Weather has been great.  Not too hot and overcast.  It does look like we are in for some more seasonal weather over the next few days.  By Sunday, we will hit the mid 90s and continue through the week.  Rain chances are definitely down after this weekend.

We are still seeing three generators 24/7.  However, we have reached 919.6 feet on Table Rock so the end is in sight.  Power pool for table Rock is 917.  Should see that before the end of the month unless we get another big rain.

Jim and Dana on the water last Wednesday with a family from Texas.  Dana had Ashley and Cami.  They caught fish on the UQ streamer and olive wooly bugger.  Jim took Jim and Taylor.  It was the JQ streamer for them too.

Levi – 7/14/25

Monday, Levi and his friend Will fished with Carolyn.  It was Will’s first time fly fishing.  Levi has fished with Carolyn before.  Good day for them on the cerise San Juan worm but best on the JQ streamer.  Fun day!  Will caught his first of may trout on a fly rod.

Will – one of his first on a fly rod – 7/14/25

We had a JQ streamer with a holographic green crackleback trailer on Levi and at one time he had a fish on both flies.  Unfortunately, when we got the first fish to the next, the second one flipped off!  Bummer

Warm days ahead.  Upper 80s and low 90s.  Slight chances for rain starting Saturday (40%) and running through Thursday.

Yesterday, they cut the generation flow back to three units.  We are getting closer to normal power pool for Table Rock Lake.  Maybe we will see some off generation by the end of the month.

Farr – 7/5/25

Darren on the water last Saturday with Farr and Ivan from Iowa.  Pretty good day on the Ruby 2 and black copperhead midges.  Finished up their day with a double.  Dana had Gloria and Brad from Illinois on the water.  They did well on the black copperhead midge and the JQ streamer.

Gloria – 7/5/25

Sunday, Dana Dana and Jim had a group out.  Dana had Dave and Matt.  Jim had Alex and Michael.  Dana’s boat was catching on the JQ streamer.  Jim’s folks were catching on the black copperhead midge.  Jim’s guys were new so he worked with some instructional work with them.

Yesterday, Jim and Dana had another group out.  Jim had Jim and Taylor out.  It as the JQ streamer for them.  Dana had Ashley and Camryn out.  They too were catching on the JQ streamer.  Taylor and Camryn are 12 years young ladies.  This was their first time on a guide trip.  They went to a pond the day before and learned a little on casting and each caught some blue gill and bass on a popper!

Upper 80s or 90s every day next week.  Slight chances each day for some rain.

No change in generation.  Four units 14/7.

Carolyn on the river Wednesday with one of her regulars, Dean from Kansas.  They worked hard, but pulled off a pretty good day on the cerise San Juan worm and stripping a JQ streamer.  Fish were spotty.  You find a pod and catch a few and it was over.  Move on.  Dana had Jeromy and Dylan from Oklahoma on the river.  Very tough day for them.  Had one really good on on and lost it.  Fishing the white grub.

Thursday, Jim took Joe and and Paul out for half a day.  New to fly fishing so it was an instructional trip but they did catch a few fish on the ruby midge and San Juan worm.

Fourth of July Jim had Josh and Sabryne out.  No good pattern but they brought some fish to the boat on a variety of things.

Looks like we have some clear, sunny days ahead!  Let’s hope so.  We don’t need any more rain.  I’m beginning to sound like a broken record.  Anyway, sunny and warm!

Generators continue 24/7 with three units.  Probably see this for a few more weeks.

Time to get the fishing reports caught up!

Dana on the water Saturday before last with Matt from St. Louis.  Pretty good day for them on the holographic green crackleback and Ruby 2 midge.

Kylie – 6/22/25

Sunday, Carolyn had Terry and Kylie out again.  Morning started out great as they had the water off.  We were able to wade for a couple hours and caught on the Ruby 2 and black copperhead midges.  10:00 a.m. on came four units.  Floated down and settled at the bottom of Lookout Island and caught stripping the JQ streamer.  Overall good day.

Last Tuesday, Dana had Cary from Kansas on the water.  Good day for them on the crackleback and black copperhead midge.

DJ from Kansas was on the water with Carolyn last Thursday.  Good day for them on the Ruby 2 midge and JQ streamer.  Jim had Barry and Louie on the water.  It was the Ruby midge for them.

Friday, Dana had Ricky and Ryan out.  Ryan is new to fly fishing and did a good job.  They were catching on the crackleback, Olive wooly bugger and black copperhead midge.  Chase and Bethany fished with Jim.  Ruby midge and JQ streamer.

Zach’s first on a fly rod – 6/29/25

Gary and Zach fished with Carolyn Sunday.  Zach new to fly fishing and did great.  Ruby 2 midge under the big ruby and stripping the JQ streamer on a 5 ips sinking leader.

Monday Jim had Chris from Oklahoma.  Another JQ streamer and ruby midge day.

Looks like we are dry for a few days.  So how it’s hot days.  90s through Thursday and upper 80s and low 90s.  Slight chances, 30-40%, for rain through next weekend and into Monday.  We’ll see.

They started turning off the generators late in the evening and then back on early morning a couple days ago.  Off this morning and so far it is still off.  They were supposed to turn one unit on at 10:00 and then fire up three more at 11:00.  Cross your fingers.

Lots of trips out the past few days.  Dana on the water Wednesday with John and his granddaughter, Auria.  She caught her first fish!  They were fishing the black copperhead midge or a olive wooly bugger.  Jim had Stephen and Jackson on the water.  It was the JQ streamer for them.

Thursday, Dana and Jim took a group from Texas out.  Dana had John and he caught on the olive wooly bugger and big ruby.  Jim’s folks, Amber and Junior caught on the ruby midge.

Josh and John, from Texas, fished with Dana Friday.  Nice bright day for the holographic green crackleback worked for them.  It was the Ruby midge for Jim’s trip with Clifford and Debra.

Everyone it working for their fish, but we are catching some.  That’s why they call it fishing and not catching!

Can’t believe it.  Looking at the weather forecast, the highest percentage chance of rain is 20%!  Which are the chances of rain all next week.  20% each day.  Let’s hope for sunshine the rest of the 80%!

We continue to run generators 24/7.  All the lakes are close to flood pool, but they are fairly stable…..no increases.  If we can keep rain out of the picture, we might see no generation some time this year!!!

Darren on the water last Thursday with Steve from Colorado.  They had to work but they caught fish on a strawberry colored egg pattern, a UV scud and Darren’s Egg-n-bacon.  Almost rained out this day, but it cleared up and they had a beautiful day.

Melody – 6/14/25

Saturday, Dana and Darren took out a group.  Dana had James and Melody.  They caught fish on the JQ streamer, olive wooly bugger and

James – 6/14/25

the holographic green crackleback.  It was definitely a streamer day for them.   Darren had Aaron and Will.  They were catching on the ruby midge.

Aaron & Will – 6/14/25

Couple of beautiful days yesterday and the day before.  Chances for some rain tomorrow morning and again in the afternoon.  Right now, it looks like the same scenario for Friday.  We don’t need any more rain.

They are now running five spillways and three generators.  All the lakes are very close to flood pools and they are starting to release a little from each of them.  Beaver made a good drop so they shut down their spillways yesterday afternoon.  With the amount of water they are releasing through the generators at Bull Shoals, they are holding pretty steady.  Maybe creeping up a little but not much.  Don’t need any more rain!

Dana on the water Sunday and it was a tough day.  No best pattern.  This was one of those days where there was a significant change on the water level.  Once the water has been running for a full day or better, the fish stack back in most of their usual places but when it makes a big drop or rise, they are trying to figure out where they should be.

Looks like we might have some dry days this week.  Right now, they are forecasting rain Friday and Saturday of this week.  We need to dry out!!!

Non-stop generation will probably be the picture for several weeks.  Beaver is less than half a foot from flood pool.  Marinas on Table Rock were advised Table Rock will probably come up 2-1/2 feet which will put it close to flood pool.  Bull Shoals is just a little over 3-1/2 feet from flood pool.

Jim on the river last Thursday with Gary from Oklahoma.  Caught fish on the size 8 JQ streamer, Ruby and small Ruby midges.  Dana’s fisher, John, from Arkansas, was catching on the Ruby 2 and Black Copperhead midges, and an olive wooly bugger.

Wish we could get a break from all this rain.  Had late last night and they are predicting some heavy rain for today.  Slight chances on Thursday with better chances predicted for Friday and Saturday.  Temperatures are in the upper 70s and l0w 80s.

Two generators running during the morning hours.  Turning up to three units by around 3:00 p.m. every day.

Dana on the water last Saturday with Nolan and Cord from Texas.  New fly fishers caught fish on a Ruby 2 and holographic green crackleback.

Tuesday, Carolyn took a couple of her long-time regulars, Kathy and Ron from Louisiana out for half a day.  Fun and beautiful day.  Fish were very picky about where they were.  When we found some, it was catching mainly on the big ruby.  A few were taking the black d-ribbed midge.  Fortunately we found a few spots where they were hanging out and had a pretty good day.  Jim and Darren were on the water with a group from Kansas.  Darren had Daryle and Kody.  They caught fish on the Ruby 2 and black Copperhead midge.  Jim guys were getting fish on the big ruby and Ruby 2 midge.  One of Dana’s regulars, George was fishing with him.  Their bugs were the Ruby 2, big Ruby and olive wooly bugger.  Good day for them too.

Weather looks nice for the next several days.  Sunshine through Monday and temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s.  Tuesday through Thursday is currently showing chances, less than 45%.  After that, more sunshine

Generators off again today until 1:00.  Tomorrow, it looks like they will turn them on at 4:00 a.m. and running two to three generators all day.

Another good trip for Jim Wednesday.  He had Robert from Oklahoma out for half a day.  New to fly fishing, so of course, they worked some on skills and caught fish on the ruby and root beer midges.

Ladies!  We have another One-Day Women’s Fly Fishing Clinic June 28.  Check on out side under “Fly Fishing Schools/Fly Tying Classes” and get more information on it or just give us a call – 417-332-0460