Strange weather.  Couple of hot days, upper 80s and low 90s, then a cool down to low 60s for a couple days.  Might hit upper 60s today, but it’s back into the upper 80s tomorrow and Thursday, then 70s for Friday and back into the low 60s for Saturday.  50% chance for rain Friday.  Next week looks clear and temperatures in the 70s and 80s.

With no rain and not a lot of demand for power, we have seen lots of no generation time definitely on the weekends, but quite a bit during the week days.  Had generators on for two hours this morning and it is not off for the next nine hours when they will fire up two more units for a 2-3 hours and then off again.  Probably continue to see this trend until we get some rain or really have some power demands from extremely hot or cold conditions.

Lots of fishing trips out over the past week.  Dana on the water last Thursday with one of his regular, regulars, George.  They had a good half-day catching on the Ruby 2 under the Big ruby.

Friday, Dana on the water again.  This was a fun trip.  Garrett wanted his daughter, Emerson to catch a fish on a fly rod.  Eight years old and first time with a fly rod!  She brought in a trout on an olive wooly bugger.  Fun day!  Jim had one of his regulars on the water, Jim.  Jim brought his daughter, Kristen.  Yeah!  Kristen caught the biggest fish!  After Jim worked with her for a while she was throwing a #14 streamer and catching fish!  Another fun outting!  Carolyn was out with Glenda from Kansas.  She decided she wanted to start fishing with her husband, so Carolyn worked with her on the roll cast, pick up and lay down cast and shooting line.  After they worked on casting for a few hours, they then worked on presentation.  No strikes nymphing the ruby 2 midge, but she did have a run away on a JQ streamer when we started working on streamer presentation.  Fun day and she was throwing some good line!!

Saturday, Darren took Jeff from Kansas out for half a day.  They had a good day on a midge emerger and a micro scud.  Jeff if fairly new fly fisher, so Darren worked with him on casting and presentation.

Kim – 3/22/26

Matt and Kim from here in Branson fished with Landon Sunday.  They caught fish on the Ruby 2 and a size 18 gray scud.  Of course, Kim caught the biggest fish!  Carolyn had Peter and Jan, also from here in Branson, on the water for half a day.  They had a great day on an orange egg pattern under a black copperhead midge.

80 degrees right now with lots of sun.  Upper 80s tomorrow and 90s both Saturday and Sunday.  Back into the mid 60s Monday, but Tuesday, through Thursday will be 70s & 80s.  Then, back into the 60s Friday and Saturday.

Lots of no generation time the past couple of days and looks like that will be the trend into the weekend.  Scheduled to be off tomorrow until 4:00 pm or so.

Dana and Jim on the water yesterday.  Looks like it was a streamer day.  Dana had Jeff and Ethan out for the morning.  This was Ethan’s first time with a fly rod.  They had a good day on the olive wooly bugger.  Jim had Cody, his wife Lauren and their toddler from Oklahoma out for the morning.  It was a JQ streamer or a bead head bugger for them.  They took turns holding the toddler so each of them could fish.  Fun day.

For the past several days they have been running a lot one unit almost all day.  Sometimes they pop it up to two for an hour or two but that’s about it.  Does limit wade fishing in several areas as one low unit still raises the level up at least two feet.  With the limited fishing areas, reports on fishing have been very good to not so bad.

Burrr!  Hope this is our last shot of winter.  Rain moving in this afternoon and temperatures will start to drop.  Expect 32 degrees by 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. and dropping all night.  Tomorrow’s high will be 32 degrees.  Tuesday will warm up to the low 40s by late afternoon.  Wednesday will start warming up and hit a high in the upper 60s by 4:00 p.m.  Then it is nice weather ahead.  Looks like a possibility of low 80s late next week.

Jim had Nick and Jeff on the water yesterday for half a day.  Good day for them pulling the JQ streamer.  They tried several nymphing patterns but no luck so they stayed with streamer work.  Because of one low unit running, they did the full run.

Can’t believe it is not Spring yet.  White flowing trees everywhere and you can see the red buds starting to bud.  Temperatures in the upper 60s to upper 70s over the part two weeks!  We will dip to the 40s Monday, but it will probably head right back up.

With the great weather we have had good generation schedules for the wade fishers.  Over the past several days, water has been off almost all day.  Turning it on for a couple hours in the early morning hours or late afternoon hours.

And, with all this nice weather and low water flow, fishing has been very good most every day.  Some days, it will fish good for several hours, shut down for a while, and then pick back up again in an hour or so.  Keep trying.

Kristen – 3/5/26

Dana on the water  last Thursday with John and his daughter Kristen.  Good day for them on the red San Juan worm under the big Ruby.  This was Kristen’s first time with a fly rod and she made her father happy catching several nice fish.  First trip but it certainly will not be her last!  She loved it!

Check out out site under “Fly Fishing Schools/Fly Tying Clinics” for information on the one-day Women’s Fly Fishing Schools we have scheduled for this summer.  Now’s the time ladies to learn the beautiful sport of fly fishing!!!

Had some cold weather come through for the weekend, but it not looks like we are turning the corner again and going back into the 60s and 70s through the rest of this week.  Let’s hope it continues.

Generation has been pretty much heavy flows during the morning hours then off around noon for most of the day.

Dana on the water last Wednesday with Dwan and Robert from Kansas.  Pretty good day for them on the olive wooly bugger and black copperhead midge.

Jamie and Lori fished with Landon Sunday.  They had to work for fish but worked out good on the ruby 2, black and root beer midges.  Tried several other things but it was just a midge day!

Can you believe we have had several days in February in the upper 60s or low 70s?!!  Today will be in the upper 50s….probably will hit 60!  70 for Friday, but cooler and rain on Saturday.  However, Sunday goes back into the lower 60s and early next week will be 70s!!!  We’ll take all of this weather we can get in February.

Generation schedule has been a little off the wall!  Plus, what they say is not necessary what they are doing.  Yesterday we were supposed to have some water generation all day.  They turned it off at noon for the rest of the day!  Certainly makes planning a guide trip a little difficult.  So far this morning they have run two units, three units, four units and now back down to three units.  So far they are sticking to their guns.  If they follow the schedule, it will be one units for a couple hours then off around 1:00 p.m. four four hours.

Dean – 2/10/26

Great, fun trip for Carolyn with Dean from Kansas.  They fished Tuesday and Wednesday.  Dean has been fishing with us for several years and had his best day yesterday.  Beautiful weather both days.  Tuesday was definitely a bit warmer, but both days were sunny warm enough!  Tuesday was a full run as they started and ran more water then they posted.  Fish were spotty.  You would catch 3-4 fish in an area then nothing, so you kept on moving.  Yesterday, since they turned the water off as opposed to the posting of running water all day, it was find an area with some movement.  And, the fish were holding in places so you would fish through those areas and return and fish them some more.  Lots of fish both days but especially yesterday!

Think we had about 8 inches of snow in the area.  Much less than they forecast.  Yeah!  Temperature today hit 40!    Very nice.  Did a lot of melting.  Believe we are going to see 30s or better over the next three days.  By Friday, right now it looks like it is dipping into the teens for Friday and Saturday.  Sunday starts a right into the 30 and next week looks like 40s!!

With the colder days, we have seen lots of generation.  Lower this afternoon for a few hours which made wading possible.  Looks like we will see the same tomorrow afternoon.

Way behind in fishing reporting.  Dana on the water two weeks ago today.  No generation but very windy.  Had a tough day with no fish to the net.  Landon had John and Amy on the water and they found the spot.  Amy caught her biggest trout yet (18 inches).  They were fishing the Ruby 2 midge and the mop fly.  Had a fun day!

Just heard from one of our guides, who is out guiding himself, that there is a shad kill going on!!!  However, so many of them you pattern is just one of many.

Not bad today.  40s but little wind!  Monday through Thursday, we will see temperatures in the 60’s.  Is it really January?  Possibility of some rain late Wednesday night into Thursday.  By the weekend, temperatures will drop to the upper 40s or low 50s but dry.

Finally!  They turned the generators off this weekend!  Looks like they are going to be off most of the day tomorrow.  It’s about time.

Dana on the water Christmas eve day with Angela and Jeremy from Texas.  Funky generation that day and fishing was tough.  They caught a few fish on a red San Juan Worm.

Jessie – 12/30/25

Last Tuesday, Landon has Jessie and Robert out for half a day.  Good day for them on the Ruby 2 and black copperhead midges.  Also the mop fly.

Robert – 12/30/25

Dan and Doris from Texas brought several of their family members up to fish.

Anna – 12/30/25

Carolyn had Doris and Anna.  Good day for them on the Ruby 2 midge.  This was Anna’s second time with a fly rod and she did great!

Doris – 12/30/25

Dana took Dan and Corbin and they were catching on the Ruby 2 and black copperhead midges.  Roger and Matt were in the boat with Darren and they were fishing the rusty midge and black copperhead.  Fun day for everyone!!

Wednesday, Carolyn took Dean from Kansas out.  This is Dean’s fifth year to fish with us on New Year’s eve day.  Tough year this year.  Tried everything and couldn’t find the magic bug.

Everyone who came into the shop over the weekend with the water off, was having a great day on the water!  Catching on almost everything, but especially scuds and midges.

The weather forecast for today and the next four days is temperatures in the mow to mod 70s!!  We will probably set a record for high temperature on at least one of these days!  Unfortunately, Sunday will cool down to mid 50s.  Monday it is back to reality, mid 30s for a high.  Tuesday and Wednesday are a little better with mid 40s Tuesday and mid 50s Wednesday.

They continue to run water 24/7.  However, although they had projected higher flows, they are basically running one unit  and usually a mid to low one unit.  They did run a low three units for one hours earlier this morning, but it’s back to the equivalent of one unit or less now.

Jonathan – 12/22/25

Landon had the Brooks family on the water yesterday.  Very good catching day for Jonathan and Destiny from Texas.  Bailey, their daughter, went along to supervise.  Fun day on the black copperhead midge and the Ruby 2.  Destiny caught her first ever brown trout.

The family – 12/22/25

JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY FISHING NEW YEAR FROM THE GANG AT RIVER RUN OUTFITTERS!!!