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Sorry, can't say. My last two trips have been stay close to the marina days. From the lake level I would imagine the buoy opposite the RR is rolling on the ground.

School closed today. These were part of the morning's output.

With the two lane mountain roads here in Eureka Springs, it doesn't take much for my school to cancel. I am home today and probably will be tomorrow, even though we've only gotten 4 inches so far.

Quillback beat me to it. The Kings river regulars swear by the large chubs for the walleye that will be moving within the next 4 or 5 weeks.

Seriously? You have to wonder what circumstances must have happened for any law making group to even consider, much less make, such a rule. I thought I was making up something absurd.

Made one last winter. I only used it a couple months before I turned it into a pool cue by letting a rod box lid slam on it. I loved it. I thought it threw easier and farther, although I could not test this as I did not make an identical regular rod. It fought fish well. I have a micro guide rod on my bench, half finished. BTW, if it is cold enough to freeze the water on your guides, it's time to go home.

If you are serious about walleye in the Ozarks, there is a small but dedicated group that hangs out here and on several other boards. Out of courtesy to Phil, I will not post links here. I have met several of them and they are good sorts. I am sure you will see the posts and hopefully they will help you begin to have walleye success. As for crappie, some are generous with information; others are tight lipped. Phil is one of the ones that does report where and how regularly. Good luck and welcome.

party tent - check; stove - check; wood - check; poker tables - check; dart board - check; did anyone remember the keg tap? did anyone remember the keg tap? darn!

No. Lower unit parts.

CRKT Zilla and Zilla Jr. are NOT good. The parts (driving bits, etc.) rust easily. Leatherman will rust if left damp and unattended, but not easily or right away. However the blade is a slip joint and a bit wobbly (even when well cared for). Does anyone make a lockback besides CRKT?

A rare situation where the book and the movie are among the top all time of each group: To Kill a Mockingbird

1. Contrast the True Grit movies to the book - which is a very good one. John Wayne and his director used it as a vehicle for Wayne to out Wayne himself. The Coen brothers version is truer to the book. 2. Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet 1967 Franco Zeffirelli - good 1962 West Side Story - good to very good 199? Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo De Caprio and Claire Danes - very good but quite odd 200? Shakespeare in Love - outstanding reinterpretation with a play within a play set up - something Shakespeare invented

all the way to 11!

While I don't know Flynn, the rest of the authors/series you mention are good reads - though DeMille sometimes seems a bit "made for television"

If you read previous posts on this forum you will discover some use their electronics extensively, including drop shotting to fish they have found. Others are shallow water fisherman who only use them to know how far they can be from the bank and stay shallow. I have had at least one sonar in my boat since the green box flasher days. Currently I have a high end color 2d trolling motor sonar and a sideimage rear unit with gps. However, neither are the 8" screens. If you are going to fish clear water highland lakes buy the best sonar you can afford and have someone show you how to get the most out of it. Good luck.

If you like Gemmel, try Raymond Feist, start with Talon of the Silver Hawk.

My 2 cents: I own and use a ten year old original. My jig/carolina rod is a low rider. I owned but broke a Cara and replaced it with a Cara. Go as far up the chain as you can stand. Additional 2 cents: Last winter I built a microguide rod on a St. Croix blank. I used it about a month before I stupidly slammed the rod box lid on the tip. I am building a new microguide rod this winter. I was extremely impressed at the performance of the microguide rod. Unfortunately, the less expensive microguide rods merely substitute small guides for large and do not rearrange the spacing. As the line rides much closer to the blank, more guides are needed to avoid line to blank contact on the throw and when a fish is on. More wraps equals more expense. A well built microguide casting rod will have more guides than even a concept lay out. Therefore a good microguide rod is going to be well above the original $100 target. I hope you find one that pleases you.

Some more: Cities in Flight series by James Blish. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber.

Some great names have already been dropped. I hadn't thought about Matt Helm in a long time. Here are a few more that fit with those already named. Try Roger Zelazny - dead now - but one of the best during the same time period as Dickson. His Princes in Amber series is my least favorite of his, but still good. The stand alones Damnation Alley and Call Me Conrad are excellent and his short stories are superb. Check out the Alvin Apprentice series by Orson Scott Card. Joe Lansdale has a really great series going in which the hero detectives are anything but. David Weber has a 13 to 15 book series in which he takes Horatio Hornblower (a great series in its own right) and makes him a female space ship commander. First book of the series is On Basilik Station. I preorder all his books. S.M. Stirling just published the 7th book of a post apocalypse series that begins with Dies the Fire. I preorder his stuff too. Steve Ericson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series is an excellent blend of warriors and magic. Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch police procedurals are very well done. W.E.B. Griffith is fun but somewhat predictable. I enjoyed the series about the lieutenants, captains, etc. I realize that many of the above are not really older, but they seemed to fit. However if you really mean older as in 50's, 60's, and 70's, then try E.E Doc Smith's classic space opera, the Lensman series. Enough for now.

When I re-read my early post I did not like the tone. Sorry if I offended anyone. I sometimes slip into pedantic mode. Maybe someday I will learn to avoid that. I am going to try and say the same basic ideas I was thinking, but in a way that I hope is less strident: If a habitat of a given size is and remains tolerable in temp and water quality year round and only blows out rarely, and if a reliable food source exists, then a desired species will stay and reproduce. The numbers will depend on the competition for the fixed habitat size and food supply. If an agency stocks with thousands of adults/near adults every year, we cannot expect the young natural born to fare well against the competition/predators. If multiple species exist, the competition factor becomes more complicated. If the goal is all natural reproduction streams, then stocking and taking would have to cease for a time to allow the stream to find its own balance. Then we could discover what that balance is and control/regulate taking to avoid destroying that balance. The problem is that we would have to wait for several years to find out the answer and we may not like that answer. The natural balance may not be numbers sufficient to handle the demand, even if the regulations were barbless, artificial only with 100% catch and release. In other words, the variables are so great and the political cost of change is so high, I don't think anyone can expect any state wildlife agency to be aggressive in seeking reclassification.

I too love books. However, I bought a nook color for Christmas. The wife and I have been very pleased.

"What exactly is it that most cold-water Missouri rivers and Spring creeks are lacking?" 1. Wilderness. The more we (the species) try to control the habitat, the less it resembles the natural habitat that promotes variety of size, variety of species, and variety of opportunity. 2. Wilderness Once any stream or lake is managed through limits, harvest ratios, and stocking, we create a never ending feedback loop that contains numerous "unintended consequences." 3. Wilderness If the public has access, what we can count on is that the public will piss in it, litter it, and take more than their share. Count our blessings for what we do have, lobby for intelligent choices where they may exist, and forget about fishing in a place your great grandfather would have wanted to fish. He probably would have kept everything for the traditional picture anyway.

I use the ones sold at WalMart - mostly yellow with blue and red. Just did a Google search. They are fishing hot spots. They are printed on Tyvek and have proven accurate and useful for me on several lakes.

Table Rock 7' MH fast action w/ 10-12 line for jig and carolina 7' M moderate action w/ 8-10 line for crankbait and finesse worm including split shot fish doctors 6'2" - 6'6" M fast action w/8-10 line for top water, spinner bait, and jerk bait The hole that is left is drop shot,small in line spinners, etc. That is why the fourth rod is a 6'8" Ex Fast Med Light w/6-8 line. Oddly, that rod is also the one I use for vertical spooning and small lipless cranks.

Spider Creek Resort is on the tailwater just below the dam. Never stayed there but I have driven through and paddled past several times and it looks well kept.