More nice weather.  Today it will be upper 80s….mid 80s tomorrow, then low 80s into the weekend.  Slight chances for rain.

Another day of the equivalent of a low one generator.  Wish I had a crystal ball and could look into the future, but I think we will see more days with a low one.  Let’s hope.

Jacob – 9/6/20

Fun day on the water Sunday.  Dana and Darren took a group of guys, two from Colorado and the other from Missouri.  Johnathan, Nicholas, and Jacob were all pretty new to fly fishing, but caught on quickly and caught some fish. They pretty much fished the Rockin Chair to narrows area and fished the ruby 2 midge, a crackleback, white mega worm and gray scuds.

High today is projected to be in low 90s.  Same for Monday.  Tuesday we have a 30% chance for rain and upper 80s.  Wednesday, about the same.  Thursday a little cooler, in the low 80s, and slight chances for rain.  This will be the trend through the weekend.

We have had the equivalent of a low one unit running almost all weekend.  The good news with this is that there are places where one can wade.  AND, the dissolved oxygen has been running an average of 5.9 ppm.  Not perfect, but much better than when nothing is running.

David – 9/4/20

David and his friend Mike spent Friday morning on the water with Carolyn.  Picked a few fish above the boat ramp, but fished much better

Mike – 9/4/20

from the boat ramp down.  Had a good day on the ruby 2 midge under a red San Juan worm.  They were running a low one unit at put in and bumped it up just a little at 1:00.  Made for a great

Ralph – 9/4/20

drift out.  Dana had one of our regulars, Ralph, out for the morning.  They did well on the red San Juan worm, ruby 2 and copperhead black midge.

Yesterday, Dana had Tim, from Kearney out for the morning.  Little slower than the day before, but they caught several on the ruby 2 midge, and a red or cerise San Juan worm.  Jim has come back to guiding now that it is cooling off.  He spend the day on the water with Dan from Wildwood.  They pulled the JQ streamer, and drifted the ruby midge and red San Juan worm for their fish.

Great weather right now.  It did rain some yesterday afternoon, but temperatures were in the low 80s and, of course, it was overcast.  Today we have a little sunshine with temperatures again in the low 80s.  Looks like Friday and Saturday will be in the mid to upper 80s and then back in the low 90s for Sunday through Monday.  Tuesday, the rain chances will cool us down again to the low 80s.

Good news is that they are running low flows during the morning hours.  This is giving the fish much needed oxygen and fishing has been better with this low flow.  The low flow is around 2500 cfs which elevates the wadeable area by about 2-1/2 feet.  So….the bad news is that there is not as much wadeable area as when the water if off.  According to the schedule, they will be doing that again tomorrow.

Ron – 9/2/20

Ron and his friend, Kendall, were on the water with Darren yesterday.  Tough, but they caught several on a #16 scud.  Carolyn had

Gwen – 9/3/20

Gwen and her husband, Rex, out for the morning.  Pretty good day for them on the ruby 2 midge under the big

Rex – 9/3/20

ruby.  For a while it looked like Gwen was going to outdo Rex, but he finally buckled down and caught up!  Fun day!

Today, Dana had Frank from Florida on the water.  They had a good day on a red San Juan worm under

Frank – 9/3/20

the bug ruby midge.  Mainly fished the area from the root wad down to the boat ramp.

We received some much needed rain throughout last night.  Perfect night for sleeping!  Looks like the rest of the day will be pretty dry with temperatures in the upper 70s.  50% chance for rain tomorrow with tempertures in the low 80s.  Temperatures look to be in the low 80s into next weekend.

No change in generation pattern.  Off during the morning, one for a while in the afternoon then off again in the evening.

Dana on the water Sunday with Richard and Andy.  Pretty good day for these guys on the black copperhead or ruby 2 midges.

lARRY – 8/31//20

Yesterday, Darren took Larry and his friend LT out for the morning.  They hooked several fish on a black soft hackle

LT – 8/31/20

dropped from an 18 or 20 scud and when some water came on early, stripping the mini sculpin.  This was LT’s first time with a fly rod and he did well.

Beautiful weather the past few days.  Not as hot as it was for a while.  We also have rain in the forecast through Wednesday.  We certainly could stand a little rain.  Trees are turning brown as are the yards.  And, the temperatures are nice.  The warmest day next week looks like Monday with upper 80s.  Otherwise, it is low to mid 80s all week!

Water continued to be off during the morning hours.  Came on one day this past week at 11:00 a.m. but most other days were noon or 1:00 p.m.

Will & Drew – 8/22/20

A week ago this past Saturday, Darren on the water with Will and Drew from Wildwood.  Fun day for these

Will – 8/22/20

guys on lots of patterns.  Size 20 scuds, red ass soft hackle trailing the crackleback and a black soft hackle.

Last Sunday, Carolyn took Tim and his son-in-law, Donghun out for the morning.  Both were pretty new to fly fishing, so we worked a bit on casting, line management, hooking and playing a fish, and then proceeded to catch some fish on the black #14 wooly bugger, a B-bug under a ruby 1, and when the water came on a red San Juan worm under the big ruby.  Fun day!

Dana on the water with Phil from Oklahoma last Tuesday.  They had a good day up near the root wad on the ruby 2 midge.

Wednesday, Billie and Dolph fished with Carolyn.  Slow morning with a few on a black soft hackle.  When the generators fired up things picked up and we fished the rise using the red San Juan worm under the big ruby.  Caught fish on both!

Gregg wanted his with Janell to learn how to fly fish, so they spent Friday morning in the water with Carolyn.  Janell got a good handle on the roll cast and regular pick up and lay down cast.  However, it was not a good day for landing fish.  One fish to the boat after the rise on a JQ streamer.  Had a few hits on other patterns, but just  TOUGH DAY!

Dana took Ken from Texas out for an instructional trip Saturday.  They got rained out at 11:00 a.m. and called it a day.  Carolyn had two new fly fishers on the water also…..Jim and John.  Worked on casting and headed up to the root wad.  Had a couple hits and break offs and the sky started turning black.  When the wind picked up and almost blew Carolyn into the river, it was get off the water time.  Waited out the storm in the car and headed back out just before the generators came on.  Fished and rise and located some fish on the ruby 2 under the big ruby.  They are both planning on getting fly fishing gear and heading to the water when they get home.

We continue to see low dissolved oxygen levels in Taneycomo and slow fishing.  Just another reminder, please take extra time to revive you fish when releasing.  I am starting to see dead fish on the bottom of the river.

Beautiful weather and beautiful water.  Temperatures mostly in the upper 80s the past few days.  Looks like a warm up and we will see mid 90s for a few days then upper 80s to low 90s from Wednesday through the weekend.  Slight chances for rain by mid week.  Think it is probably that hurricane heading for Louisiana early next week.

Generators continue to be off every morning.  Most days it has been coming on at noon.  There have been a few days where it was as early as 11:00 a.m. or as late as 1:00 p.m.  They eventually bump it up to all four units for three to four hours during the afternoon.

Just a note as to the condition of the river.  The oxygen levels in Taneycomo during the morning hours while the water is off is extremely low.  Our levels are actually lower for this time of the year than last year.  The fish are still healthy looking and giving us a good fight.  However, if you don’t take a little extra time and make certain they are in good shape before you release them, they just might swim away and roll over!  Please take a little more time in releasing your fish.

Ryan & Robert – 8/17/20

Last Monday, Robert and his son, Ryan spent the morning on the water with Carolyn.  Good day for these guys on the ruby 2, #18 gray scud, red San Juan worm, and a black wooly bugger.  Gina was on the water with one of her regulars, Billy.  Monday was a tiger tail or charcoal sculpin, or a black copperhead midge.  Billy fished

Bill – 8/17/20

again on Tuesday and this was it was only a Wendell wooly, size 14.  Fun couple of days both catching and the weather.

Thursday, Darren took Tom and his wife, Kimmy out.  Tom wanted to get Kimmy hooked on fly

Kimmy & Tom – 8/20/20

fishing and hopefully, they succeeded.  She caught fish on a #20 scud and the white mega worm.  Fun day for both!  Dana

Justin – 8/21/20

was on the water with Justin from Texas.  They caught fish Thursday on the b-bug.  Justin had such as good time, he decided to hit it again on Friday.  Friday was even a better day catching on

Tommy – 8/21/20

cracklebacks.  Tommy and his son, Will, fished with Gina on Friday.  They had a good day on

Will – 8/21/20

the black wooly, pine equirrel sculpin and Wendell’s wooly.  Peter and his friend, Charlie, fished with Carolyn.  They got off to a slow start, but finally started picking up fish on a #20 gray scud, a tan B-bug, or stripping the black wooly bugger.

Saturday, Dana took Brian and Anita from Oklahoma out for half a

Jeanne – 8/23/20

day.  They had a slow day but caught some on the copper dun midge.  It was a slow day for scudding or midging.  The only thing

Chris – 8/212/20

the fish were really good on were various streamers.  Gina had Jeanne and her son Chris out.  They started early and had a good day stripping the mini sculpin or Wendell’s woolie.  Meanwhile, Carolyn took Rich and his sons, Eli and Kaylor out for the morning.  Rich and Eli took a one-day clinic with us a couple of weeks ago and they have already fished

Rich – 8/23/20

with us a couple times since.  This was Kaylor’s, who is seven, first time with a fly rod.  He is getting his fly into the water where he needs to and getting a good drift.

Eli & Kaylor – 8/22/20

Unfortunately, the fish were pretty picky on what they wanted.  Rich and Eli were both stripping the mini sculpin and catching.  Kaylor took on the position of “official netter”.  He was netting their fish and going a good job!

Pretty nice weather the past several days.  Lots of sunshine and not as hot as it had been a couple weeks ago.  Looks like this will continue into next weekend.  Temperatures mostly in the upper 80s.  Sure beats the upper 90s we had been having.  Very slight chances for rain by next Sunday.

Generators have been off every morning since last Monday.  Some days they turn on one or two units around 11:00 a.m. then ramp it up to a low four units with a couple hours.  Off in the evening by 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.  Table Rock is now below power pool so we will probably see this trend continue.

Darren on the water last Tuesday.  Tough day for his guy Vernon.  They caught a few fish on the thread midge or the egg/scud combo.

Thursday, Carolyn took Sharon and Penny out for the morning.  Fun ladies day out catching on the ruby 2 or a red San Juan worm.

Friday, Dana was on the river with Al from Parkville.  Tough day for them but they did catch a few on the ruby 2 midge.

Sam, Rich and Eli took a one day clinic with Carolyn on Friday, so she had them on the river fishing Saturday.

Eli – 8/15/20

Good day for these guys on a #16 scud or a copper dun midge.  They loved fly fishing enough that they booked

Terry – 8/15/20

another day for Sunday.  Terry and his nephew, Doug were fishing with Darren.  Pretty good day for them on the ruby 2 midge or the egg/scud combo.   Dana fished

Derek – 8/15/20

Derek and Kevin from Kansas.  Good day for them on the black copperhead midge.  These were some of the off generation days during the morning hours, so we are all staying

Kevin – 8/15/20

up around the boat ramp and not going all the way through.  When the water comes on, it trashes up the water so bad you cannot keep you fly clean and the fishing goes south.

Sam – 8/16/20

Sunday, Sam, Rich and Eli fished with Darren.  Good day for them again.  Casting is looking better and hooking up

Rich – 8/16/20

with fish was even better.  Their best patterns were a size 18 or 20 gray scud, white mega worm, and the copper dun midge.  Dana and Carolyn had the Curry family on the river.  Dana had the guys, Ryan and Jack, and Carolyn took the ladies, Julie and Scout.  Good day for everyone!  The ladies started off the morning with a double.  Both Julie and Scout had a fish on at the same time.  And, it was pretty steady action all morning.  Lots of patterns were working.  Ruby 2, B-bug, P&P, #20 gray scud and the copper dun midge were probably the most productive.   Dropped my camera in the water Saturday so I’m waiting on pictures from Ryan of their nice fish they caught.

We have been having some great weather here the past few days.  In the 80s.  Lows in the upper 50s one or two mornings.  However, that is coming to an end.  But it’s not going to be as hot as it was.  Mid 90s seems to be tops over the next several days.  It is looking like some rain tomorrow morning, then slight chances next week.

The past couple days have seen a lower generation level for a few hours in the morning than we have been seeing.  Actually a low one unit last night and then one unit this morning until around 10:00 a.m. Right now it is not quite a full two units.  But, according to the projection, it should be a low four units for about four hours.  Looks like this will be the pattern again tomorrow.  Equivalent of one unit in the morning until noon, then it will up to two units for an hour, and then a low four for 4 hours.  After than it will slowly ramp back to a low two through the night.

Karl – 8/3/20

Carolyn on the water Monday with Karl and his son, Matthew.  Not a lot of fish, but a fun day on the ruby

Matthew – 8/3/20

2 midge under the big ruby.  Matthew’s first trout on a fly rod

Matthew with little wild bow

was a little wild one.  You could still see the parr markings on it.

Tuesday, Darren had Dennis on the river for the

Josh – 8/4/20

morning.  Good day for them on the egg/scud combo or a #14 scud.

Wednesday, we had a group of guys with their sons.  First time for several of them.

Charlie – 8/5/20

Tough day.  Darren had Farhan and his son, Zayd.  Dana had Brian and Oliver.  They had a few hits and “pick and rolls”, and a fish on the red San Juan.  Chris and his two sons, Charlie and Max fished with Carolyn.  No one pattern was working.  Ruby 2, #12 gray scud, or the big ruby each caught a fish and tempted a few others, but their was no pattern that was consistent.

Wow!  Looks like our high today will be 84 degrees.  Monday shows low 80s; Tuesday upper 70s, then mid to upper 80s through Friday.  The weekend and into next week will be low 90s.  What a wonderful difference.  Slight chances for rain Friday and Saturday.  We’ll see….that’s a ways off.  But enjoy!

This weekend was back to two full units until noon, and then bumping it up to three or a low four around 1:00 p.m.  Back to the two units by 8:00 p.m. or so.

Mike – 7/26/20

Mike from Kansas on the water with Dana last Sunday.  Pretty good day for him on the cerise San Juan worm or the ruby 2 midge.

Thursday, Darren took Russell and Anderson out for half a day.  They had fun catching on the UV roe yarn egg with a scud dropper.  Fished best for them that day on the front run of Lookout Island.

It was a half day Friday for Mike and his friend Bob, from Iowa, with Darren.  Another UV roe yarn egg and scud dropper day for them.  Fun day.  Would have been better if they could have stopped a big fish Mike hooked up with at the log hole.  If hung on the bottom for a bit then took off upstream and Darren could not row fast enough!  Dana had Robert out and Roberts caught his biggest

Robert – 7/31/20

trout.  Happy man on the copperhead black midge.  Meanwhile, Gina and Carolyn were infecting three ladies with the art of fly fishing.  Anne, Jan and Margie took the 2-day school Thursday and Friday.  All indications are that they like it!

Mark and Ken from Illinois, spent Saturday morning on the water with Dana.  He had they catching on the black copperhead midge and the peach eggstasty fly.  Lots of “pick and rolls” but also fish to the boat!  Darren had a fly fisher from Florida in his boat Saturday.  Another egg and scud combo day.  He caught a nice 20 incher at Eagle Island and that was the end to a good day!

Jerry – 8/2/20

Jerry and his friend Mike, fished with Carolyn today.  Good day for these guys on the ruby 2 under the big ruby midge.  They caught a few

Mike – 8/2/20

stripping the JQ streamer, but it was a midge day.  Fished best in the run behind Long Island.  Barbara had a good, fun day

Barb’s fish – 8/2/20

fishing with Dana.  Red San Juan worm, ruby 2 midge and stripping an orange crackleback.

Looks like a little cool down in the temperatures next week.  Seeing lots of mid to upper 80s all week and into the following feel.  Yeah!  Also, the chances for rain are pretty good for Monday through Wednesday.

A change in the generation pattern the past few days.  Dropping down to the equivalent of one unit around midnight.  At this level until 9:00 a.m then up to two units for a three hours, then a three for an hour a finally four.  Same projection for Monday.  We’ll have to wait and see what the pattern looks like next week.

Kaya’s 1st on fly rod – 7/24/20

This change in the flow pattern made catching a little difficult last Friday.  But, we managed to catch fish.  Carolyn had Eric and his grandson, Kaya on the water Friday morning.  This was Eric’s first

Eric – 7/24/20

time with a fly rod.  Eric had been working with him on casting and he did very well.  He even outfished Eric!  They had a good day catching early on the Ruby 2 midge under the big ruby.  As they kept upping the water, it was a UV Roe yarn salmon egg pattern.

Kyle – 7/24/20

Rob and his son, Kyle, were fishing with Dana.  Ruby 2 early then it was a red San Juan worm.

Saturday, Dana took Shannon, from Kansas, out for half a day.  It was another ruby 2 and red San Juan worm day.

Rob -07/24/20