Beautiful day today.  The sun is out and it’s suppose to his the upper 40s today.  Nice days the rest of the week.  Mid 50s tomorrow and low 60s Wednesday!  Thursday sees a cools down into the mid 40s and Friday is showing more changes of rain.  We don’t need that!

We were almost a power pools in both lakes, Beaver and Table Rock, when the rain hit.  Now both are up a little over four feet and running.  Beaver has one spillway open plus the generators and Table Rock has five spillways open 1 foot and three generators going.  The only bright side to all the rain…what if it had been snow!  That much snow would have put us under!  At least they are trying to get rid of it in a hurry.

Pretty nice weather for January.  Yesterday was in the high 50s and it is already 55 this morning (8:30 a.m).  Should hit the upper 50s low 60s and tomorrow will also be in the 60s.  Little cool down Saturday into he mid 40s but back into the 50s Sunday and upper 50s by next Tuesday.  The bad news is the rain in the forecast.  We could receive three inches or more.  We certainly need some rain, but not that much all at once.

Both Beaver Lake and Table Rock Lake have been running generators non-stop for weeks.  Beaver Finally shut down their flood gates Monday morning as they were almost at power pool.  Table Rock has been running to keep pace and Table Rock is just about at power pool.  With no more rain coming in, we probably would have seen no or low generation over the coming weekend. I think this just washed down the lake!  Cross our fingers that we get what we need to moisten things up but not fill up the lakes again!

Dana on the water yesterday with George from the Kansas City area.  They had the first day of less than three generators running for weeks.  Started the morning off with two units, then at 7:00 a.m. they turned on three and by 1:00 p.m. it was back to two again.  We, and the fish, prefer to see generation stay stable all day.  Affected fishing a little when it dropped out in the afternoon, but not enough to hurt George’s day.   Good day for him on the cerise San Juan worm and the big ruby.  Also got to strip the filoplume and hook some fish.

How about this for a beautiful sunset?  Just had to stop along the road and grab a shot of it!

Sunset – 1/8/2020

Looks like some pretty nice weather for this time of the year.  Today we are looking at mid 50s.  Chances for rain showers tomorrow morning but temps in the mid 40s.  Saturday through Sunday will see sunshine and mid 40s Saturday with Sunday and Monday in the 50s.

Generation continue to be three units non stop.  Beaver is now down to 1124.7 so it has a little over four feet to power pool.  Table Rock is holding its own at the current flow.

Penny – 1/1/2020

The tradition of some of the members from the River Run Women’s Fly Fishing Club being in or on Taneycomo fishing on January 1

Paula – 1/1/2020

continues!  In spite of the three units and high wind, a small group of the ladies had a delightful day

Roberta – 1/1/2020

catching fish out of Taneycomo January 1, 2020!!!  Gina, Penny, Paula, Roberta and Carolyn kept the tradition live and well.  Let’s hope for better water next year.

Happy New Year 2020!

Definitely warmer this year than it was same time last year.  I remember New Years Day being bitterly cold!  Mid to upper 40s today and tomorrow.  New Years Day will be in the upper 50s!  And we are looking at a mix of 40s and 50s over the coming week.

The weather is the good news.  Now for generation.  Looks like they are finally dumping Beaver.  They have been running generators and flood gates for several days now and will probably continue until they get at or near normal pool level…..which is about five feet away.  In turn, Table Rock is keeping up with the incoming water by running three generators every day.  Up until this rain we had night before last, we were actually seeing Table Rock dropping a little each day while keeping up with the incoming water from Beaver.  That inch of rain pulled us up a little.  Better to get rid of it now before the Spring rains.

Carolyn on the water Friday with Karin from Oklahoma.  Fast, deep water was a challenge (as it always is), but we had a good day catching on the cerise San Juan worm dropped from the big ruby.  Karin is a good fisher so she handled the challenge well.

Carter & 22-1/2″ rainbow – 12/28/19

Jake – 12/28/19

Saturday, Carolyn had Carter and Jake on the water.  Carter has fished with us a couple times before and wanted to introduce Jake to fly fishing.  Great conditions under which to learn!  However, it was a good, fun day and the guys finished up even on fish!  But, Carter had the day for the biggest fish which was a nice 22-1/2″ male rainbow.  Yep, best pattern was the cerise San Juan worm.

We are looking at some beautiful weather through Christmas day.   Temperatures in the upper 50s and lots of sunshine.  Unfortunately, Friday is showing showers creeping in later in the day and hanging around off and on through the weekend.  But, we know how the weather is around here, we’ll just have to see what happens.

They continue to run the equivalent of two units every day.  Table Rock is so close to power pool, we can only hope they decide to shut it down over the weekend.  We’ll check the projection today at 3:00 p.m. and post an update if they are changing anything.

We will close Christmas eve at 3:00 p.m. and be closed Christmas Day.

Slight chances for rain and maybe some sleet tonight and possibly into tomorrow morning.  Tomorrow afternoon and evening look dry as does all of next week.  Temperatures are looking pretty good too.  Tuesday will be mid 40s, but Wednesday through the weekend show 50s.

Still seeing the equivalent of two generators.  Not great, but one can find a spot to fish.  Looks like the same pattern for Monday.  We’ll just have to wait and see what the pattern will be this week.  Right now, Table Rock Lake is slightly under one foot above normal power pool.

Dana on the water Saturday with a couple guys from Illinois, Dan and Richard.  Dan has fish with us before and this was Richard’s first time.  Good, fun day of catching for them.  Richard may now have another hobby!  The cerise San Juan worm is still the ticket!

Beautiful day today.  Right now the temperature is 53 degrees and it is clear and sunny.  Looks like we might have a couple more pretty nice days ahead of us.  Tomorrow and Friday should also be in the 50s with sunshine.  Saturday is cooling off into the mid 40s and I understand that Sunday night we will see some type of precipitation which could even be light snow.  However, with the temperatures I am currently seeing, I would not bet on snow.  However, either rain or snow Sunday evening into Monday and temperatures in the low 40s to upper 30s.  Tuesday turns back to sunshine with low 40s.  Wednesday into the weekend will see mid to upper 40s.

The spillways was shut down over the weekend (Saturday morning) and are still off.  For most of this week, we have only seen the equivalent of two units.  This puts the area about 5 feet over no generation levels.  As of December 1, the desired power pool dropped to 915 feet.  Currently, Table Rock is sitting at 916.6 feet so we are almost at power pool.

Dissolved oxygen level on Taneycomo is great.  Most recent value was just a little above 8 milligrams per liter.  Happy fish!

Weird weather.  Cold one day with rain, warm the next day with rain.  However, I think the rain is clearing out of here right now.  It’s 9:15 a.m. and the rain has stopped.  Plus, our local forecast is showing the sun starting to peek through by 10:00 a.m. and full sunshine around noon!  And, the temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60s.  Unfortunately, back to cooler tomorrow with low 40s.  Then Monday we are looking at upper 40s and into the 50s through Thursday.

Generation pattern has been the equivalent of two units for the past several days.  They have varied up and down just a little during the day.  Unfortunately, they have opened up two spillways this morning and the level of Taneycomo is up to 710 feet.  Not certain how long these will be open.

Gina and Dana on the water this past Wednesday.  Good day for Jacque and his son-in-law

Dale – 11/27/19 – 20″ Rainbow

Jason, who went out with Dana for half a day.  They were catching on the ruby 2, and red or cerise San Juan worms.  Gina’s guy, Dale, a regular, regular, had a wonderful day, on the ruby 2 under a cerise San Juan or an olive brown beadhead scud under the cerise San Juan.  Included a nice 20 inch rainbow!

We have some great sales going on at the shop.  Better get by and check them out!

What a gorgeous day today!  Warm and lots of sunshine.  Enjoy while we can.  Tomorrow will be in the upper 60s and mostly cloudy.  Looks like rain showers moving in tomorrow evening then clearing up as drier air moves in bringing us gusty winds.  Wednesday will be low 50s and some sunshine.  Thanksgiving day will be a bummer.  Low 40s and probably rain off and on all day.  Unfortunately, Friday looks like a repeat of Thursday, but a little warmer….mid to upper 50s.  Saturday will be mid 60s and possibly rain again.

Generation pattern for tomorrow shows a decrease in the flows we have been having.  So far we have been seeing the equivalent of two to three units mixed during the day.  Tomorrow we will see the equivalent of  two units all day.

Dawain – 11/23/19

Dawain and his son, Mason, spent half a day on the water Saturday with Gina.  They had a pretty darn good day despite the 7000-8000 cfs of generation.

Mason – 11/23/19

Best patterns were the cerise worm with a size 16 Ruby 2 dropper or the worm with a tan scud dropper.   Darren has Steve and Forrest out for half a day and they had a pretty tough day.  Think the only pattern they hooked anything on was the cerise San Juan worm.

Going to see some cooler weather into this weekend.  Temperatures on the mid to upper 40s Friday and Saturday.  Upper 50s Sunday and sunshine.  Monday will be the best day with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s and sunshine.   Tuesday will also be in the mid to upper 60s but slight chances for rain pop up late in the day.  Wednesday through Friday will be upper 50s.  Slight changes for more rain from Wednesday into next weekend.

Spillway gates closed last week and we are now seeing the equivalent of not quite two generators.  This raises the water level 4-5 feet with somewhere between 6500-7200 cfs.  Much better than we have been having.  Let’s hope it stays this way as we are below normal power pool.

Dana on the water this last Thursday with Don out of Texas.  Don has been fishing with us for a while, and as always, he had a wonderful half day on the water with the cerise or red San Juan worms.  Had so much fun he is going out again on Saturday.