Almost Fall weather in the forecast and pleasant past three days.  Low 80s all the way through the weekend and into next week.  There are some rain chances in the forecast, especially Sunday.  I’ll take it!

Great surprise yesterday when the water was off until 11:00 a.m.  It went to a low one unit for an hour, then up to a full unit.  At 1:00 p.m. a full two units came on and that was the day.  Today is about the same pattern but an hour or two later for each step.  Let’s hope we see this again tomorrow and, especially over the weekend.

Lots of trips this past week.  Larry and his wife Wendy, took their 11 year old daughter Hana out for half a day last Friday.  Each parent spent part of the trip in a boat with Hana.  James had Wendy and Hana for a while and they caught on the peach egg and rainbow warrior.  When they switched, Dana had Larry and Hana catching on the ruby 2, tiger tail and a red midge with a silver beadhead and wire.  Fun day for everyone.  Fishing was not fast and furious, but the guides really had fun getting to fish with Hana.  Stan had Ken and his friend Tom out for the morning.   They worked hard but caught fish on the big ruby with the ruby 2 dropper.  Three units were running when they hit the water, then more water at noon.

Saturday, Stan took Kathy and Chlorine out for the morning. Couple of good fly fishing ladies who had a very good day on the big ruby with the ruby 2 dropper.

Rich and Dana fished with Stan on Monday.  Pretty new fly fishers had a good day on the big ruby and ruby 2.  Hummm….seems to be a trend here.  Jack from Indiana, spent half a day with James.  Good day for him on the P&P and a peach egg pattern.

Jack – 7/31/17

Jeff and his son Carson were on the water the Dana.  New fly fishers had a good day on the ruby 2, tiger tail and an orange egg pattern.  Carolyn had

Meredith – 7/31/17

Meredith and his friend Jerry out all day Monday and again on Tuesday.  Meredith introduced Jerry to the fly rod (and they are still friends) and this was his introduction to fly fishing for trout.   Two very good days for these guys on the ruby 2 under

Jerry & Meredith – 7/31/17

the big ruby and stripping the tiger tail.  Over the two day, we had several doubles.  Glad I carry two nets!  Weather was great both days.  No humidity and temperature in the mid 80s.  Only negative was the water coming on hot and heavy around 2:00 p.m.  James had Rex and Gwen out for half a day.

Good day for these two fly fishers!  This was their first

Gwen – 8/1/17

experience in a drift boat and they liked it.  Gwen also was introduced to stripping.  They caught fish on the

Rex – 8/1/17

ruby 2 and stripping the tiger tail.  Stan had Joel from Texas out for the morning.  Joel had a good day on the big ruby with a ruby 2 dropper.

Wednesday was another OMG day.  Generators off until 11:00 a.m.  Then, a low one unit until 1:00.  Two units on then and we were drifting off!  Wendy spent the morning on the river catching fish!  Started early with the copperhead black midge.  When the fish laid off that, it was the ruby 2 under a lightning bug.  Once they turned on the

Wendy with fat, 19″ male – 8/2/17

low one, we started stripping the tiger tail and catching fish.  Finished up the day drifting out with the lightning bug and ruby 2 dropper.    Stan had Pat and his son Patrick.  They had a great day two on the tiger tail and ruby 2 midge.

Water off again this morning and great numbers are coming in from the waders on the water today.  James had Jack out again today and they had another really good day on the tiger tail and ruby 2.

I was so happy to send a note to Stan this morning saying “rain drops!”  Looks like it is going to cool us down a little over the next few days….at least into early next week.  Showers forecast for this morning and again this evening.  Then, mid to upper 80s through Monday and very little chances for moisture.  Great!

Generation schedule has been 50 mwh until about 10:00 a.m. then ramp up to two and finally three units by noon.  Once that third unit comes on, fishing really goes south.

Stan on the water last Sunday with Brian, from Texas.  Pretty good 1/2 day for him on big ruby, ruby 2, lightning bug and tiger tail.

Tuesday, Anthony and his son, Carson spent half a day on the water with Stan.  They too were from Texas.  Best pattern for them was the tiger tail.

Wade – 7/25/17

James and Dana had a group of guys from Oklahoma on the water.  Dana took Ted and Joe and they were catching on the Cerise San Juan worm, ruby 2 and stripping the tiger tail.  James guys, Jeff and Wade, floated the ruby 2 under the big ruby.

Ed and his wife Jean, spent yesterday morning on the water with Stan.  Fished good early on then slowed down as it got hotter and the water came up.  Another day of the ruby 2 under the big ruby.  This was Jean’s first experience with a fly rod.

Tom – 7/26/17

Gina had Wednesday Jim and his boss, Tom out for the morning.  Same scenario for them.  Fished better early, then slowed down as the day went on.  Big ruby, lightning bug and egg pattern.

Another 90s day, and, of course, heat advisory day.  This week looks like more of the same.  By Friday, there is a chance for rain.  Kind of hoped we would get some today, but it didn’t pan out.  A little rain would give us a day or two of relief from the 90s.

Both Friday and Saturday morning, they had the water off again until noon.  It’s been running all day today and scheduled to do the same again tomorrow.  Low one unit tomorrow morning until 7:00 a.m. but then it goes up to two units and three by noon.  They did get some of the cars out Saturday.  Not certain how many, but if they did not get all of them, and I don’t think they did, maybe they will shut the water down again next Friday and Saturday mornings.

Hans – 7/22/17

We had a group of people participating in the Orvis 301 clinic on the water Saturday.  Did they pick the right time to come.  Other than the blazing heat that day, the water

Steven – 7/22/17

was off in the morning.  Just like last time, you could catch them on almost anything!  James took Steven and Hans out for the day.  Fun day for them with the P&P, stripping tiger tails and throwing hopper patterns.   Stan’s guys, John & Ryan were stripping the tiger tail and crackleback

Linda – 7/22/17

most of the time they were on the water.  Linda and Tim, from Topeka, were out with Gina.  Started our with midges in the morning, the ruby 2, and P&P.   Then,  as things slowed down, she turned them into strippers using the tiger tail.  After the water came on, it was the big

Tim – 7/22/17

ruby w/ lightning bug or an egg and red midge dropper.  Dana’s guys, Brian and Don were catching on the black copperhead midge, lightning bug and cerise San

Don – 7/22/17

Juan worm.   I know a fun day was had by all.  Lots of smiley faces on the river Saturday morning

Brian – 7/22/17

90s and lots of sun for the next three days.  Monday and Tuesday, there is a chance (60%) for rain with temperatures dropping into the 80s.  Slight chance on Wednesday, but temperatures back into the 90s.

Low generation (30 mwh) in the morning for the past several days.  At this mwh, the flow is only around 2000 cfs and the level is in the 703 range.   Today they bumped it up earlier than they have been…think it was 10:00 a.m…..  Tomorrow they are supposed to shut it down from 7:00 a.m. to noon.

If they really shut the water down tomorrow, one better be out there wading when it get to a safe level.  The few times they have completely shut it down, fishing has been awesome.  Even at the low generation, (30 mwh) fishing has been very good.

Stan on the water this past Sunday with Pete and his son, Alec.  They had a great half day on the ruby 2, lightning bug, and tiger tail.  It was so much fun, they scheduled another trip on Tuesday.

Monday, James had Jim, from Kansas out for half a day.  Fun day for Jim on the ruby 2, and a red San Juan worm.  It was one of those days when the water stayed low, so they fished the rebar and rockin chair areas.

Another good day for Pete and Alec with Stan on Tuesday.  Even caught more this time.  Tiger tail and lightning bug.  Low flow day, so they stayed in the rockin chair area.  Carolyn out with Jack and his grandson, Zac.  Good day for them on the tiger tail and lightning bug.  Picked a few on the floozie and a couple on the filoplume.

Zac & 18″ bow – 7/19/17

Back to the water again for Carolyn, Jack and Zac on Wednesday.  This was Zac’s day as he landed a nice rainbow.  Another lightning bug and tiger tail day.   When the water got to moving a little more, we pulled and caught on the holographic green crackleback until it got going too fast.  James had Mike and Brian on the water and they had a very good day on the tiger tail and ruby 2.  Tony and Christie were out with Stan.  This was Tony’s first time with a fly rod and he did pretty darn good.

Jim & 21″ bow – 7/19/17

They caught fish on the tiger tail and lightning bug.  Early bird gets the worm.  Gina and Wednesday Jim hit the water a little early this Wednesday due to the heat and projected flow.  Jim landed a trophy, 21″ rainbow.  They mainly pulled streamers all morning, the tiger tail, crackleback and a wooly bugger.

30 mwh is definitely wadeable, especially in the area down from the fish ladder.  There were several waders out on Wednesday catching fish.

Hot is about the only way you can describe the past several days and it looks like we have more of the same ahead of us.  At least mid 90s for the next week with no serious rain chances until a week from next Sunday.

For the most part, we have had a low one generator almost every morning, then ramping up to two or three in the early afternoon.  The only exception was this past Friday and Saturday when they turned the generators off from 6:00 a.m. until noon.  They were supposed to remove some cars that had been washed into the river and are sitting around the Fall Creek area.

Ali – 7/10/17

Allison – 7/10/17

Last Monday, James had Mike and his daughter, Ali on the river for half a day.  What a great start for this new fly fisher Ali.   I wonder who had the biggest smile….Ali or Dad.  Good day for them on the big ruby with either a cerise San Juan worm or size 16 P&P dropper.  Ali’s first fish on a fly rod.  Stan, Carolyn and Dana were out with a three boat group.  Dana took Dawn and Ashley.  They had a good day on the ruby 2, holographic green crackleback and the tiger tail.  John and Allison fished with Carolyn.  Fun and good day for they on the lightning bug but especially stripping the tiger tail.   Stan had Richard catching fish on the big ruby with the lightning bug dropper.

Tuesday, Steve and Jim spent half a day on the water with Stan.  It was the big ruby and either a lightning bug or ruby 2 dropper.  It was certainly HOT weather wise that day.  Carolyn had Dave and his friend Tom out fishing.  It was one of those days where the fish would hit a pattern two or three times and then nothing.  We’d change flies and get a few more hits, then nothing.  Probably the most consistent pattern was the tiger tail which Tom had fun working with.  Otherwise, we fished the big ruby, lightning bug, cerise worm and ruby 2.

Jim – 7/12/17

Wednesday Jim on the water with Gina for a long half day.  Too hot for a full day.  They had a very good day on the tiger tail and lightning bug.  Water was low until noon.   Don and his friend Terry spent the morning with Carolyn.  Don has been fishing for a while, but this was

Terry – 7/12/17

Terry’s introduction to fly fishing.  He did very well.  Both of them did very well.  Tiger tail and lightning bug.

If there was a day we would all say “you should have been here yesterday”, it was this past Friday.  They turned the generators off at 6:00 a.m. and kept them off until noon.  As I mentioned above, they were supposed to remove cars from the river and needed the water low.  We were all a little skeptical about how fishing was going to be and it

Dan – 7/14/17

turned out to be worry for nothing.  I guess the fish were happy to see no generation.  Each of our boats landed lots of fish and one could see bent rods of fishers standing up and down the river banks.  James had Dan and his

son Brandon on the water that morning.   Black copperhead, copper dun, ruby 2, and P&P

Brandon – 7/14/17

midges, or stripping the tiger tail.   Gina had Dan and Carissa from Kansas on the water.  Dan had fished with us before but this was Carissa’s first time with a fly rod.  What a day to start!  She wanted to know if it was always like this!  Ruby 2 and black copperhead midges were all the needed.  Kathy and Ron from Louisiana fished with Carolyn.  They have fished with us for many years and this was possibly one of the best numbers day they have had.  P&P, ruby 2 and black

Kathy – 7/14/17

copperhead midges.

Saturday was another no generation days from 6:00 a.m. to noon.  It was another really good days, but not quite a good as Friday.  Stan took John and Justin out for the morning.  They didn’t have to go far before they found fish.  Mainly the lower Rockin Chair area on the black copperhead early and then the P&P as the morning started getting brighter.  Great day for them.

   We are very sorry to let you know that Darrell Lundberg pass away yesterday afternoon after complications from his knee surgery.  If you are one of the fortunate ones to have know Darrell, you know that he will never be gone.  He will always be remembered as he left a lasting impression on each person who met him.   Our sincere condolences to his wife Diane and other members of his family.

No rain in the forecast until next Friday.  Until then, it looks like lots of warm, 90s, days.  Pretty sultry out there in the afternoon.

Also, we have had several folks come into the shop to pick up supplies and were quite surprises when we told them the generators were either off or running low.  They have been calling the real-time generation number, 417-336-5083 and hearing that four units are running at 9000 plus cfs.  This number has been incorrect for almost three weeks.  We have contacted several people regarding the problem.  Hopefully it will soon be corrected.  In the meantime, check the real-time charts on the website or give us a call.

We had a couple mornings, Thursday and Friday when the generators were off.  Yesterday, today and, (according to the projection) tomorrow, generation will be somewhere around 35 mwh.  Looking at the actual generation for today, it had been 40-some mwh as well as in the 30s.  This puts the tail water at a 704.9 to 704.2 level which is wadeable in some areas.  Not certain why we are seeing this low generation as all the lakes are still above power pool.  In any event, we are not complaining.

Fishing with no generation on Thursday and Friday was awesome.  Fishing yesterday with the low generation was awesome, and according to fishers coming into the shop to get flies, it is awesome again today.  Stan was on the water Friday with Dan and Shayle.  First time catching trout on a fly rod for Shayla.  They had a great day on the lightning bug and P&P.

Saturday, we had one generator at low flow.  We have not seen this level for a while so we were a bit apprehensive about what the day would bring.  Tori and Jeremy from the St. Louis area spent their first day fly fishing with Stan.  Good day for these two, especially after getting through all the “ins and outs’ of fly fishing on the lightning bug and big ruby.  Benjie spent half a day with Dana.  He had not fished here for a while, but after yesterday, he will probably be fly fishing here a little more.  Good day for him on the ruby 2.  Carolyn had a couple from Kansas, “Mo” and Ralph, on the water for half a day.  Mo is new to fly fishing so we got her started with the roll cast and mending.  Ralph boated the first two fish, but after that he had to work hard to catch a fish before Mo was bringing one into the boat.  What a fun day.  Several doubles, on lightning bug, and also stripping the tiger tail or holographic green crackleback.

Looked at the water projection yesterday afternoon and it showed no generation for today until around 1:00 p.m.  Did not believe it.  Went to the dam this a.m. and guess what…..NO GENERATION!

Below outflow 6

Outflow 5

Lookout Island

Not sure why the generators are off, but not complaining.  Not only are the generators off here, but also at Beaver and Norfork.  Bull Shoals is running very low.  We’ll see what tomorrow brings!

Overcast this morning but it looks like it will sunny up around noon.  Tomorrow will see the low 90s and sunshine.  Mid 80s for Saturday and chances for showers show up on Sunday.  Next week looks pretty good.  Low 90s every day and no moisture in the picture until next weekend when it is a possibility on Saturday.  Long way off!

Gina on the water yesterday with Wednesday Jim.  Good day for Jim,

Jim – 7/5/17

especially on the Tiger Tail.  Caught a nice 19″ rainbow.  Nymphing was not too good, but wooly buggers, the JQ, crackleback or Tiger Tail were the best patterns.

Anxious to see how the trip goes this morning with the water off.  Jim is out with a couple from Florida.  They may have to take some detours in places where the lake has filled in our changed channels.  Every day is a new day on Taneycomo! !

It is RAINING as I write with chances for rain on and off most of the day.  Nice cool down, however, as the high today will probably be mid to upper 70s.  More chances for rain tomorrow afternoon, slight chances Thursday and Friday and a little better chance again on Saturday.

We had low generation, 50 mwh, yesterday morning and again today.  Around noon, they project that it will go to 100 mwh.  With this low of flow (50 mwh), there are some places below the fish ladder that you can wade.  Probably bump it back up to 100 mwh after the holiday and are still running water 24/7.

Jim – 6/28/17

Lots of fishing and catching this past week.  Gina on the water with Wednesday Jim last week.  They had a good day on the holographic green crackleback and tiger tail.  Also caught some on the big ruby dropped from an egg pattern.

Thursday, Stan took Richard from Florida out for half a day.  Good day for them on the lightning bug or stripping the tiger tail.

Kelly and his son, Ethan, spent Saturday morning on the water with Stan.  Good, fun day for everyone.  Both were catching on the lightning bug under the big ruby or stripping the tiger tail.

Ethan – 7/1/17

Rob and his son-in-law, Jacob spent Sunday on the water with Gina.  This was Jacob’s first fly fishing experience and he did well.  Good day for them on the

Jacob – 7/2/17

crackleback and big ruby under an egg pattern.

Rob – 7/2/17

Dana had Mike, who was a guide in Louisiana, out for half a day.  They had a fun day fishing an ant pattern, swinging an olive soft hackle and stripping the crackleback.  Stan was out with Mike and his son, Anthony.  Both are pretty new to fly fishing so it was a day of refreshing.  Caught fish on the big ruby with the lightning bug dropper and stripping the tiger tail.

Mike and Anthony did not get enough on Sunday, so they were on the water with Stan again on Monday.  Pretty much the same patterns worked for them again.   James Albert had a couple salt water fishers, Arthur and Sandy, on the

Rigley – 7/3/17

water.  He was using the beadhead cerise San Juan worm under the big ruby.  It was a new experience for these guys to not strip set everything.  First time Sandy has caught a rainbow trout on a fly

Joe & Rigley – 7/3/17

rod.  Carolyn had a fun day with Joe and his 7 year old (excuse me, 7-1/2) son, Rigley.  Rigley was a fishing machine.  Pretty much the first time with a fly rod and both did very well from start to finish.  Best flies were the beaded cerise San Juan worm or the white grub under the big ruby.   Gina had one of her regulars, Dale, and his friend, Beth on the water most of

Beth – 7/3/17

the day.  This was Beth’s first time with a fly rod and she did very well.  She really liked pulling the crackleback.  Their other

Dale – 7/3/17

pattern was the big ruby.

Great past few days on the river.  Lots of nice fish and new fly fishers!

A little warm today!  Expect to see upper 80s or low 90s.  Tomorrow, more of the same, but by Friday, we might see rain with temperatures in the mid 80s.  By Sunday, it should clear out.  Temperatures will remain in the upper 80s to low 90s and slight chances for showers are around almost every day.

No changes in the generation schedule.  Pretty much non-stop for a while.

Bart – 6/27/17

Glad to say, we continue to have good days on the water.  Gina had Derek and his son, Bart on the water yesterday.  Good day for them on the tiger tail, ruby 2 or lightning bug droppers and a chartreuse egg pattern.  Stripping was the best method, but they caught fish nymphing.   Bob, from Indiana, spent the morning with Stan.  They too, did best stripping.  Their pattern was the holographic green crackleback.  Also caught some on the lightning bug and a bright pink egg pattern.