Looks like we are dry for a few days.  So how it’s hot days.  90s through Thursday and upper 80s and low 90s.  Slight chances, 30-40%, for rain through next weekend and into Monday.  We’ll see.

They started turning off the generators late in the evening and then back on early morning a couple days ago.  Off this morning and so far it is still off.  They were supposed to turn one unit on at 10:00 and then fire up three more at 11:00.  Cross your fingers.

Lots of trips out the past few days.  Dana on the water Wednesday with John and his granddaughter, Auria.  She caught her first fish!  They were fishing the black copperhead midge or a olive wooly bugger.  Jim had Stephen and Jackson on the water.  It was the JQ streamer for them.

Thursday, Dana and Jim took a group from Texas out.  Dana had John and he caught on the olive wooly bugger and big ruby.  Jim’s folks, Amber and Junior caught on the ruby midge.

Josh and John, from Texas, fished with Dana Friday.  Nice bright day for the holographic green crackleback worked for them.  It was the Ruby midge for Jim’s trip with Clifford and Debra.

Everyone it working for their fish, but we are catching some.  That’s why they call it fishing and not catching!

Can’t believe it.  Looking at the weather forecast, the highest percentage chance of rain is 20%!  Which are the chances of rain all next week.  20% each day.  Let’s hope for sunshine the rest of the 80%!

We continue to run generators 24/7.  All the lakes are close to flood pool, but they are fairly stable…..no increases.  If we can keep rain out of the picture, we might see no generation some time this year!!!

Darren on the water last Thursday with Steve from Colorado.  They had to work but they caught fish on a strawberry colored egg pattern, a UV scud and Darren’s Egg-n-bacon.  Almost rained out this day, but it cleared up and they had a beautiful day.

Melody – 6/14/25

Saturday, Dana and Darren took out a group.  Dana had James and Melody.  They caught fish on the JQ streamer, olive wooly bugger and

James – 6/14/25

the holographic green crackleback.  It was definitely a streamer day for them.   Darren had Aaron and Will.  They were catching on the ruby midge.

Aaron & Will – 6/14/25

Couple of beautiful days yesterday and the day before.  Chances for some rain tomorrow morning and again in the afternoon.  Right now, it looks like the same scenario for Friday.  We don’t need any more rain.

They are now running five spillways and three generators.  All the lakes are very close to flood pools and they are starting to release a little from each of them.  Beaver made a good drop so they shut down their spillways yesterday afternoon.  With the amount of water they are releasing through the generators at Bull Shoals, they are holding pretty steady.  Maybe creeping up a little but not much.  Don’t need any more rain!

Dana on the water Sunday and it was a tough day.  No best pattern.  This was one of those days where there was a significant change on the water level.  Once the water has been running for a full day or better, the fish stack back in most of their usual places but when it makes a big drop or rise, they are trying to figure out where they should be.

Looks like we might have some dry days this week.  Right now, they are forecasting rain Friday and Saturday of this week.  We need to dry out!!!

Non-stop generation will probably be the picture for several weeks.  Beaver is less than half a foot from flood pool.  Marinas on Table Rock were advised Table Rock will probably come up 2-1/2 feet which will put it close to flood pool.  Bull Shoals is just a little over 3-1/2 feet from flood pool.

Jim on the river last Thursday with Gary from Oklahoma.  Caught fish on the size 8 JQ streamer, Ruby and small Ruby midges.  Dana’s fisher, John, from Arkansas, was catching on the Ruby 2 and Black Copperhead midges, and an olive wooly bugger.

Wish we could get a break from all this rain.  Had late last night and they are predicting some heavy rain for today.  Slight chances on Thursday with better chances predicted for Friday and Saturday.  Temperatures are in the upper 70s and l0w 80s.

Two generators running during the morning hours.  Turning up to three units by around 3:00 p.m. every day.

Dana on the water last Saturday with Nolan and Cord from Texas.  New fly fishers caught fish on a Ruby 2 and holographic green crackleback.

Tuesday, Carolyn took a couple of her long-time regulars, Kathy and Ron from Louisiana out for half a day.  Fun and beautiful day.  Fish were very picky about where they were.  When we found some, it was catching mainly on the big ruby.  A few were taking the black d-ribbed midge.  Fortunately we found a few spots where they were hanging out and had a pretty good day.  Jim and Darren were on the water with a group from Kansas.  Darren had Daryle and Kody.  They caught fish on the Ruby 2 and black Copperhead midge.  Jim guys were getting fish on the big ruby and Ruby 2 midge.  One of Dana’s regulars, George was fishing with him.  Their bugs were the Ruby 2, big Ruby and olive wooly bugger.  Good day for them too.

Weather looks nice for the next several days.  Sunshine through Monday and temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s.  Tuesday through Thursday is currently showing chances, less than 45%.  After that, more sunshine

Generators off again today until 1:00.  Tomorrow, it looks like they will turn them on at 4:00 a.m. and running two to three generators all day.

Another good trip for Jim Wednesday.  He had Robert from Oklahoma out for half a day.  New to fly fishing, so of course, they worked some on skills and caught fish on the ruby and root beer midges.

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Some light rain showers expected this afternoon.  Very little, if any, rain tomorrow.  Best chances for more rain looks like Thursday.  After that, slight chances through the weekend and into next week.

Generators were off most of yesterday and are off again today.  They will fire up a couple units this afternoon and run for about eight hours.  Probably see them off again tomorrow.  All the lakes are getting full but they are trying to minimize damage downstream by not releasing any water.

Jim on the water today with AJ from Texas.  Good day for them on the JQ streamer and red ruby.

Since the water is off, several fly fishers out there wading.  Those of them who came into replenish their flies were catching on the black midge, ruby 2, and gray scuds.

Lots of rain!  Rained early this morning.  Right now it is just cloudy but chances for more rain in in the forecast for this late this afternoon into the evening.  Mondays looks like rain during the morning and early afternoon hours.  Tuesday rain chances are lower, 20-30%.  We’ll just have to see.  Wednesday is the only day this week where there is no percentage chance of rain in the forecast.  Thursday and Friday both show slight chances.  But Friday and the weekend look dry!

Yesterday, they turned the spillways off.  However, one of the generators is back on line so they ran three generators for the balance of the day.  This morning it was off for a few hours but three generators were fired up around 9:00 a.m.

Jim on the water Friday with Jacob and Madison from Ohio.  Fairly new to fly fishing so Jim worked a little with them and then they brought several fish to the boat on the ruby midge and a chartreuse San Juan worm.

Dana and Darren on the water yesterday with a father and his sons.  Dana took Brad and Bret.  Tough day for them on the Ruby 2 midge.  Brayden and Bryce were with Darren.  They brought in a few fish on the rusty and copper dun midges.  This was the day they shut down the spillways so the water was a little crazy.

Looks like we are in for more rain.  Suppose to see some starting tonight and into tomorrow morning.  Possibly a dry spell tomorrow afternoon but then more rain Sunday.

Due to all the rain we had last week, they opened up the nine spillways Wednesday.

Carolyn on the water Monday with Chris.  Fished good with the cerise San Juan worm dropped under the big ruby.  Introduced Chris to pulling streamers and caught a few on the holographic green crackleback.  Best fish of the day was on the crackleback but it never got into the boat.  Got it into the dip net and the net fell apart and away went the fish!  Terrible way to end the day!

Thursday, Jim took Mary and her son, Steve, out for half a day.  Good day on the cerise San Juan worm, but the best pattern was a size 8 JQ streamer.  Darren on the water with John and Kay.  Good day for them on a scud/egg combo.

John – 20″ Rainbow

Sunny and hot the past two days.  Looks like today will be more of the same.  Forecast for tomorrow is looking like rain with possibly some hail.  Nice for Saturday but chances for rain show up again for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and slight changes for Wednesday.  We’ll see.  Our weather forecast many times do not pan out.

Since the spillways closed, they have been running two generators 24/7.  Expect to see this for several more days.  By June 1, our power pool will be 917.  Right now we are at 916.8 and dropping very slowly.  Let’s just hope we don’t get a bunch more rain!

Jim on the water Monday shortly after they shut down the spillways.  He had Brian and Tim from Oklahoma.  Needless to say, fishing was a bit off as the water was dropping during most of his trip.  They did catch some fish on the JQ streamer and ruby midge.  Worked on casting and had a good time.

Tuesday, took Dale and Tammy, father and daughter team out for half a day.  Their best pattern was the Ruby 2 midge.  Jim has one of his regulars, James, on the water.  Best pattern was the JQ streamer.  Carolyn had Clark from Illinois on his first day of fishing.  He was a glutton for punishment and booked two days!  Best pattern was mainly on the Ruby 2 midge.   Everyone worked hard to find fish.

Carolyn and Clark back on the water Wednesday.  Fish are starting to settle in after the drop in water level.  Much better day than Tuesday.  Pulled in a few on the JQ streamer with the holographic green crackleback, but best pattern was the big ruby.  A few on the Ruby 2.  Fish are definitely, fat and healthy.  Jim and Dana has a father and two sons on the water.  Jim had Dad, Trae and they were catching on the big ruby and ruby 2.  Dana’s guys, Tyler and Preston caught on the ruby 2.

Nice to be back on the water.  Things should just start getting better as the fish get settled.