Terry Beeson

Happy Birthday! Spend some of it catchin' fish!

Depends on the size and how you want to fish it... But, in general, yes... I use a brass bead and it takes it down just right for Taney...

Oh Count Istvan Teleky if you are here, give us a sign... It's coming to me... Hold on... I see it.... I seee.... I see a figure... a man... on the water... cursing... cursing the wind... cursing the fish... cursing the rod in his hand. I see the man raising his knee and the rod... Then... he breaks the rod over his knee!!! I see a boat sinking. I see leaky waders. I see sunburn!! Dang, I hope that wasn't you, Don... But just to be safe, you may be cursed and the only way to get rid of the curse is to bury half a dozen pine squirrel sculpins, a lock of your hair, a new pair of Choata wader boots in size 14, and $500 cash under the willow tree next to the buckeye bush on the James River. That's the sacrafice Count Istvan Teleky wants to save you from the curse. Tell ya what... Just in case you don't know which Willow Tree, bring the items to me and I'll bury them for you...

Naw... Just tell her Wapsi has developed a technique for getting squirrel strips without harming the squirrels. Then tell her Wapsi has put 5,000 out of work squirrels on the payroll...

Welcome to the forum... There's humor here? Hmmmm.... I musta missed it...

Happy Birthday SIO3... (Glad to see Dano is making up for slacking off... )

"Y'all know me. Know how I earn a livin'. I'll catch this bird for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad fish. Not like going down to the pond and chasing bluegills and tommycocks. This trout, swallow you whole. No shakin', no tenderizin', down you go. And we gotta do it quick, that'll bring back your tourists, put all your businesses on a payin' basis. But it's not gonna be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than three thousand bucks, chief. I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no mates, there's too many captains on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole darn thing."

Hey, Kickin... That's not photoshopped... That's a Taney shad and Scheetz just has 10 ft long arms with itty bitty hands!

Happy Birthday, guys! and.... Dano... YOU'RE FIRED!!

Come to Patrick's on the White and see the girls skinny dipping in the White River! Patrick, you're a marketing genius!!

Salmo, I'm wondering if ordering barbeque in central PA is anything like ordering a Philly Cheesesteak in Arkansas?... There use to be a pizza and beer joint in Morrilton, AR called The Blue Bonnett. Cold beer and hot pizza. The pizza was the best I've ever had. Especially if you ordered it with the smoked Petit Jean Italian sausage on it. A friend of mine was waiting tables there one night and a guy came in with his wife/girlfriend. This guy had tattoos, long hair, a long beard, and sunglasses. He was quite the oddity in this place to the locals. Pam thought she recognized him and sure enough found out it was the bass player for "that li'l ol' band from Texas" Dusty Hill (Z Z Top... Just in case Jimmy T reads this and wonders who I'm talkin' about... ) Seems the band had stopped in there years before and Dusty remembered how cold the beer was and how great the pizza was. He was on his way (driving) from Florida to Houston and when they got to Jackson, MS, Dusty got a "cravin'" for a Blue Bonnett pizza... So... they made a 500 mile detour to get one.

Leonard is gonna sleep instead of fish? Watch out! I think there's a chill in Hades!!

Wow... one of the tourist traps my parents never took me on, but I do remember the pirate boat for sure... especially the signs coming into Branson on 65... Yep... another one bites the dust...

One point that stood out to me was the fact that the fires were so intense and hot that the river basically "evaporated" and then the ash choked the leftover pools. Wow... One little campfire and - "BAM" - environmental disaster....

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I remember you talking about that one, too, in the Norfork session... I was the one of the ones that did the "Homer Simpson" "D'OH!" when you said that... Seems perfectly logical now that you said it...

You're kiddin'.... right?

Pick him up? Aren't you guys just going to leave from Taney when you get through fishing that night? That would give you a few hours to fish over there before russ and chief get there... Sorry I won't be of any help guys... maybe next time...

I'm not sure I can answer your first question, russ... but... The $ 1. 4 million Environmental Settlement Trust Fund has been accumulated since 2001 from national environmental settlements. The bulk of the money in the fund comes from Arkansas’ $ 1 million share of a $90 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the federal EPA against Willamette Industries for clean-air violations at 13 facilities in four states, including two plants in Arkansas. The fund also includes more than $345,000 from a similar settlement about four years ago against steel manufacturer Nucor Corp. which has a factory in Blytheville, AR. As for EPA being involved in the Overlook Estates issue, my understanding is that as long as the STATE agency is involved, EPA stays out UNLESS there are FEDERAL environmental issues (interstate.) This was the case in the Willamette and Nucor cases since they were in different states, not just Arkansas. Since Overlook was an "Arkansas only" (intrastate) issue, this stayed at the state ADEQ level. Now, if it could be proven that Overlook caused "significant" environmental issues in Mississippi and Louisiana, then EPA could join the suit. Now, if we could just define the word "significant" we'd be in business... By the way... in the Willamette settlement, I'm still trying to figure out how 15% ( number of the plants Willamette had in Arkansas) of $90 million comes out to only $1million. Seems to me it should have been closer to $14million. Maybe the lawyers in that case took a 93% fee...

ah - HA ! This is from the wikipedia website: "In Pennsylvania, 'barbecue' refers to various sweet and mild concoctions in the tradition of Pennsylvania Dutch (German) cooking techniques. Esepcially in central PA, 'barbecue' is generally a mixture of browned ground beef (or in some cases shredded beef roast) with mixtures of ketchup, mustard, molasses/brown sugar, white sugar, salt, pepper, pickle relish and/or vinegar. This 'barbecue' is much more reminiscent of what most of America refers to as 'sloppy joes' than other traditional definitions of barbecue, which involve slow cooking of meat over wood or charcoal fires. However, if one was to order a 'barbecue sandwich' at most any type of event in central PA, you will be served this type of ground beef concoction, on an inexpensive white hamburger bun. This type of 'barbecue' is also often used as a topping on hotdogs." So maybe "northern barbeque" is just a sloppy joe? That ain't barbeque... The only smoke that would ever see is the smoke comin' outta my ears if I ordered a barbeque sandwich and they brought me a sloppy joe sandwich...

John, Good report and glad you did well on your day off. Wish I had gotten one of those Green Butts from you at Sowbug, but your station was pretty busy every time I passed by... (<----- Whine Bag...) But then if I had gotten one of them, I'd feel bad about taking one and leaving you with none... OK... probably not, but it's the thought that counts... Anyway... A question for you... from someone who is even more a novice dry fly fisherman than a fly fisherman in general: During your Norfork session at Sowbug, you talked a bit about dry flies and mentioned the "if I can't see it, I can't fish it" problem. Maybe I'm just thinking more about calmer water, but how well do you have to see the fly to fish it? Are you looking more at the fly or at the leader for twitches and stops? When I DO fish dries, I watch the fly with some concentration on the leader. Most of the time, I see the fish sip the fly by it's proximity to the leader. I'm sure I may be missing some if not a lot of fish, but I have seen a twitch in the leader and done a hook set to find a fish at the end. But the big question is, what SHOULD I be doing as far as looking for an indication of a take? I would like to start fishing dries a bit more, so I will be "listening" intently...

Aaahhhh... the "voice"... I know it well. Sort of "James Earl Jones-ish" with a smattering of Rambo and Steven Tyler... A few quotes from "The Voice:" "It's not a liqueur, it's coffee creamer!" "Go ahead... Your wife won't mind you spending all that money on fly at Backcountry Outfitters. You can eat ramen noodles for a month." "Britney Spears is the antichrist." "Wooly Buggers ARE flies, TOO!"

High in fiber, too!

Greetings and salutations, Rick... Grew up in PA without a fly rod in your hands? Isn't that blasphemy in the central part of the state? Hang in there... It's taken me 7 years to get as bad as I am...

Well, it does not say "must" but in that decree, it is "legal-eeze" for they are ALLOWED to seek costs and damages. From dictionary.com definitions for "may"... "To be obliged; must. Used in statutes, deeds, and other legal documents."