TR: Norfolk River, AR and FFF Southern Council Conclave

Drove down to Mountain Home, AR on Wednesday. Got into Bull Shoals
White River State Park, got license and set up my tent. The dam was
running 6 generators (about 15,000 CFS) so the river was unfishable
unless you had a boat, so I just toured around.
Thursday, I was the Vendor Chair for the Conclave and Thursday is Set-
Up Day. Early in the morning, I was on the cell to a vendor and
stepped in a hole. Ended up driving my knee into my ribs. Crap.
REALLY HURT. Thought I had broken a couple. Continued working, and,
due to a couple of no -shows due to work and business, I was also the
Auction AND the MC for the awards banquet.
Thursday night, I'm hurting so bad, the Council puts me up in a
hotel.
Friday, show is going well. Glitches here and there but the guests
don't see them. Friday evening is the auction. I found out from the
auctioneer that I put the items in the wrong order, AFTER I printed
out 200 catalogs. Oh well. Ribs felt worse. Left halfway through.
On the way back to the hotel, I coughed and one of the ribs popped.
Okay, maybe not broken, but dislocated. I put my spey rod tube on the
floor of the hotel room and flopped on it a couple of times. Ribs
seriously popped, but felt better.
Saturday, I MC'd the awards banquet. Got the crowd of folks from
Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas to holler
"Go Big Red!" I am now in hiding.
Sunday, after the board meeting, I went out with Chris Jackson, the
executive director of the Southern Council. Chris happens to own a
resort on the Norfolk River, the Riverside Retreat, and is also a
guide. We went upstream in his boat and threw streamers at the big
rainbows and browns. I got into a few fish, including a VERY fat 18"
rainbow. Lots of fun. The water was incredibly clear and I could see
big fish 10' down.
The White and the Norfolk are incredible year-round tailwater
fisheries. Temps are in the 50's in Jan and Feb. If you are jonesing
for a place to fish mid-winter, great place to go. Chris is an
excellent guide and the Riverside Retreat is awesome.
Frank Reid
(who's thinking that after the 9 hour drive, that he might want to see
a doc.)

On Oct 10, 6:02*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
Drove down to Mountain Home, AR on Wednesday. *Got into Bull Shoals
White River State Park, got license and set up my tent. *The dam was
running 6 generators (about 15,000 CFS) so the river was unfishable
unless you had a boat, so I just toured around.
Thursday, I was the Vendor Chair for the Conclave and Thursday is Set-
Up Day. *Early in the morning, I was on the cell to a vendor and
stepped in a hole. *Ended up driving my knee into my ribs. *Crap.
REALLY HURT. *Thought I had broken a couple. *Continued working, and,
due to a couple of no -shows due to work and business, I was also the
Auction AND the MC for the awards banquet.
Thursday night, I'm hurting so bad, the Council puts me up in a
hotel.
Friday, show is going well. *Glitches here and there but the guests
don't see them. *Friday evening is the auction. *I found out from the
auctioneer that I put the items in the wrong order, AFTER I printed
out 200 catalogs. *Oh well. *Ribs felt worse. *Left halfway through..
On the way back to the hotel, I coughed and one of the ribs popped.
Okay, maybe not broken, but dislocated. *I put my spey rod tube on the
floor of the hotel room and flopped on it a couple of times. *Ribs
seriously popped, but felt better.
Saturday, I MC'd the awards banquet. *Got the crowd of folks from
Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas to holler
"Go Big Red!" *I am now in hiding.
Sunday, after the board meeting, I went out with Chris Jackson, the
executive director of the Southern Council. *Chris happens to own a
resort on the Norfolk River, the Riverside Retreat, and is also a
guide. *We went upstream in his boat and threw streamers at the big
rainbows and browns. *I got into a few fish, including a VERY fat 18"
rainbow. *Lots of fun. *The water was incredibly clear and I could see
big fish 10' down.
The White and the Norfolk are incredible year-round tailwater
fisheries. *Temps are in the 50's in Jan and Feb. *If you are jonesing
for a place to fish mid-winter, great place to go. *Chris is an
excellent guide and the Riverside Retreat is awesome.
Frank Reid
(who's thinking that after the 9 hour drive, that he might want to see
a doc.)

Thanx fer da rpt. Makes one want to check out Ark. in Winter.
Dave

On 10/11/2011 3:50 AM, DaveS wrote:

Thanx fer da rpt. Makes one want to check out Ark. in Winter.
Dave


likewise. Great report. Also, makes one want to check out investing in
medical care facilities within a 100 mile radius of Reid. As usual.

Tom

......proud owner of a 20 gallon drum of aloe vera lotion. Frank understands.

On Oct 11, 6:03*pm, Tom Littleton wrote:
On 10/11/2011 3:50 AM, DaveS wrote:

Thanx fer da rpt. Makes one want to check out Ark. in Winter.
Dave

likewise. Great report. Also, makes one want to check out investing in
medical care facilities within a 100 mile radius of Reid. As usual.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Tom

.....proud owner of a 20 gallon drum of aloe vera lotion. Frank understands.

Hey, that aloe vera came from my "grow house."
Frank Reid

On Oct 11, 6:03*pm, Tom Littleton wrote:
On 10/11/2011 3:50 AM, DaveS wrote:

Thanx fer da rpt. Makes one want to check out Ark. in Winter.
Dave

likewise. Great report. Also, makes one want to check out investing in
medical care facilities within a 100 mile radius of Reid. As usual.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Tom

.....proud owner of a 20 gallon drum of aloe vera lotion. Frank understands.

By the way, hotel here in Knoxville has Yuengling. Woo Woo!
Frank Reid
(okay, fishing on the Norfolk in Arkansas on Sunday, packing up tent
at Bull Shoals Monday, driving through Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and
Nebraska on Monday, flying into Knoxville on Tuesday. Kinda lost
track of where I am)

On 10/11/2011 9:26 PM, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:

By the way, hotel here in Knoxville has Yuengling. Woo Woo!
Frank Reid
(okay, fishing on the Norfolk in Arkansas on Sunday, packing up tent
at Bull Shoals Monday, driving through Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and
Nebraska on Monday, flying into Knoxville on Tuesday. Kinda lost
track of where I am)

in light of that, are you SURE you are in Knoxville? You probably landed
in Harrisburg or Lehigh Valley airport and serving Yeungling would be
expected!
Tom

On Oct 12, 4:27*pm, Tom Littleton wrote:
On 10/11/2011 9:26 PM, Frank Reid 2010 wrote:

By the way, hotel here in Knoxville has Yuengling. *Woo Woo!
Frank Reid
(okay, fishing on the Norfolk in Arkansas on Sunday, packing up tent
at Bull Shoals Monday, driving through Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and
Nebraska on Monday, flying into Knoxville on Tuesday. *Kinda lost
track of where I am)

in light of that, are you SURE you are in Knoxville? You probably landed
in Harrisburg or Lehigh Valley airport and serving Yeungling would be
expected!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Tom

Mmmmm.....Yeungling.....definitely one of the most o.k. beers I've had
in the last five and a half decades.

giles
from the "allright, we don't exactly have to get REAL.....but let's at
least try to stay plausible" desk.

On Oct 12, 4:27*pm, Tom Littleton wrote:
On 10/11/2011 9:26 PM, Frank Reid 2010 wrote:

By the way, hotel here in Knoxville has Yuengling. *Woo Woo!
Frank Reid
(okay, fishing on the Norfolk in Arkansas on Sunday, packing up tent
at Bull Shoals Monday, driving through Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and
Nebraska on Monday, flying into Knoxville on Tuesday. *Kinda lost
track of where I am)

in light of that, are you SURE you are in Knoxville? You probably landed
in Harrisburg or Lehigh Valley airport and serving Yeungling would be
expected!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Tom

Got out early from the meetings today, so drove through Pidgeon Forge
and Gatlinburg today. Imagine Las Vegas minus the casinos and
hookers, decorated by the folks of Wall Drug with free moonshine
tasting and a stocked trout stream running down the center. By the
way, cherries marinated in 100 proof moonshine will light you up like
a Christmas tree.
Frank Reid

On Oct 12, 7:33*pm, Giles wrote:
On Oct 12, 4:27*pm, Tom Littleton wrote:

On 10/11/2011 9:26 PM, Frank Reid 2010 wrote:

By the way, hotel here in Knoxville has Yuengling. *Woo Woo!
Frank Reid
(okay, fishing on the Norfolk in Arkansas on Sunday, packing up tent
at Bull Shoals Monday, driving through Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and
Nebraska on Monday, flying into Knoxville on Tuesday. *Kinda lost
track of where I am)

in light of that, are you SURE you are in Knoxville? You probably landed
in Harrisburg or Lehigh Valley airport and serving Yeungling would be
expected!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Tom

Mmmmm.....Yeungling.....definitely one of the most o.k. beers I've had
in the last five and a half decades.

giles
from the "allright, we don't exactly have to get REAL.....but let's at
least try to stay plausible" desk.

It is indeed. And its only 3 bucks in the hotel.
Frank

On Oct 12, 8:20*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
On Oct 12, 7:33*pm, Giles wrote:





On Oct 12, 4:27*pm, Tom Littleton wrote:

On 10/11/2011 9:26 PM, Frank Reid 2010 wrote:

By the way, hotel here in Knoxville has Yuengling. *Woo Woo!
Frank Reid
(okay, fishing on the Norfolk in Arkansas on Sunday, packing up tent
at Bull Shoals Monday, driving through Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and
Nebraska on Monday, flying into Knoxville on Tuesday. *Kinda lost
track of where I am)

in light of that, are you SURE you are in Knoxville? You probably landed
in Harrisburg or Lehigh Valley airport and serving Yeungling would be
expected!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Tom

Mmmmm.....Yeungling.....definitely one of the most o.k. beers I've had
in the last five and a half decades.

giles
from the "allright, we don't exactly have to get REAL.....but let's at
least try to stay plausible" desk.

It is indeed. *And its only 3 bucks in the hotel.
Frank

I had a "Spotted Cow" at The Vault in Rockland on Sunday evening for
two and a half.....and got to watch the last "ten minutes" of Aaron
Rodgers and Clay Matthews giving the folks in Atlanta a lesson in
football.....at no extra charge.

giles
who, for another fifty cents, would expect at least a home town team
edging toward a serious world series bid or something.