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Stev wrote:Are you talking about NW AR?

No. Take a look at an Arkansas state highway map and look for Mena in the
southwest part of the state. Then look southeast of Mena, and the map will
indicate a campsite at Shady Lake. It is a very pretty part of the state, but
there is nothing there but the outdoors. I still like it, but everytime I go
there I have to have the front end of the truck alignment checked again. I
don't think the growers are as much of a problem as they are southwest of Mena.
It is still kinda chancy form what I hear if you wander too far from the water
in parts of southeast Oklahoma.

Big Dale

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Stev wrote:snipAs for pattern, maybe one of those long sal****er eels with
several fly
rattles at the end. Something to conjecture with. I don't have a rod that
will throw that.

Think Loomis IMX Mega-taper 8.5 foot 10 weight. If that won't do the trick use
a spinning rig.

Big Dale

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I don't think the growers are as much of a problem as they are southwest of
Mena.
It is still kinda chancy form what I hear if you wander too far from the
water
in parts of southeast Oklahoma.
Big Dale

I've never been quite that far south in AR. Lived in NE corner for four
years and have camped and fished along the White River basin. The Ozarks
are beautiful hill in some areas and sadly deforested in others.

When I last lived in MO the growers were still a problem in the southern
forests.

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When I last lived in MO the growers were still a problem in the southern
forests.

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There are still interesting problems in the Ozarks, even when "growers" are
not involved (I think the term belongs in quotes, they're not growing
cabbages).

I remember reading a couple of years ago that there were reports of a tiger
being seen in the forests in Cleburne County, Arkansas, which is the county
that the Greer Ferry Tailwater of the Little Red River runs.

The local authorities took a few days to decide that the reports were real,
and ultimately decided on a sporting solution to the problem. They opened
up a one day tiger hunting season in the county. The tiger was quickly
brought down, creating a new record category for hunting: Arkansas Tiger.

Memphis Jim

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Memphis Jim:
There are still interesting problems in the Ozarks, even when "growers" are
not involved (I think the term belongs in quotes, they're not growing
cabbages).

Hadn't heard the tiger story. Makes good reading.

At the intersection of US 71 and I-44 (old US 66) there was ( is still ?) a
farm that specializes in wintering circus elephants. On bright sunny winter
days one could sometimes see them outside the buildings. You had to plan on
cars and trucks slowing down rapidly and erratically.

Diagonally across the intersection was a large machine works plant with a
sign proclaiming "FAG Bearings." That one caused a few swerves too.
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Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Darkstar

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