Wow!  Lots of rain the past few days.  Soooo, yesterday they opened up nine spillways.  Again, however, they are generating just a little more than if they had all four generators going.  As I mentioned earlier, two generators are down for maintenance.  But we certainly do have a lot of water!  Beaver, just above Table Rock, opened up some spillways also.  They are getting close to their flood pool.  That, of course, is dumping more water into Table Rock.  Think we have had enough rain now.  Chances for some rain this afternoon.  Monday and Tuesday are looking day, but chances move in again for Wednesday through Friday.

Darren on the water Thursday with Won and Tyler.  Fortunately, they had the advantage of only two generators as they are new fly fishers.  Caught some fish on the black copperhead midge.

The big rain we had about two weeks ago resulted in nine spillways being open with two generators running.  Part of the reason they had to open spillways is that two of the generators are down for maintenance.  However, they finally shut the spillways down this morning.  Yeah!   The do still have two generators running and I think we will see that trend for several more days.  They want to get the lake level down to power pool of 915 feet.  Right now we are at 915.77 feet.

Weather has been pretty nice but we are in for some more rain this weekend.  Let’s cross our fingers that it is not as much as we had with the storms we had a couple weeks ago.  Temperatures are in the 70s for the most part, but chances of rain Friday through Sunday and again starting Wednesday into the weekend.

Before the rains, Jim had Greg and Rebekah from Virginia on the water for half a day.  Tough day due to the high winds!  Despite being blown around, they caught some fish on the JQ streamer and a ruby 2 midge.

A week ago this past Tuesday, Dana took Sam from Texas out for half a day.  We now had lots of water so they went the full run.  Tough day but caught fish  on a crackleback or scud.  He also went out again on Thursday.  Jim had the same scenario, he had Jerry our on Tuesday and Thursday.  They caught some fish on the ruby 2 midge.

Sunday, Mike from Lee’s Summit, spent half a day on the water with Jim.  Still had heavy wind and lots of water problems but they had a good day on the JQ streamer and ruby 2 midge.

Landon took Ryan out of Ohio out for half a day Monday.  Good day for them on the bug eyed bugger and ruby 2 midge.

Gary – 4/15/25

Tuesday, Carolyn took Gary and his grandson Alex out for the day.  This was Alex’s first catch of a trout on a fly rod and grandpa was happy.  Caught a few on the cerise San Juan Worm but best pattern was a cream mop fly under the big ruby.  Fun day!

Alex – 4/15/25

Nice today with the temperatures topping out in the low 70s.  Sun is shinning and very little wind!  With this front that came through, temperatures tomorrow will only be in the upper 50’s but after that 70s for Tuesday and Wednesday, when another front comes through.  Possibility of rain Wednesday through Saturday.  We need it.

Generation schedule over the weekend was a low one unit all day both days.  Tomorrow it is supposed to be off all day.  We will see.

Darren out Thursday with Ken from Lee’s Summit.  Good day for him on the red midge and the black copperhead midge.  Jim had a couple of his regulars, Dwan and Robert.  They had a good day on the JQ streamers, ruby midge and the cream mop fly.

Friday, Dana took Ethan and Ed out for a full day.  Ruby 2 and cerise San Juan worm were their best patterns.

Beautiful weather!  It will hit the low 80s today with lots of sunshine.  70s through the weekend with chances of rain Sunday.  Next weekend will start out in the mid 50s, but by Tuesday it will be upper 60s and finished out the week in the 70s.

Generation has been two or three units during the morning hours then down to one unit by 10:00 or 11:00 a.m.  Yesterday, they ran it a little longer but eventually cut it back to the low one unit.  Today and tomorrow are projecting a low one unit all day.

Monday, Dana, Darren and Jim took a group from New Mexico out for half a day.  It was in celebration of Jim’s 78th birthday.  Dana’ couple, Abby and John had a good day on the cream mop fly.  Darren had Nadine and Ben fishing a Ruby 2 or black and silver midges.  Jim’s guys, Jim and Steve didn’t fair as well.  No best flies but they did bring a few fish to the boat.

Michael & Carter – 3/25/25

Tuesday, one of Jim’s regulars Frank, from Belton, MO. went out for half a day.  Pretty steady fishing day

Carter’s first fish on fly rod – 3/25/25

for them on the Ruby midge, tan mop and a JQ streamer.  Michael and his grandson, Carter fished with Gina.  Fun day for them.  This was Carter’s first fly fishing trip.  They landed some fish on the Ruby 2 midge.

Carolyn took Tom and Sandy out for a half day float Wednesday.  Beautiful day with just brief periods of wind.  Nothing like we have been having.  Sandy had not been fly fishing for quite a while so we worked a little on casting.  It was a good day for them on the Ruby 2 and black copperhead midges.  Dana had one of his regular, regulars, George on the water for half a day.  They had a good day on the Ruby 2 midge.

Sandy – 3/26/25

Looks like we are in for several nice days.  Temperatures in the low 70s for the most part.  Some chances for rain sneaking in toward the end of the week and into the weekend.

No generation all day this weekend.  Three units on tomorrow morning, then off at 10:00 or 11:00 a.m. with a low one unit running most of the balance of the day.

Brian -03/20/25

Dana on the water Thursday with Brian from Minnesota.  Good day for them on the ruby 2 midge.

Taz spent part of Friday on the water with Carolyn.  He was wanting to hone his skills, so we spent some time working on the various casts.  Then he finished up the outing catching some trout on the the Ruby 2 midge.

Saturday, Dana and Carolyn took a group out for half a day.  Don and Tim fished with Carolyn.

Don – 3/22/25

They wanted to learn the river on where and how to fish as Don has his own drift boat.  Dana had Dan and Mike who are both pretty new to fly fishing.  Dana’s guys caught some fish on the Ruby 2 midge.

Tim -03/22/25

Car0lyn guys were catching on the Ruby 2, cream mop fly and Tim threw a red soft hackle for the first time and caught a nice fish on it.  Fun day.

Having some warmer days, but several of them have also included some really mean wind!  They are projecting high winds tomorrow from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with gusts id 50-60 mph.  Thursday looks better but temperatures are dropping to the mid 50s.  Friday and through the weekend will be mid 60s.  By late next week it’s back into the 70s.

Water off this morning at 10:00 a.m.  and the projections says it will be off all day tomorrow.

Noah – 3/16/25

Kevin and his son, Noah spent time with Carolyn on Sunday learning how to cast.  We worked on the roll cast, regular cast and shooting line.  After some time with that, it was to the water.   Unfortunately, it was a tough and windy day.  Noah did hook his first fish on a fly rod and got it to the boat.  Few others but they got away.  It will be better next time.

Monday, Dana took Jeff and Mary out for half a day.  Good day for them on the Ruby 2 midge.  Darren was on the water with Steve and Henry.

Henry – 3/17/25

They too had a good day on anything red.

Steve & Henry – 3/17/25

Had some beautiful weather last week.  Several days in the 80s!  Then the high winds and cooler days Friday and over the weekend.  However, looks like more nice days are ahead.

Generation has been stable for the past three days.  One unit running almost every day.  That is the projection for tomorrow.  Not sure what we will see after Monday.  Last week it was three units, then down to two and usually down to one for a few hours and back up to two.  We are below power pool so hopefully, we will see less generation over the next few days.

Dean – 3/13/25

Thursday and Friday, Carolyn had one of her regulars, Dean from Kansas, on the water.  Thursday, three generators were running most of the day so they drifted all the way down to the take off at Acacia Club road.   Good day on a cerise worm, then red worm under a bug ruby.  Also caught a few stripping the JQ streamer.  Friday was a low flow and lots of wind!  With the low flow, it was fishing from the boat ramp up.  Pretty good day again with bigger fish this day.  Best patterns were the Ruby 2 and P&P midges.

Hunter – 3/14/25

Landon on the water Friday with Chris and Hunter from Texas.  Good day for them on the Ruby 2 midge and a bug-eyed bugger.  Low generation so they fished the areas above the boat ramp.

Chris – 3/14/25

Saturday, Dana took Anthony from Texas out for half a day.  It was the cerise San Juan Worm and Big Ruby for

them.

Anthony – 3/15/25

The high winds and fronts had definitely had an affect on the fishing.  Catching fish but really

having to work for them sometimes.

Looks like we are out of the deep freeze and the snow should almost be all out of here after today!  Nice weather this week with temperatures in the 50s and 60s into next weekend!

Running a couple generators during the morning hours this weekend and Monday.  Should be off today and Monday around noon.  We’ll have to see the projection Monday to see what the trend might be.

Kerry – 2/22/225

Dana on the water yesterday with Kerry from Oklahoma.  Pattern of the day was a cerise San Juan worm.  With the water off yesterday, they fished mainly above and around the boat ramp.  Beautiful day!

Note:  Check out out website under Fly Fishing Schools/Fly Tying Classes.  We have scheduled some Women’s Fly Fishing Clinics for this year!

Looks like we have some weather coming in next week.  They are predicting ice and snow starting Monday evening into Tuesday.  Then another round for Wednesday.  Good news is that by the weekend, it looks like upper 40s or possibly 50s!   Hope this is it for winter!

Generation schedule has been pretty stable over the past several days.  One unit or less 24/7.  Haven’t seen this pattern so I’m not certain what they are doing.  It will probably change over the next few days with this really cold and nasty weather coming in.  We’ll probably see an increase in flow sometime during the day.

Not many trips going out right now.  Jim was on the water a week ago this past Tuesday with Robert.  They had a good day.

Reports from the wade fishers coming into the shop is that they are seeing some nice quality fish right now.  Good size and really healthy looking!  Unlike most days, a couple days their best pattern was a size 12 gray scud.  Normally, it’s 14 or smaller.  The JQ Streamer was also doing well.  Not a lot of fishers out, but those going are catching some nice size fish.

After we get through the rain today, it looks like we will have at least five days in the 60s!  Unfortunately, there is a chance a rain showing up again Thursday.  Temperatures will drop next weekend into the 40s.

Generation has been two to three units for a while in the morning, then off somewhere around 10:00 a.m. or later and starting back up around 5:00 p.m.  The weekend had no generation most of the weekend.   Today is a weird one.  They are running not quite a unit most of the day.  We’ll see what tomorrow will bring!

With the nicer weather, lots of folks wade fishing up near the dam.   Reports from these fishers is that fishing has been good most of the time.  We have had a few days when it has been tough or it fished great during the early hours and shut down around 2:00 or 3:00 p.m.  The JQ streamer was the ticket Sunday and Monday.

Dana on the water yesterday with Craig from Kansas.  Their best patterns were the JQ streamer and the ruby 2 midge.  Yesterday was one of those fish stopped hitting around 2:00 p.m.  Fun day catching fish!