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!

Poopy weather right now!  At least we are not getting the heavy snow they are getting north of us.  So far (knock on wood), we are just having much cooler temperatures.  Had some rain last night and light rain off and on today.  Might get some light snow this evening.  Cooler temperatures this coming week, but looks like a slight warming streak next weekend and the following week.

Generation on most of the time during the week.  No generation this weekend.  They are running three and then two generators all day tomorrow.  We’ll have to see what the trend is this week.

Dana on the water last Monday with Gene from Texas.  Caught some fish on the Ruby 2 and an wooly wooly bugger.

Dean – 12/30/24

Dean, from Kansas, fished with Landon.  They had a pretty good day on the Ruby 2, a peach egg and red San Juan Worm.  The were running a low two units Monday.

Thursday, Gary took Jason out for a few hours.  He wanted to learn the areas to fish and what to fish.  They caught some fish on the Tiger Tail and Ruby 2.

Fly tying classes are going on every Saturday morning.  Give us a call if interested.

HAVE A WONDERFUL, GREAT FISHING NEW YEAR!!!

Rainy weather right now.  Looks like we might have chances for rain Christmas day and again on Thursday.  Best part is that the temperatures Thursday through next Tuesday will be in the 50s and maybe 60 on Monday.  After that, the temperatures will start dropping into the 40s and upper 30s.  However, that’s not bad for December.

Water continues to generate.  Good news is that Thursday, they will run one unit for a couple hours early in the morning and then keep it off until 5:00 p.m.  Better go fishing.

Jim on the water last Thursday with Sally and Donald from Illinois.  These two wanted to learn a little about fly fishing as they had not tried that yet.  They are very outdoors people and this was on their bucket list.  Unfortunately water was running and there was no good fly that day.  They had several on but played them a little too hard.  Fun day!

Tuesday, Jim took Robert out for half a day.  JQ streamer and the big Ruby were their flies.  Takes were very soft so quite a few short strikes.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Weather looking pretty good for the through most of next week.  Temperatures in the 40s and 50s and for the most part, partly sunny days.  Until the day before Christmas when we are looking at chances for rain.  Of course, this will change by the time we get there.

Water was off most of Saturday but ran most of Sunday this past weekend.  Today they are running two units until supposedly noon when it will go off for four hours then back on with two units.

Carolyn on the water last Monday with Bob from Michigan.  He started fishing with us in 2001!  Good day for Bob on the Ruby 2 midge.  When the wind picked up it was a cream colored mop fly.

Last Thursday, Bill fished with Dana.  Missed several fish but just couldn’t get any to the boat.

Sunday, Jim had Tom and Jeff from the Kansas City area out for half a day.  Baby ruby and micro scud were their patterns for the trip.  Water a little weird as it was backing up.  Made for picky fish!

WE WISH EVERY A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Pretty cool this morning.  Upper teens this morning with a high projected at 32.  Tomorrow will be a little better.  Start the morning off at 30 degrees and get into the mid 40s.  The weekend looks like highs in the mid 50s!  Next week will be in the mid to upper 40s and 50s by next weekend.

Running two to three units non-stop for the past three days now.  Not certain yet what to expect for tomorrow or the weekend.

Landon had Gary from Oklahoma on the water last Saturday.  Fun day for them on the Ruby 2 and black copperhead midges.  Low flow so they stayed high and worked the boat ramp bank and the narrows.

John and Liz on the water with Jim yesterday.  Tough day with two units running and the wind really running heavy!  Also looks like the lake might be in the process of turning as the water turned greenish black while they were out.  Brought a few fish to the boat but there was no good fly.

Don’t forget, fly tying classes start this Saturday, December 7.  Run most every Saturday until March.

Past several morning have been a bit nippy, temperatures in the mid to upper 20s.  Looks like we will be seeing a few more days like this.  Highs have been in the 40s.

Continue to see some like of generation almost every day.  This past Sunday they only ran one unit for an hour and then turned it off.  Otherwise, two units on early then ramping down to zero for five to six hours and then back on.

Dana had Richard and Kathy on the water Tuesday.  Ruby 2 midge, Cerise and Red San Juan worms were their patterns.  This was Kathy’s first time with a fly rod.  Carolyn had Ted and his daughter, Mary Clare.  This was her first time with a fly rod also and she had a wonderful day.  Both of them brought a brown trout to the boat.  Ruby 2 was their best pattern.  Caught a few on the tan mop fly.