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Line creek offers soothing, flowable fishing stream

I’m partial to fishing in rocky, clear-water streams like those in my native southwest Missouri, where the Ozark woodlands meets the prairie. Those are scarce in Platte County, where the muddy Platte River and Bee Creek define our stream fishing.

But we do have limestone rock formations and where valleys cut deep, clear water flows over stone.

Line Creek is scenic and the best place I’ve found in Platte County to enjoy a fishable flowing stream with clear water. The best riffles and pools are small, but the advantage for me is that it’s a 30-minute drive to reach rather than a three-hour drive.

Trojan football coach gets national nod

Although it seems like summer is only half over, for local high school football coaches the summer solstice is more or less finished.

Most teams are already in the middle of or preparing for one of their team camps held prior to the start of the official first day of practice in early August. It’s a busy time of the year for head coaches as they consider what approach is needed to fulfill their teams’ highest potential and put plans in motion to achieve it.

It’s a particularly busy time for Park Hill head football coach Greg Reynolds. In addition to the annual preparations he’s making for the Trojans football season, he was recently selected to attend this week’s National Football League Youth Summit in Canton, Ohio. As the delegate from Missouri, he’ll join 50 other coaches from every state, along with Washington D.C., in a three day conference. The coaches will not only hear speakers from a wide-range of backgrounds and discuss the top issues affecting the game, but will also be recognized for their contribution to the sport.