HavingREELFun

I really enjoy where I live – here in the Ozarks. I was fortunate enough to be able to choose where I wanted to...

Dropping a Line

So far today, Tuesday, we’ve got an 18-in. smallmouth, a smaller smallmouth, a spotted bass and a striper, all caught about 18 ft. deep...

Hognobbing

FAYETTEVILLE – For the second week in a row and the third time this season, Arkansas’ loss on the field has resulted in an...

The Dirt on Nicky

October is the kindest month It’s time to take down tangled spent vines with crinkled leaves and add them to the pile with tall dead...

The Dirt on Nicky

All we are saying is give peas a chance About 12,000 years, humans were moving out of caves into huts and tepees, domesticating goats instead...

The Coffee Table

News—$&$—Interrupted It is my practice to wake up slowly most mornings, sipping cafe au lait while perusing the news online. Having an entire periodical contained on...

The Dirt on Nicky

Don’t forget flowers It is seed catalog season. I recently spent an evening browsing through a 530-page seed catalog, and even made a long list...

Dropping a Line

Well, the water is cooling and the stripers are coming up closer to the surface on Beaver Lake. The good thing about it most...

Dropping a Line

Got a nice sunrise this week of the fog lifting over the dam on Beaver Lake. Water temps running around 64° on Beaver and...

Free Parking

The two young men were terrified. They were in the midst of a hostile crowd and were being pelted with epitaphs, slurs and debris....