Low Generation Almost Every Morning!
Great weather. Upper 70s and low 80s for the highs. Actually in the upper 50s the other morning when I left for work. Looks like it will continue through the weekend and into next week. Probably see some mid to upper 80s in the mix.
Definite change in the generation pattern the past six days. Now we have low, somewhere around 35 mwh, every morning. Some days they kick it up a little and other days, it stayed pretty much in this same range. This puts the tailwater levels anywhere from 1-1/2 feet to 2-1/2 feet higher than with no generation. Although it reduces the wadeable areas down a little, it is good to see some water movement both for fishing as well as for the fish! There is still quite a bit of wading water. One just has to go looking.
Caleb – 9/6/18
Gina and Stan on the water last Thursday with four firefighters from Oklahoma. Gina had Caleb and Russell. Caleb fished with us last year but is still learning and this was a first for Russell.
Russell – 9/6/18
Stan’s guys, Corey and Ben were also new, so everyone worked on basic skills as well as catching fish. Gina had her guys catching on the ruby 2, an egg pattern and the JQ streamer. Stan’s were catching on the ruby 2 and a peach egg pattern. Fun day for everyone! Jim had Larry and Ann out for the morning. Fairly new fly fishers so he worked with them while they were catching fish on the ruby midge, gray scud and a size 10 Tiger Tail.
Dwan and Robert spent Saturday morning on the water with Stan. Pretty good day for these guys on a peach egg under the big ruby. This was one of those days when they ran water, up and down, all day.
Rick and his father, Richard, spent the day on the water with Carolyn yesterday. Good day for these two on an apricot egg pattern, or the black copperhead midge under the big ruby. They actually had a couple of doubles during the day. They also pulled some fish on the holographic green crackleback below Lookout Island on a 3 ips sinking leader. This is one of Richard’s favorite ways to catch fish. Fun day, lots of fish and a beautiful day! Jim had Terry on the water yesterday morning. Terry just finished the Orvis 2-day school we held here at River Run. He wanted to reinforce what he had just learned. He had a good time stripping the tiger tail (like this the best) and catching on a gray scud or ruby midge. He’s hooked!