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DOITLOOKIT

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  1. "I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to be this way...I can't apologize for that, nor can I change it, nor do I want to... We will never have to be other than who we are in order to be successful...We realize that we are as ourselves unlimited and our experiences valid. It is for the rest of the world to recognize this, if they choose." --Alice Walker (1944)
  2. Thursday, January 24, 2008 This article is from the Branson Blog! Taneycomo Bridge Civic leaders in Hollister and Branson placed a questionnaire at their respective city halls asking citizens how a temporary closing (up to a year) of the Taneycomo bridge connecting Hollister and Branson would affect them. Though lacking any scientific method, survey respondents overwhelming stated that closing the bridge would cause a substantial inconvenience. Logan argues citizens have already voted on whether or not they want a tax to invest in a bridge - Proposition A - which voters rejected. Though the bridge wasn't the only project the proposed tax was to fund; the marketing effort by those promoting the tax dubbed proposition A - "The bridge tax." Some speculate the combined special interests behind the tax were the reason the legislation failed by vote of the people. The Taney County Commissioners and both Branson and Hollister Alderman have been negotiating with Missouri's Department of Transportation (MODoT) over financing improved infrastructure to the route connecting Branson with Eastern Taney County. Logan argues, the bridge is the property of MoDot, infrastructure improvements are the financial responsibility of the state of Missouri and the citizens of Branson have already payed for the bridge through taxes paid to the state. *******Jan,. 24 Update*** John Logan issued the following statement this morning. Please understand, I realize we disparately need a bridge, HOWEVER, we also need to be very afraid of precedents being set on "double taxation". EXAMPLE: This county paid $two million "plus" to bail out MoDOT on the expansion of Hwy 65 to the Arkansas line! (Which is needed!) Now we are paying $eight million "plus" to bail out MoDOT on a new Bridge over Taneycomo. (Which is needed !) PROBLEM: Citizens of Taney County have already PAID MoDOT for roads and bridges thru state taxation. Now the Citizens of Taney county will pay AGAIN for the bridge thru their local and county taxes. (The only source of revenue government has is taxes) * Where is the Division of powers? *What is wrong with MoDOT leadership ? *Why aren't our LEADERS raising "billy heck" in Jeff City? *Why the artificial 'deadline" set in February by MoDOT? *Why add traffic to Branson Landing Blvd and ByPass downtown? *Why are these millions of dollars being spent not by a vote of the people? *Why is Taney County (a big tax provider to the state) being drained by MoDOT? *Why does a Round-a-bout on 248 have priority over a needed bridge? *What other counties build state owned bridges for MoDOT? *Why don't our citizens NEGOTIATE harder? I realize these are hard questions, and the Bridge is VITAL...but seems to me like the state owned bridge is getting is getting the GOLD...and the Land of Taney is getting the SHAFT.
  3. "You must not be too greedy in catching your said game[fish], as in taking too much at one time..... That could easily be the occasion of destroying your own sport and other men's also." --Jules Berners (1450)
  4. "The curious thing about fishing is you never want to go home. If you catch anything, you can't stop. If you don't catch anything, you hate to leave in case they start biting!" --Gladys Taber (1941)
  5. "We may say of angling, as Dr. William Butler said of strawberries: "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did": and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling." --Izaak Walton (1655)
  6. "I fish because I love to; Because I love the environs where trout are found, which are invariable beautiful, and hate the environs where crowds of people are found, which are invariably ugly; because of all the television commercials, cocktail parties, and assorted social posturing I thus escape; because, in a world where most men seem to spend their lives doing things they hate, my fishing is at once and endless source of delight and an act of small rebellion; because trout do not lie ar cheat and cannot be bought or bribed or impressed by power, but respond only to quietude and humility and endless patience; because I suspect that men are going along this way for the last time and I for one don't want to waste the trip; because mercifully there are not telephones on trout waters; because only in the woods can I find solitude without loneliness; because bourbon out of an old tin cup always taste better out there; and, finally, not because I regard fishing as being so terribly important but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns of men are equally unimportant and not nearly so much fun." --John Voelker (1974)
  7. How sad. Prayers are with the families. Sounds like from the information provided here, that the ramp may have been frozen and the van slipped back into the water????
  8. "A visit to a first-class fishing-tackle shop is more interesting than an afternoon at the [mall]." --Theodore Gordon
  9. "Fishing is a chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of a stream, or with the shimmer of the sun on the blue water... And it is discipline in the equality of man--- for all men are equal before fish." ---Herbert Hoover (1930)
  10. "Fish? Oh, yes, one must have a reason and your day must have a purpose. But it's the fishing, really , the dawn and the morning and the day, and man's knowing that it's still there, still real." -- Hal Borland (1954)
  11. "Often, I have been exhausted on trout streams, uncomfortable, wet, cold, briar-scarred, sunburned, mosquito-bitten, but never, with a fly rod in my hand, have I been in a place that was less than beautiful." --Charles Kuralt -CBS News (1990)
  12. "No fisherman ever fishes as much as he wants to -- this is the great rule of fishing, and it explains to the world his inexplicable behavior." --Geoffrey Norman (1981)
  13. Congratulation, Looks like a keeper for sure. Look likes all your ducks are in a row??? Cherish your time, time will fly by.
  14. Crappieman, tell her that extra seat can be occupied by her ever once in a while and think of all the extra filets she can enjoy!!
  15. "Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn." -- CHUCK CLASEN (1981)
  16. "A certain quality of youth is indispensable to the successful angler, a certain unworldliness and readiness to invest yourself in an enterprise that doesn't pay in the current coin." --John Burroughs (1885)
  17. A man owned a small ranch in New Mexico. The New Mexico State Wage & Hour Department claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him. 'I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them,' demanded the agent. 'Well,' replied the rancher, 'there's my ranch hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $150 per week plus free room and board. Then there's the half-wit who works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally.' 'That's the guy I want to talk to --- the half-wit,' says the agent. 'Well, that would be me, ' replied the rancher.
  18. Here in South Springfield, have been cleaning up the yard of items that are not mine. Shake shingles and tree limbs from a neighbors Bradford Pear and roof. Like everybody else -- a lack of sleep and very lucky no futher damage to our place.
  19. "When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall, then winter is at hand; When the sun sets who doth not look for night? Untimely storms makes men expect a dearth." --William Shakespear
  20. "I don't know what's going to become of you, John." He shook his head, his eyes angry, his fist in knots. "The only two things you care about are fishing and love making. Nothing else matters to you." "Well, at least you got the order right," I said. -- John Cole (1989)
  21. "All fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of youth that doth not grow stale with age." --J.w. Muller (1909)
  22. "Fly casting, like many other things, is a matter of still and timing--of easy rhythm rather than power. Such things can be enjoyed all through life and perhaps most of all in the more relaxed years of age. Paddle easily. Climb slowly. Choose the right places from the experience of other days, and enjoy the view to the fullest." --Lee Wulff (1983)
  23. "A prize fish is too valuable to be caught only once!" -- Lee Wulff (1938)
  24. "Charlie Brown tells us that happiness is a warm puppy. To this reporter, happiness is a cold trout stream. -- Eric Sevareid (CBS news reporter - 1980)
  25. Is there such a pattern as "Cowdung", brief me!! A Fish Tale A brother angler and author whom most of us know either personally or though his writings was fishing the Berverkill near Cook's Falls one day, and there were several boys watching him from up on the bridge. After he had landed a nice trout, one of the boys called dowm, "Hey mister, what are you getting them on?" "Cowdung[a wet-fly pattern]," was the brief reply. After a bit of silence, the young rascal called down, "Hey, mister, did you ever try horse manure?" --Ruben Cross (1940) I will answer my own question!! Cow Dung Tier: Ed Gallop Hook: Dry fly. Thread: Gold with Black head. Body: Gold floss. Wing: Red duck quill. Hackle: brown. If you have spent much time traversing cow pastures I'm sure you can join me in saying you have stepped in cow dung, manure, pods, chips, or whatever you call it. Even if you haven't stepped in one you have probably noticed large amounts of flies that seem to find pleasure feasting and mating there. Nature is amazing sometimes. These unique terrestrials are in the Diptera order known as True Flies and have the nickname of "Cow Dung Flies." When fishing waters near cow pastures you should be prepared to imitate them because they frequently find their way into the water and fish love them. Taff Price used mixed yellow and olive seal's fur for the body but this fly is tied with a yellowish olive floss. The ginger hackle, and cinnamon hen wings are the same. Seal's fur has become very rare and is expensive when a supply is found.
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