Dad and Andrew

Hi Everyone, Andrew and I had a great trip. Stayed at Lilley's and it was great. Andrew made a comment that it was a place mom we could get mom to come to. Close to shopping and spotless!!! Did not get to meet Phil because he was busy with a big group from Iowa. We caught 20 -30 fish a day down in the streams that fed in to Tanyecomo, Roark , Turkey etc. Mostly on spinners and white, black/brown 1/16 ounce jigs. Kept 8 the last day for a fish fry at home (pic) let the rest go to fight again. Went down to Beaver Lake dam and met some really nice folks at the Dam Site Store. Set up a shuttle with them and we floated down to the second landing. The main channel was nuts with all the water but we traveled up a few of the creeks found clear water and sight fished trout, way cool!! The pic of the kid under the tree with the colorful rainbow was one of about 4 we caught out of that little hole. (pic) Headed down to Beaver Lake and fished the White by War Eagle Mill. Lot of small males. Fished the White arm of the Beaver the next day up from Twin Bridges and murdered them. Caught as many as we wanted and had the river to ourselves except for two other boats, one boat was hooked up with a spoonbill and fought him for about 30 minutes dragging the boat around before breaking off. Caught a nice mix of males and females with some of the females going at least 2 lbs. (PIC)Little Fishies by Creme were the hot bait they loved them casted up to brush out of the current. Last day we looked for stripers on the main lake up by the dam. Water was high and clear but very Cold. The only negative was on Beaver when we put in by Starkeys Marina. We were looking at the ramp because we had gone to two other ramps that were closed due to the high water. We finally decided to put in and try. I put a five dollar bill under my windshield wiper because there was no drop box to put your fee in, I assumed it was under water. I had a ticket when I got back placed over the 5.00 bill for failure to pay. Well I am trying to straighten it out with the Corp but it does not seem like that should have been a problem. Like I said I like that this site is very positive and I will straighten this out. If this is the worse thing that happened all week I don't have much to complain about. We met and talked to people all week that made us feel like we were family sharing spots and lures and we tried to do the same. THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE GOOD ADVICE AND HOPE TO RUN INTO SOME OF YOU THE NEXT TIME WE ARE DOWN, PROBABLY IN JUNE. DAD AND THE KID I HOPE I DID THE PICS RIGHT

Thanks Everyone , you have been a great help. Going to bed for an early start in the morning. Will post pics and stories when I get back. Thanks Again Dad and the KId

Wow , That's great. My son and I are coming down on Monday. We were afraid he would not be able to fish Dry Creek one last time and we have been coming down for quite a few years. How did the Norfork look, is it back to normal, how much generation are they doing? Thanks Dad and Andrew

Hi Everyone, What a great site!! Everyone is so helpful and no sniping , how refreshing. We have a duck forum sight up here that I follow and it just wears me out with all the whining. I am retiring in a couple of years and I tell you this area has a definite nod. The Kid is looking at Missouri Science and Tech up at Rolla so it could work out well. I have three older daughters and the youngest is getting married in the fall, she just told me she and Clint are going to Big Cedar, Branson for their honeymoon, and could they take the Nitro. Now that is a marriage that is going to LAST!! Of course she is getting married on opening day of duck season so it's not a perfect marriage! Well we are packing and here looks like the plan: Stop at Lilley's landing and get the scoop and pick up some scud flies and egg flies. I have a few bead head scuds but I don't know the size or exactly the drop weight system for high water. Start of at Tany drifting below the dam using the NItro which seems a little weird (wear our new life jacket). Look at Swan and Beaver for any whites later in the week. Anyone think that is possible I don't know how quick those streams drop or clear Try Table Rock for bass around Picnic tables and Trees Try Beaver for Stripers if it clears at all maybe the upper arms? Do the stripers try to make a run to spawn like they do at Norfolk. Any other ideas ( the kid is a perfect partner fish, eat, sleep a little is the perfect trip) when we get back I will give a report with pics. If any of you guys see us ( green and silver Rick Clunn Nitro) Green Traiblazer stop by and say hi. Thanks

Hello, Everyone My son and I are coming down Monday. We have been coming the week after Easter for years. I know when people are hurting with this kind of flooding this is sounds pretty petty, but it is snowing outside here and it has been a long winter. We plan on going to church on Sunday eating dinner with the big family and getting a good night sleep and leaving about 4:00 am and getting there about 3:00 Monday if we can get through on 44. We usually fish for Stripers and whites on Norfolk and then we fish the Norfolk below the dam. This is Andrew's last year to fish Dry Creek and I hope by the end of the week he can. We then fish the White below the dam, the white hole, wildcat and the mouth of the Buffalo. I can see where the Buffalo is out as well as Wildcat. We have a 17 foot bass boat and we put a 17 foot canoe on top of the truck. We are open for anything and looking for you guys for suggestions. We fish for anything that swims but love to fish trout and whites. We are not fancy, we have slept in the back of the truck more than we care about. If we have to run (slip) up some creek arms to find clear water we are game. Tanyecomo sounds like it fishes when the water is high. I have fished at Forsythe but not with the kid. Greers is a thought, Beaver, or maybe norfork will drop but I doubt Bull Shoals or Norfolk are going down when you look at Calico and Baxter. Just found this site and it sounds like folks are very helpful. I enjoyed the video and dug into my saving to buy the CO2 wearable vests (stopping at Basspro on the way down) for the kid and I. It sounds like the week to have them. I am orginaly from Strawberry AR and I spoke with family and it is BAD!!! over there but everyone is safe. Thanks Dave (Dad) and the Kid ( Andrew)