Cold!  That’s the only way one can describe the weather the past two days.  Sounds like we are going to start warming up though.  Tomorrow will be in the upper 30s.  We won’t know how to act!  Wednesday looks sunny and mid 40s.  By Friday, it’s 50s but chances for rain that increase in probability by Saturday. But Saturday is looking like upper 50s, maybe low 60s.  Next several days look more like March…..temperatures somewhere in the 50s.

Heads Up!   If everything goes as planned, the Corps will be shutting down the generators and opening up two of the gates (9 and 10) tomorrow morning.  Looks like they will run roughly the same amount of water this way as we have been seeing with the two generators, maybe less.  They need to do some repair work on the generators, so I’m not certainly how long this will take.  They did not say, but plan on at least one day this way and possibly more.

Boy!  A couple nice days then back into the dumpster!  Mid 30s will be the high today and lots of overcast sky.  Friday has low 50s with Saturday in the mid to upper 40s, but showers moving in for the afternoon and evening.  Temps will take a nose dive then and we’ll see low 30s Sunday and low 20s! Monday.  Shiver!

We are still seeing them use four units to run the equivalent of two units.  Release rate is usually 6700 to 6900 cfs range.  Table Rock Lake is still sitting at 915.5 and Taneycomo is around 707.5 with this flow.

Jim with 19″ rainbow – 2/26/19

Gina had Wednesday Jim on the water this past Tuesday.  Beautiful day!  Flow was at 6900 cfs, sun was shining and temperatures got into the mid or better 60s.  Fish weren’t consistent with what they took, but they tried enough flies to pull quite a few nice fish out, including this beauty!

Another beautiful day today.  Should be in the upper mid 50s today with lots of sunshine.  60S tomorrow, back to the mid 50s Wednesday then rain possibly on Thursday and temps into the 40s.  Unfortunately, right now, the weekend looks pretty cool.

Still using four units to run the equivalent of two units.  Table Rock is only a half a foot above power pool and they are keeping Taneycomo about 5-6 feet above no generation level.

2/23/19 – Big Brown caught by Paul Crews

Taneycomo holds the new state record brown trout.  It was caught by Paul Crews from Neosho, Missouri this past Saturday.  This beauty was 38 inches long with a 27 inch girth and weighed 34.6 pounds.  Paul caught it on a 1/8 ounce sculpin colored marabou jig.  This brown is part of the triploid Brown Trout the Missouri Department of Conservation started stocking in 2013.  The original plan was to stock a total of 15,000 fish into Taneycomo over a three-year period of 2013, 2014 and 2015.  This picture indicates this was a great addition to our fishery!

Yesterday was a beautiful day, but WINDY!  If you didn’t have it nailed down, it would have blown away.  Sunny and highs in the mid 60s but I can imagine it being quite difficult to get ones fly into the water!  Today is also beautiful, and, not much wind.  Not going to be as warm as yesterday, but I think it’s a day to keep.  Looking for a slight cool off this week and chances for rain Wednesday and possibly Thursday.

Still running generators 24/7.  However, the flow has cut back considerable from what it was this time last week.  They are using four units to generate the equivalent of two units.  Good news about the current generation pattern is that it is a little more consistent in level.  Before, you could look at the charts and it was up and down.  Fish like the stead flows just as much as we do.

Fishers on the water this past week and, for the most part, catching quite a few fish and some of then pretty nice.  Larger gray scuds (14-12) were working better for a change.  One couple that came in did very well from their boat in the upper area egg patterns.

Had a couple nice days this week, but today is a whole different day!  How do you go from upper 60s one day to low 30s the next!?!?  Right now it is 30 degrees with light rain falling.  Freezing on windows but not yet icy on the roads.  I’m certain that will come as the day goes on.  The moisture should be out of here this evening, but the cold temperatures will stay.  Sunday looks like low 40s with Monday about the same.  Then, Tuesday and Wednesday we might see chances of moisture again, but temperatures a little warmer.

Four generators running 24/7 a Table Rock.  Certain we will see that for a few more days.  When a change does come about, it will probably be cutting back on the current a little as they want to get the level at or below 915 feet.  We currently are almost a foot above that.

Pat from Illinois wanted to take advantage of the great weather we had earlier this week, so hee spent all day Wednesday on the river with Gina.  With the sunny, warm day, it even made the four generators a little more bearable.  They

Pat – 2/13/18

pulled off a pretty good day using lots of different techniques and patterns.  The fish didn’t seem to want to see any pattern more than one.  A fish on the ruby 2, then one on a black copperhead.  How about the pink San Juan or an egg pattern?  Show them a JQ streamer, or tiger tail.  They worked hard, but did catch several fish and what a great day to be on the water!

Those nice days we had this past weekend and into early this week just make what’s coming harder to take!  Good news is that we are into February which is followed by March and then we will start seeing some nicer days!  Yeah!  I’m ready!

Still running the equivalent of two units 24/7.  With all this rain, we will probably see this trend or even more current continue for a few more weeks.

Jim on the water Monday with one of his regulars, Tom, from Kansas City.  They had a good day on the ruby midge, a red San Juan worm and stripping a size 8 tiger tail.  Fish were a bit more picky than the day before, but they caught some nice quality fish!  Carolyn took Doc and Stan out for half a day to celebrate Doc’s 86th birthday.  Happy Birthday Doc!  Started out slow for us in the morning, but finally Doc hooked one and got us started.  Several fish, mostly on the cerise San Juan worm with a 1/8″ tungsten bead on it.  Had to get it down to the fish!  Fun day and we hope we get to celebrate many more birthdays with Doc.  Oh!  Stan even caught a few fish!  LOL!

Wow!  Upper 60s and low 70s the past few days.  And it’s just early February.  Think we will be back to reality by tomorrow, then another nice day, then some more not so nice days.  The weather forecasters keep threatening more rain.  We will enjoy what we can get!!

Not much to say about the water flow.  It has been non-stop since late December.  For the past several days, we have seen four units going at an equivalent flow of a high two units.  Every once in a while they’ll kick it up to the equivalent of three units.

Enjoyed the beautiful day yesterday.  Carolyn on the water with Ben and Bill from Iowa.  These two new fly fishers had baptism by fire as they were on this high water.  Makes everything a little more challenging.  However, we had a great, fun day!  Who wouldn’t when it’s shirt sleeve weather.  Little wind here and there kept blowing us off drift, but they persevered and caught

Ben – 20 inch rainbow – 2/3/19

fish on the cerise worm under the big ruby, stripping a mini scuplin, or a red or black d-ribbed midge under the big ruby on the high bank side drifting out.

Bill’s first on fly rod – 2/3/19

Ben is probably pointed on his first trip as he managed to bring in a beautiful 20 inch rainbow!  Bill’s first on a fly rod was a wild trout and he followed up with several more, nicer size ones!  Think he likes it.

Cold weather here today.  Single digit this morning.  Good news, it will get into the 30s before the day is over and is supposed to be in the mid 40s tomorrow and a little warmer Sunday.  Bad news, by Tuesday, we take another dive into the deep freeze.  Oh well, this too shall pass and we’ll forget all about in a few weeks while we’re on the river catching fish!

All the dams have been running pretty non-stop for the past two to three weeks.  Beaver is about 2 feet over normal power pool, Bull Shoals about 1-1/2 feet and Table Rock is not quite a foot high.  Hope we see some backing off in generation once we hit power pool.

Not much activity on the river.  What I have heard is good.  Those brave enough to get out have been catching some fish.

Fly tying clinics are going on every Saturday here at the shop.  Check our website to see what we are doing and when.     www.riverrunoutfitters.com    Also worth noting is that a women’s fly fishing clinic has been set for April 20, 2019.  Details on this are also on our website.  We will have a mixed clinic in June.

The weather has not warmed up as much as they predicted last week.  So far, however, it has made it into the upper 40s which is not too bad as the wind has not been blowing a lot.  Had a little sunshine this past Tuesday, but that’s it.  According to the weather folks, we probably won’t see sunshine until maybe mid next week.  And, we’re expecting rain Friday night into Saturday.  Depending on how the temperatures are, we could see some know.   We’ll see…..

The main change we have seen in the generation pattern has been the amount of generation.  We have had four units going non-stop for the past 3-1/2 days.  Today, the flow has been all over the board.  Not certain what they are doing.  The projection was for the equivalent of two units all day, but, as I said, it ‘s been all over the place.  Tomorrow they have a projection for three units all day.

Carolyn on the water this past Tuesday with Chris and Terry from Kansas.  This was one of those four unit days.  Weather was pretty nice.  Temperatures in the 40s and even had the sun peek out for a short period of time.  Not a great day, but we did land a few fish.  Started out with a black copperhead midge, size 16 on one and the hot pink San Juan worm on the other.  After two fish on the worm, it was the San Juan worm most of the trip.  Tried stripping a few different patterns on sinking leaders with only a couple, if that, hits.

What awesome weather!  Today it hit the upper 60s with partly cloudy skies.  Tomorrow is predicted to be in the mid 60s, then mid 50s Tuesday and sunshine.  Wednesday a little cooler….mid 40s but still sunny.  By Thursday, slight chances for showers but still in the 40s.  Then it looks like upper 40s through the weekend and probably dry.

Monday, although the projection was for generation during a few hours in the morning, then off around 11:00 a.m., they ran units all day.  AND, we have not seen the generators go off.  Kind of doubt that we will for a little while as Table Rock Lake is a little more than a foot above power pool.  As a matter of fact, Beaver and Bull Shoals are both a little above power pool for this time of the year so they are running units at both of these dams also.  Let’s see what happens when we get back to 915 power pool level here.

Jim on the water Monday with Thane.  This was that day when they said the water would go off in the morning.  NOT!  Anyway, they had a good day below the island pulling the JQ streamer.  Thane is pretty new to fly fishing so this was a fun event for him.