Another beautiful day.  Not a cloud in the sky, light wind and high temperature was 80.  Looks like more of the same all next week and into the weekend.

No generation today.   No generators tomorrow until 3:00 p.m. when they will turn on two for two hours and then up it to three units for a couple hours, back to two for an hours and then off for the evening.

Dana on the water Saturday with Steve and Beckham from Oklahoma.  Tough day but they caught fish on the olive wooly bugger.  Gina had Ted and his grandson Judah out for half a day.  Judah

Judah – 10/19/24

caught his first fish on a fly rod.  Really no best fly for them.  Carolyn had John and Lindsay out for half a day.  Tough day for them too.  This was Lindsay’s first time with

Ted – 10/19/24

a fly rod and glad to say she caught her first fish on a fly rod.

Sunday was another day.

Levi – 10/20/24

Fishing the same places but the fish were certainly eating better.  Carolyn had Gary and his 11 year old grandson out for the first time.  Yeah!  Levi caught his first fish and several more on the ruby 2 midge.  So did grandpa, Gary!

Had a cold snap come through this week.  Lows one morning in the upper 20s.  Next morning a little warmer, 30s!  Looks like a run of nice days ahead.  Lows in the 50s and highs in the upper 70s or low 80s.

Some spastic generation days this past week.  Low one unit running until 10:00 a.m. then off for four hours and back to a low two for an hour then up to three.  Or, low one unit for one hour in the morning then off.  Two units on at 2:00.  Tomorrow, Sunday it will be no generation all day.

Dana had Steve from Oklahoma on the water all day last Thursday.  Pretty good day on an orange crackleback, olive wooly bugger and a leech pattern Steve had and wanted to try.

Friday and Saturday, Dana took Janis and Donna out for a couple all day outtings.  Couple fun days for these ladies on the live wooly bugger and orange crackleback.

Carolyn on the water Saturday with a couple of her regulars Terry and Alex.  It was a pretty good day for the on the Ruby 2 and P&P midges and a holographic green crackleback.

Sunday Jim and Dana had Kelley, Bennett, Sean and Jack on the water.  Kelly and Bennett stay in the boat and Sean and Jack waded.  Had his hands full!  They good day for them on the Y2K, ruby midge and crackleback.

Dana back on the water Tuesday with Evan and Dan.  Little tougher day but they got some fish on the Y1K, Peach egg and crackleback.

Anne and Anthony from Alabama fished with Carolyn Wednesday.  Anne is a brand new fly fisher and she got off to a great start.  Worked a little with her on casting.  Spastic generation that day but it worked out great.  Some wade fishing, but lots of drifting and catching with the Big Ruby, Ruby 2 and red D-rib midge.  Dana and Gina had a group of four fly fishers on the water.  Gina had Matt and Sam.  Dana was with Jim and Glen.  Dana’s guys were catching on a crackleback.  Gina’s boat on the Ruby 2 midge under an egg pattern or Big Ruby.

Thursday, Gina took Bill and Kathi out for half a day.  Good day for them on the Ruby 2.  One of those spastic generation days where they had a low two units until 11:00 a.m   Then off.   Carolyn had Dirk from Kansas on the water most of the day.  Good day for him on the Ruby 2 or P&P midge.

Dirk back on the water Friday with Carolyn.  Another good day again on the Ruby 2 and P&P midges.    Dana had George out for the day.  They had a good day on the Ruby 2 and olive wooly bugger.

We have been seeing really good days and a day or two later, you wonder where are the fish?  Certain some of that has to do with how much or when they injected liquid oxygen into the water.  Also, please remember right now to not keep the fish out of the water any longer than you have to.  They are fighting very had to live, but the oxygen level of far from good for them.  You might notice we are not taking many pictures right now as we don’t want to stress the fish any more than they are stressed right now.  Seeing lots of dead fish in the water.  And, please wet your hands before handing.

Cool mornings (40s), but the days are warming into the upper 70s or low 80s.  Suppose to warm up a little through the weekend, but a cool front is coming through Monday.  Upper 30s to low 40s in the morning and highs next week in the 60s!

Not much change in the generation pattern.  Off during morning hours and on any where from noon on.  Still low dissolved oxygen but they are pumping in liquid oxygen to help the situation.

Landon and Gary on the water last Sunday with a family of five from Kansas.  Troy, Nola, Emma, Cameron and Nicole.  First time fly fishing for the 13, 18 and 19 year olds.  Fun day for everyone on the ruby 2 midge.

Mike – 10/7/24

Monday, Carolyn took Dave and Mike out for the day.  One of those weird days when they started running a low one unit at 9:00 a.m.   Ran that for a couple hours and bumped it up to a full one unit.  Fished the full run from above the boat ramp down to our normal take out about five miles down.  Pulled fish almost all the way.  Almost everything on the ruby 2 midge.  Did do some streamer fishing and caught them on the holographic green trailer on sinking leaders.  Fun day!  Jim had Randy and Terry out for half a day.  They had just finished our Orvis two-day fly fishing school and wanted to get more!  Tough day and there was no best fly.  They did, however, bring from fish to the boat and worked more on techniques.

Tuesday, Dana took Steve and Kyle from Kansas out for a half-day wade trip.  Fairly new fly fishers so they worked on casting.  Landed some five on the olive wooly bugger.

Landon on the water Wednesday with Bob from Arkansas.  They were catching on the Ruby 2 midge, Holographic green crackleback, and a peach egg pattern.

Thursday, Gary took Jay from Illinois out for half-day wade trip.  Pretty good day for them catching on  the black copperhead midge and a gray scud.  Carolyn had Randy and Art on the water for half a day.  Pretty good day for them too on the ruby 2 and P&P midges and a peach egg pattern.

Nice and sunny the rest of this week.  Temperatures in the mid to upper 80.  By next week, temperatures will drop a little and it will be mostly sunny.  Trees are starting to show signs of turning.  Unfortunately, since it has been so dry this year, it will probably not be a pretty Fall.

Lots of fishers on the water this week.  Catching some really nice size fish.  Looks like the fish are moving up for spawn.  Several reports of caught fish dropping eggs.  Dissolved oxygen is still low even though the Corp is injection liquid oxygen on an almost daily basis.  Fish are fishing hard and appear to be in great shape.  Still take a little extra time when releasing your catch to make certain they are doing okay.

Generation has been off every morning.  Even though they have shown coming on earlier several days this past week, it has been one or two hours later.  Nice for us.  However, don’t count on this trend to continue.  Just listen for the horn and move on.  When it come on, it is one unit for an hour or so, then up to two.

Taylor – 9/29/24

Gary and Landon had a group of fishers

Thomas – 9/29/24

on the water last Friday.  Taylor, Thomas, Bo and Nick.  Good day for these guys on the peach egg with a

Bo – 9/29/24

black midge dropper.

Nick – 9/29/24

Sharri – 9/29/24

Carolyn – 9/29/24

Dana was out with a couple ladies, Carolyn and Sharri.  They had a good day on the olive wooly bugger.

Tuesday, Landon took Amy and John out for a half-day wade trip.  Another good day on the peach egg with a black copperhead midge dropper.   Dana had one of his regulars, George, on the water.  They too had a good day of fishing with the olive wooly bugger.

One of George-s fish – 10/1/24

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Beautiful weather ahead.  Temperatures in the upper 70s to mid 80s and sunshine all week!  What more could you ask for.

No major change in generation.  Off during morning hours.  They have turned it on a little earlier, 11:00 a.m., on a few days and only a one or low one unit instead of the two units.

Last Thursday, Dana had John and Patty from Oklahoma out for half a day.  Very good day for these guys stripping an olive wooly bugger.  Carolyn had Lynn from Texas out for an instructional session.

Lynn – 9/26/24

Her husband, Roy joined them and fished on his own.  After a couple hours of working on casting, she graduated and was given a fly.  Good day for Lynn on the ruby 2 under a peach egg pattern.

Darren, from Texas and his friend, Chuck, fished with Gina Friday.  Slow day but they caught some stripping an olive streamer and then the gray b-bug under an orange scud.

Saturday, Dana took Jim and Samantha out for half a day.  Fished an olive wooly bugger.

Chuck – 9/27/24

Darrell – 9/27/24

Weather looks nice.  Probably going to get some rain Friday, but other than than, temperatures in the 70s to low 80 through next week.  Nice!

Generation pattern continues to be off during the morning hours then one or two units on anywhere from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Dana on the water last Thursday with William from Oklahoma.  Tough day but he did bring in a few on the P&P and Ruby 2 midges.

Friday, Jim had Elijah and Jacque  on the water for half a day.  Brand new fly fishers that picked up pretty quickly.  Landed a few fish stripping a size 12 JQ streamer.

Sunday, Jim was back on the water.  He has Bert and Hudson from Arkansas out.  It was another size 12 JQ streamer day.  Dana took Amy, Mike and Kevin for a wade trip.  Ruby 2 was their pattern.

Shelly – 9/24/24

Carolyn had Shelly out Tuesday.  Good day for Shelly on the Ruby 2 and black copperhead midges.

Wednesday, Carolyn took Mary out for half a day.  Another good day on the Ruby 2 midge.

Weather looks great the rest of this week.  A warm up Friday, and slight chances of rain Saturday,  Sunday and Monday.  Temperatures in the low 80s early in the week and them upper 70s Wednesday.

No change in the generation schedule.  Off during the morning hours and then two generators coming on at 1:00 or later.  Off almost all day during the weekend.

Wish I could say that the oxygen level has improved, but it hasn’t.  Need for the lake to turn which will probably be a while.

Carolyn on the water last Thursday with Bobby and his father, Bob.  Fun day for these guys catching on the Ruby 2 midge and an oregon cheese egg pattern.

Ray – 9/14/24

Saturday, Dana took Brian and Ray from Oklahoma out for the morning.  Good day for these guys stripping an olive wooly bugger.

Dana took Ron and his grandson Kellen out Sunday.  They caught fish on the olive wooly bugger and the black copperhead midge.  Tiffany her husband Alex fished with Carolyn.  Tiffany is due any day now and can hardly wait to bring Jack to fish with us.  Good day on the Ruby 2 midge and oregon cheese egg pattern.

Jim had Tom from Kansas on the water Monday.  JQ streamer was their ticket.  Melanie and Priscilla fished with Dana.

Melanie – 9/16/24

They had a good day on the black copperhead midge and the olive wooly bugger.

Priscilla’s fish – 9/16/24

Doc and 20″ Rainbow – 9/17/24

Tuesday, Carolyn took Doc and his friend Brian from Oklahoma out for half a day.  Doc is 91 years old and has been fishing with River Run for 26 years.  Every year he said this will probably be his last trip.  We are glad to say he keeps making it every year and we hope he can continue to come and fish with us!  His catch of the day was a beautiful 20 inch male rainbow.  Best fly for both of them was the Ruby 2 midge.

Brian – 9/17/24

The weather has been absolutely wonderful the past several days.  Mornings in the 40-50s, and the days in the upper 70s or low 80s.  Clear skies and sunshine!  It will warm up a bit over the next several days.  Looks like days will be in the mid to upper 80s.  Slight chances for rain Thursday and a little better chances on Friday.

Generation schedule continues to be off during the morning hours and coming on around noon or after.  Off almost all day this past Saturday (on for one hour late in the afternoon) and all day Sunday.

Dana on the water a week ago this past Thursday with Spencer from Texas.  Good day for them on an olive wooly bugger.  Water came on that day early, so they moved upstream to drift but the flow killed the action.

Carolyn had Don and John on the water last Wednesday.  It was one of those early on water days again.  They had a good day on the ruby 2 midge and after the water came on it was an olive bug-eyed bugger with a holographic green crackleback or a cerise San Juan worm under the big ruby.

Friday, Don and John when out with Dana.  Another good day for these guys on the Ruby 2 midge.

Evan – 9/7/24

Carolyn had Evan out Saturday.  Fun day on the P&P midge and stripping the bug-eyed bugger.

John and Brian celebrated Brian’s birthday on the water with Dana Sunday.  Great day for them stripping a holographic green crackleback and olive wooly bugger.  Dan from Kansas was fishing with Carolyn.  He’s heading to Wyoming soon and wanted to get a refresher on how and what to do.  Worked a lot on nymph style fishing and caught fish mainly on the P&P midge.

Past couple of days have been Hot!!  Looks like it will stay in the upper 90s for a couple more days.  By Friday, rain chances move in for the weekend and temperatures will move down into the 80s.  Low 80s Saturday through Monday.  Clearing up by Monday.

No change in generation.  Off during the morning hours and on as early at 11:00 a.m. or as late as 2:00 p.m.  Oxygen level during the morning hours continues to be low.

Dana on the water Monday with Roger from Wisconsin.  Pretty good day for them on an olive wooly bugger and throwing at dry ant pattern.

Tuesday, Jim took Adam and his son, Skylar out for half a day.  Pretty good day for them too stripping a sculpin pattern.

Weather  cooling down a little this week.  Looks like low to mid 80s until Friday when it will move back into the low 90s through the weekend.  Had some rain this morning but it looks dry throughout the rest of the week.

They continue with the generation pattern of off most of the day over the weekend and off during the morning hours on week days, coming on anywhere from noon to 2:00 p.m.

Jim on the water last Wednesday with one of his regular, regulars, Tom, from Oklahoma.  Very tough day.  Had a few strikes but that was it!

Thursday, Dana took Erik and Everett out.  They found a few fish on the tan scud and cream mop fly.  Carolyn had Richard, from Texas out for the morning.  Tom is mainly a salt water fisher.  He enjoyed

Richard – 8/15/24

catching trout for a change.  Had a descent day on the black copperhead and Ruby 2 midges.

Jim out with Ed and Lori Friday.  They caught a few fish on the JQ streamer.

Saturday, Jim had another one of his regular, regulars, Scott on the water.  Pretty good day for them stripping a size 12 sculpin.

Carolyn had Tabby on the water Sunday.  Started out really slow.  Three fish

Tabby – 8/18/24

landed.  However, one of them was a nice 18″ plus rainbow.  Decided to find another place to try and finished up with a good day on the water.  Ruby 2 midge was the ticket!

Just a reminder!  With the oxygen so low, remember to take just a little longer releasing your fish.  They fight really hard even though they are not getting enough oxygen (wouldn’t you?) but they can be worn out when you finally get them in.  Just take a few more minutes, make sure they are breathing good and staying upright before releasing them.  They will grow up and be bigger next year!!!