I saw several XXL browns roling in the rebar hole at dusk the night before and was determined to slay the beasts. Well I didn't slay em and in fact didn't see em at all. On Tuesday the fish were friskey and feeding and roaming around. Wednesday they were sleeping and laying around. Had a decent day till around 1 then had to catch the charter back to St. Louis where I was greeted with rush hour traffic and my in-laws. I'm smokin a turkey tomorrow and shovin the in-laws out the door in the early afternoon. 520 miles, bad coffee and a stolen giant coffee mug. Man I've loved that mug forver. Catchin a few trout, PRICELESS. You guys that live close enough for fishin after work or short day trips should count you blessings. Oh yeah, Happy Thanksgiving! SIO3.

Hey Russ. I just got back from Taney. Tuesday, not bad. Wednesday, PACKED!!!!!!! Wish I could have been there when you were there. SIO3

Whenever I bring the skillet they won't bite. SIO3

Yeah, nice! SIO3

Hey there SKMO. Don't stop I enjoy the reports. Being in St. Louis there isn't a whole lot to fish for and I can't get away to fish anyway. The reports keep me going. But tomorrow, Taney, 8AM, me, large trout!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SIO3

All right guys I'm headed out tomorrow morning at 4AM,arrive around 8AM, anybody want to hook up? I drive a black Yukon. I'm camping at the State Park Tuesday night. I'll probably stop in at Phill's Tuesday afternoon. Coming back Wednesday night. SIO3.

Hey Drew. I feel your pain, I've been there. I don't have any waders but my dad and I have caught a lot of trout from the bank at Bennett without wetting a toe. Just a thought. SIO3.

Anybody fishing Tuesday? I'm coming down by hook or by crook. Arrive around 8-9AM. Snagged.

Hey thanks evrybody it was fun. Thank you Phil for the site and your work on it. It just kinda came outta me. I'm gonna be at Bennett this weekend for the C&R opener if anyone wants meet-up for a get-together. Man I've loved those forever. Now in reponse to your post's. Gonefishin. Drug free my friend and yes there is a new post in the works as we speak. Caddis. I hope not. Terry. Terry, Terry, Terry. I said right off the bat I wanted to be concise. If you really want to know look at Aeronikl's post, he got it right. Terrapin. I'm a city hillbilly. It was a precise mix of Jim Beam and Michelob, at work I might add. No not Kimonos, THONGS and.................................. What was I talking about? Twosets. St. Charles MO here. I really was snagged in outlet 3 but that is a whole nother story. Aero. The least you could have done is try and distract the crowd so I could get away. I mean, help a brotha out. It would be great to meet up and fish, that goes for anybody on here. Bennett this weekend!!!!! Dano. Snoop lurks on this site. My people's are talking to his people's Russ, Don, Greg and rsbeth . Thank you. KansasFF. I thought you really "got it". It's not about the money it's about the love. JJ. Fellow bass fisher are ya? Nice. Leo. Easy there pard's or I'll spill the beans on your fishing prowess.

It's a bow and a nice representation of the species that hasn't been in the hatchery for a while or ever. Nice fish. Wish I could have caught it. SIO3.

I'll try and keep this as short and concise as possible. Last night was one of those cloudy, moonless nights with an inky blackness that disorients even the most experienced night-time-shuffle-snagger. The kind of blackness that makes you think somebody moved the daytime landmarks that seemed so familier to you when the sun was shining. "Are the stairs farther down the sidewalk" you think to yourself? Spooky!!! Man I've loved these kind of nights forever. I am armed with my favorite custom made 3 foot 6 weight with the tichrainium reel that was milled from from the Area 51 crash remnants, retail price 2200 bucks. This new light weight reel material actually floats in air because it's specific gravity is so low. Makes for a great shuffle snagging reel since it doesn't cause muscle fatigue and perfectly balances my 3 foot 6 weight. Man I've loved this rod forever. I'm wearing my favorite, guaranteed never to leak, stocking foot, spac-aged polymer, double overlayed gortex waders. They just started leaking around the ankle, retail price 800 bucks. Man I've loved these waders forever. After careful observation of the current situation and calling the Table Rock Dam Power station, I knew to go, to my "go to fly". It's a triple weighted, double dubbed, D-ribbed, prophylactic wrapped antron threaded jig pattern with a tichrainium bead head. It's awesome. It's a 150-200 fish per day pattern at the trout parks and really puts em in the net here on Taney. I call it "The Rusty Griffen Danoinark Gonefishin John Berry Lilley Snagger. It has the ability to withstand the many micro currents present here on Taney. Man I've loved this fly forever. I not so carefully shuffle out to my favorite spot just above the rebar chute, to the right, as you're looking downstream, of the 3rd outlet but not to far into the chute but just at the top. Once there, the night's blackness is on you like a chicken on a tick. You think to yourself, "will a low-flying blue herron skewer my head like a shish-ka-bob while I'm standing here? Do they know I'm here? Can they see me in this inky blsckness? Will a beaver bite me? Spooky!!! Man I've loved this spot forever. I like to really kick it up when I first enter the water to get as many of those fish to follow me out to my favorite spot as possible. After settling in I turn on my 5 million candle power, cordless, 12 volt, DC rechareable, quartz halogen eguipped, clip-on spotlight like those guys use to poach deer at night, retail price 89 bucks. You'd think it would scare off the fish but you'd be wrong. They don't care what's going on as long as you keep up the dance routine. Man I've loved that light forever. The key to this finely honed technigue is to get the point of the hook just below the head of the trout and give it a good snatch. It's not really a bassfishin, head-rippin all out assault but more like a limp-wristed, panty-waisted flick of the rod tip. Just enough to quickly embed the hook in afforementioned trout's head. Kind of like when the nurse gives a toddler a booster shot, quick and painless. Man I've loved this finely honed technigue forever. The length limit for keepers is under twelve inches and one big fish over twenty inches so I try and get the big fish first and then fill the stringer with dinks. I prefer to snag the big one in the back fin then chase him all over the river until it dies of exhaustion. People must think I'm a great fisherman because when I come off the river in the morning everybody is staring at me and pointing. Man I've loved eating fresh caught trout forever. I never see many people with fish on their stringer so they must not be using my technigue. It was tough trying to catch fish down there until I started shuffle snagging. I have over two hundredd fillets in my two hundred seperately located freezers. Man I've loved those freezers forever. Thanks for reading my short but sweet report and I hope it helps some of guys out there. Anyway next time I'm headed down to fish I'll post up here on the forum and maybe we can meet-up for a get-together. Man I've loved those meet-up get-togethers forever. SIO3

Dano Thank you my friend. SIO3

Is there a specific brown color thread that is used? Thank you. SIO3

What size for the Danville? Or is the c49s a size? SIO3

Kruze's Mohair Leech. http://www.missouritrout.com/mikesmohairleech.htm SIO3

How about this little one on a 9 weight? Hi Leo. Snagged.

I live in the metro area and have chased the winter trout here. Buggers, marabou jigs, glo balls and even dry flies have taken em for me. The key is long casts since they are in a lake they tend to stay away from the bank. My best tip is to get there as soon as they stock em. Highly technical tip huh? Snagged.

Rub a little wax on the male end of the rod before you assemble it and it will tighten up the joint. Snagged

In my humble opinion the only reason to go 4 piece is if you travel on a plane. I believe that is why they were developed in the first place to fit in an overhead compartment. They are probably heavier than a two piece and you have more ferrels that might crack or loosen. Don't buy until you cast. If you have to wait a couple months to get around to casting some rods it will be worth it for the years you will own it. Snagged.

I agree Phil, Brett is awesome and so are his flies. I've followed his career down there since he was guiding with you and he is a great fisherman and artist. I have some of his flies right now and they are beyond compare. I won some flies from him for answering a trivia question on his website. I read his reports every chance I get and he gives all the details you would ever want. He is like John Wilson with his willingness to share and educate people who never use his guide service or buy any product from him. I don't know the answer to who owns the "rights" to fly patterns or the ethical side of copying them but once you sell one it will be copied. That's why so many guides keep so close to the vest on their flies and methods. I've regreted showing people some of my technigues and fishing spots so I know how he must feel. I haven't copied his flies although I could. I look at them more like a trophy than a tool and I wouldn't disgrace myself by copying them. Once he makes the pattern public then I will copy them. Just like trout crack or cracklbacks, I know both originators and didn't tie my own until they made the pattern public. I I really just wanted to compliment Brett and his work I think he's awesome. Snagged

Post a link so we know what you're talking about. Snagged

Hey Dano. Was that you sitting with another guy at the picnic table canopy at Norfork dam Wednesday right before they turned the water off? I walked right in front of you. We weren't fishing just chevcking everything out. Ham. The didimo problem is on the White. If anyone wants to know what those rivers used to look like, walk up Otter Creek and see the clean gravel in all it's golden glory. Minnows everywhere and crawfish. Then slide your way back into the Norfork and look at the sludge collecting everywhere there isn't silt. The State of Arkansas should be ashamed to let this go this far. I'm sorry but it's the truth. And like I always say to Ruby "GO HAWGS" Snagged.