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.

Nice day yesterday.  Not too hot but warm enough with the sun.  However, the wind was a fit!  Today we are having some light showers.  Looks like most of it will go north of us.  Thursday has a 40% chance for rain and after that it looks like nothing for the next week!

No change in generation.  Still running 9 spillways and two generators.  Table Rock has maybe dropped a half a foot in the past two days.  Hopefully, we won’t get much more rain and we can start making some progress.

Ron and Kathy from Louisiana fished with Carolyn yesterday.  They have been fishing with us since 2008!  The wind and high water didn’t help any, but they brought some fish to the boat, mainly on the cerise San Juan worm dropped from the big ruby.  Fish were nice and fat.  They must be getting lots of food.   It was nice just being on the water and it was a fun day!

This year is streaming by!  Can’t believe it’s already May!  Just had a another bout of rain yesterday.  Forecast is 80% for tomorrow.  We set a record here for the amount of rain in April.  Think we broke the 1945 record.  Temperatures are in the upper 60s and low 70s.  Let’s hope this passes pretty soon.

Of course, with all the rain, we still have two generators and nine spillways open.  As we mentioned before, this is just a little more water than they normally release with four generators.  It’s still a lot of water.

Dana on the water last Thursday with Dirk from Kansas.  Pretty good half day for them on the white mop fly.

They just keep forecasting rain.  Some days we get it and on other days we get nothing.  Really hard to plan anything!  Forecasting a warm day tomorrow in the low 80s.  Tuesday’s forecast calls for 70% chance of strong to severe thunderstorms, and Wednesday has an 80% chance for showers and storms.

Still running nine spillways and two generators.  This will probably continue for several more days or weeks, depending on how much rain we really get.

Carolyn on the water with John and Nancy from Florida last Thursday.  We finally found a soft spot and landed several trout on the black copperhead and ruby 2 midges.  Beautiful day!

Friday, Darren and Dana had a group out.  Darren took Ryan and Ryan.  Worked hard and caught a couple fish on the black copperhead midge.

Spencer – 4/25/25

Dana took Spencer and he also landed a couple fish but on the Ruby 2 midge.

Martin – 4/26/25

Martin went out Saturday with Darren and they landed a few fish on the black copperhead midge.  Jim had Gary and Steve on the water.  They caught several on a #8 JQ streamer.

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.