Looks like one needs to get up early Saturday if they want to enjoy the 50 degree weather.  Weatherman says the cold front will start moving in in the morning and it will be down into the 20s by tomorrow evening and worst overnight.  Good news is that most of next week looks like 40s.

FYI – FLY TYING CLINICS ON SATURDAY MORNINGS HAVE STARTED.  Tomorrow we are tying midges.

According to the weatherman, Saturday is supposed to reach the 50s.  That’s the good news.  Then, some kind of moisture will move in later that day and temperatures will drop to the teens!  This puts Sunday at mid 20s…..half the temperature it was the day before.  Fortunately, temperatures are going back into the low to mid 40s by the following Tuesday.

They ran a lot of water this morning for four hours.  Right now it is off and should remain off for seven hours.  Then, kick on a couple units for three hours and ramp down to the equivalent of one unit for a couple hours and off again.

Have had a few brave souls in the shop today to take advantage of the now generation today.  It really is pretty nice outside, for this time of the year.  Right now it is 38 degrees, cloudy and very little, if any, wind.  That’s a big factor….no wind.

Jim on the water Monday with Bob and Mike.  That was the day they messed with the water….a lot.  Even with the funky water, they had a good half day stripping the tiger tail or drifting the baby ruby midge.

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Pretty nice day today.  It is supposed to be in the low 50s, but that might be pushing it.  A little overcast, but no wind.  40s the rest of the week and chances for rain by the weekend.  Next week looks like more 40s with some 30s scattered here and there.

Low generation both days this past weekend.  it was really a good level for wade fishing in many areas.  Today, however, it back to 2-3 units for a few hours in the morning then ramping it down to one +/- units.

Jon – 12/9/16

Stan on the water Friday with Jon from Texas.  What a cold day!  Only good thing about the day was that it wasn’t as cold as the day before.  Good day for them fishing, however, on the ruby 2 under the big ruby.  It turned out to be a little shorter than our normal half day as both of them had frozen fingers.  The saving grace was the hot soup as the end of the trip!!

Wow!  Lows in the teens for at least the next two mornings.  Highs not even hitting the freezing mark.  Slight chances for rain Sunday with temperatures in the low 40s.  Next week looks like 40s early in the week then mid 30s for the rest of the week.

We continue to see non-strop generation.  Most of the day it has been a low or full one unit.  However, each morning around 7:00 they run two to three units for a couple hours before they cut it back to the one.

Stan on the water Monday with Philip and George from Texas.  Pretty good day for these guys fishing wise.  The weather was not too pleasant with the wind!  They had the equivalent of two units running all day and caught fish on the big ruby with the ruby 2 dropper.

It’s a cloudy 46 degrees today and I just can’t get warm.  Monday will not be must warmer, but it should be sunny.  That will help.  Upper 40s for Tuesday and a good chance for rain on Wednesday with temperatures in the low 40s.  Thursday’s high looks like upper 20s with the low in the low teens.  The extra bad news about Thursday is the wind.  20 mph or better.  Friday is sunny and mid 30s.  Saturday low 40s and partly sunny.  Right now, Sunday is showing chances for rain.

Generation schedule over the weekend was running….all weekend.  Most of the time it was fairly low so you could wade in places, but it did move up and down at little.  Generation scheduled for all day tomorrow with a two hour shot at 7:00 a.m. of two full units, then back to a low one unit.   We will see!!!

Wednesday Jim out with Gina this week.  Good day for them on the ruby and ruby two.  Fishing was definitely better than the weather.  They had overcast with light mist off and on all day plus lots of wind.  Based on what the wind did with them, stripping the tan filoplume was good when they could not get a drift with the midges.

Stan had Kevin and Steve out for half a day Saturday.  Another lovely day of cold rain most of the day.  Fishing was pretty good on the ruby and ruby two midges.

The river has been off colored for several days and the oxygen levels seem to be improving.  Looks like the lake is turning.

High today is 49 with lots of wind!  At least it’s sunny but the wind just sends s chill up your spine.  Looks like mid 50s tomorrow and Friday with the weekend showing chances of rain and temperatures in the mid to upper 40s.  Monday’s chances for rain are less, but that a whole four days away.  Temperatures next week are upper 40s early in the week and dropping to mid 40 and upper 30s by later in the week.

Generators off most of today.  There supposed to be off most of yesterday, but as I always say….the Monday projection is a “crap shoot”.  Thursday we will be three hours of generation from 7:00-9:00 and again from 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Stan on the water the day after Thanksgiving with Brandon and his mother Brenda.  They have fished with Stan on this day for years in good or bad weather.  Very good day for them this year on the ruby 2 midge.  Brenda was supposed to send me a picture of her nice fish but I haven’t seen it yet.

Mike – 11/26/16

Saturday, Carolyn took Mike out for most of the day.  We started a little late because of the generation schedule and the cool morning.  Very good day for Mike, especially early in the day, on the ruby 2 or blue poison midges.  As the day went on, fishing seemed to get a little slower and our normal patterns were not working.  We changed off to the white grub.  Several nice size fish for him that day.

How about this beautiful reflection of the trees in the water that I saw this morning!

Golden Morning

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!

Weather is going to be beautiful today.  Sunny skies and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s.  Low 60s tomorrow and probably Sunday with sunny skies.  Lookes like chances (50% right now) for Monday then clearing back up for the rest of the week with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s.

Non-stop generation all week.  Yes, including Thanksgiving Day and again today.  Don’t know yet what they are planning this weekend.  Schedule will not be up until later this afternoon.  Good news is the generation level is only 35 mh which is wadeable in some areas.

Dale – 11/21/16

Gina out Monday and Tuesday with Dale and Jay from Oklahoma.  This was Dale’s birthday and he celebrated his birthday on the water fishing!  The fish knew it was a couple of special days they certainly cooperated.

Jay – 11/21/16

Great day and a half fishing for Dale and Jay on the ruby 2, burgundy and black midges dropped either under a size 16 ruby 2 or an egg pattern.  Happy Birthday Dale!!  Ron and Kathy from Louisiana spend all day Tuesday on the water with Carolyn.  Great day for these

Kathy – 11/22/16

two on the blue poison and ruby 2 midges.  As usual, Kathy out fished Ron.  But in Ron’s defense, he was in the back of the boat.

Wednesday Jim had a great day with Gina on, of course, Wednesday.  Still generating water and the bite was on.  Ruby 2 midge under a chartreuse egg was the ticket that day.

Jim – 11/23/16

Carolyn had Bill and his father, Jerry, out for half a day.  Jerry was just going along for the ride as he is not a fly fisher.  Bill is getting started and we worked a little on casting, but mainly catching.  Great day for Bill on the ruby 2 or blue poison midges.

Bill – 11/23/16

Worked with Jerry a little on casting and after seeing Bill catching so many fish, he decided he wanted to give it a try.  Think we have another fly fisher in the making.  First fish he hooked was a nice 17 inch rainbow.  Told him this doesn’t happen every day.     Everyone out over the three day period caught at least one 17 inch trout.  Maybe the lake is turning.  The dissolved oxygen readings are looking good.

The shop will be closed:  Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.  We will be OPEN New Years Day.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Looks like more normal weather right now.  Highs in the upper 50s or low 60s and we have had some really cold mornings….20s!!  Monday looks nice with low 60s and sunshine.  Chances for rain later in the day Tuesday with low 60s.  Then sunshine through Thanksgiving and upper 50s or low 60s into the weekend.  Next chances for rain looks like Sunday and not really great.  Maybe these cold morning will get Table Rock cooled down so she can turn over.

The generation pattern has been a little off the wall the past few days.  Wednesday they was the pattern we have been seeing for a while….off in the a.m. then on late afternoon for a few hours then off again.  Thursday they ran water up and down all day.  Friday it was off in the a.m. then really cranked it on for about four hours or so.  Both Saturday and today and the projection for tomorrow is more of the same, we have water running up and down all day.  Guess we’re starting to get power needs for heat!

Monday, Stan was on the water all day with Robert from Illinois.  Robert started fishing with us back on 2007.  He missed a couple years, but he’s back and really enjoyed his day on the water.  Morning started out sloooow, but it picked

Kilby – 11/14/16

up and he was catching on the Ruby 2 and P&P midges.  Carolyn had Rob and Kilby out for the day.  We had the same slow start, but finally started catching on the Ruby 2.

Rob and Kilby spent Tuesday on the water with Stan.  Another tough morning.  They started up the water early and ran it for an hour, then off.  Fished terrible on the drop.  Finally got better when it settled down.  Carolyn had Tom out for half a day.  During the rise, it was a

Tom – 11/15/16

cerise San Juan worm.  This worked for a while but when the water settled out, it was back to the Ruby 2 midge.  Caught a couple stripping the holographic silver crackleback.

Jim was out with Gina on Wednesday.  Beautiful weather and good day fishing.  Best pattern was the burgundy

Jim – 11/16/16

midge, then the P&P and Ruby 2 midges.

Thursday, Stan took Mike and his friend John out for half a day.  This was a birthday present for Mike.  Another slow start, but it turned out to be a pretty good day on the burgundy and Ruby 2 midges.  Howard and his friend Richard were out with Carolyn.  They too had a slow start, but we managed to have a pretty good day too on the burgundy and Ruby 2 midges.  They also caught some tripping the JQ streamer below Lookout Island.

Friday was brutal!!!  Stan and Carolyn had a group of guys who hunt or play golf in all kinds conditions and they even said it was brutal!  Wind was blowing almost non stop with gusts at what seemed like 30-40 mph!  Carolyn had Jeff and Bob, and Stan took John and

Jeff – 11/18/16

Dave.  The chop on the water was so bad I’m certain we missed several soft takes.  All in all, it turned out to be a good day.  Carolyn’s guys had fun stripping the Tiger Tail or filoplume and catching fish.  Both boats caught on the Ruby 2, P&P and burgundy midges.

Burr.  Checked the temperature this morning while I was getting ready to come to work and it was 30 degrees!  We have been wanted it to cool down, but now I’m not sure I’m ready for it!   Yes, we need it to cool down the lake so it will turn and we can get some oxygen coming through the gates.

We continue to see no generation during the morning and early afternoon hours.  Generally one or two units come on in the late afternoon for 2-5 hours then off the balance of the night and not back on until late the next afternoon.

Jim had a couple of his regulars, Wayne and Coleen, from Hawaii out both Saturday and Monday this past week.  He didn’t think they would go our Monday as it was rainy, cold and miserable.  They came to fish and fish they did.  Good couple days for them on the baby ruby with the blood worm dropper.  Caught a few stripping the JQ or tiger tail.  Chris went out late morning with Stan for half a day.  Fortunately, they caught fish early as the generators came on earlier than projected.  Trashed up the water pretty good so Chris was cleaning his flies with every cast.  They caught fish on the ruby 2.

Thursday, Stan had Jeff and Sheila, from Texas out for half a day.  Good day for them on the P&P and Ruby 2 midges.  Carolyn was giving Sam, also from Texas, a crash refresher course in casting.

Sam – 11/10/16

Now that Sam had a refresher course, he was ready to go fishing on Friday.  His wife Joyce rode along and really enjoyed being on the water and enjoying the outdoors.  It was a beautiful day.  Very little wind and lots of sunshine with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s.  Sam had a good day casting and catching on the Ruby 2.   Jim had Frank out for the day.  He was catching on the baby ruby or P&P with a blood worm dropper.

Nice weather we are having.  Daytime temperatures are in the upper 60s.  Nippy in the morning but temperatures in the 40s.  It’s about time.  We are ready for some cooler weather, if nothing else to get Table Rock Lake to turn over.

Pretty much the same generation patterns.  However, this weekend, they cranked on a unit both Saturday and Sunday mornings which was not projected.  The projection was for a unit in the afternoon….which they did not do yesterday.  Not sure what will happen this afternoon.  It was okay as it certainly helped fishing!

Stan on the water Wednesday with Doc and Terry from Tulsa.  Very good day for these two guys on the ruby 2 midge.

Justin – 11/4/16

Friday,. Stan took Rick and Justin, from Kansas, out for the day.   Slow start to the day, but it certainly picked up.  How about this beautiful rainbow?  It was the P&P and olive midges.

Dana and Stan had a group out Saturday celebrating Denny’s birthday (it was last month).  Dana took John and Adam.  Really good day for these guys on the Ruby 2 and black copperhead midges.  Stan had

John – 11/5/16

Adam – 11/5/16

Denny and Doug.  They too have a good day mainly on the ruby 2 midge.

Mean Bunch of Fly Fishing Women!

River Runners Women’s Fly Fishing Club invaded Taneycomo this weekend.  What a group of fly fishing ladies.  17 women were fishing Saturday and everyone caught fish on everything from the ruby 2 midge to “pre-emergers”.  Fun day with five drift boats on the water.  Good thing as they cranked on one unit in the morning which limited the wading area.