Beautiful weather predicted for today.  Sunny and highs in the low 80s.  Sunshine is the prediction for the next three days with temperatures in the 80s to low 90s.  Rain has moved out a little in the forecast.  Looks like mid week before we see chances of showers again.

Table Rock Lake is now below 920 feet.  Think that was their target for turning off the flood gates.  However, we still have a little over two feet to go before we are back at power pool.  It should not take too long with the four generators going to get this down.

Dan – 6/26/15

Dan and John from Dallas Fly Fishers on the water yesterday with Stan.  Good day for these guys on the big ruby, ruby 2 and stripping the Tiger Tail.  They still had the five gates and four generators going while they were out there yesterday.  Today, another river.  Two feet lower than yesterday,  and definitely a little less force in the water.

John – 6/26/15

Looks like temperatures will be in the 80s for a few days.  Although mid to upper 80s, it’s still better than 90s!  Chances of morning thunderstorms tomorrow with increasing chances as the day progresses.  The weekend looks dry with chances of showers sneaking in again by Tuesday.

What can I say about the water.  It’s still running.  Currently they are running two generators and still have the flood gates open, so we are experiencing approximately 19,000 cfs.  They are scheduled to turn on the third generator at 5:00 pm so the flow will increase.  Based on the projection for tomorrow, it looks like the fourth generator might be on line.  With that in mind, they may be about to shut down the flood gates.  Can we hope!?

Mike – 6/23/15

Mike and his son, Brandon from Ohio, fished with Darrell Tuesday.  Good day for these guys on the

Brandon – 6/23/15

ruby 2 and stripping the tiger tail.  Jim had Jack and his grandson, Zac out for the day.   Good day for them on the ruby, brown San Juan worm and stripping the tiger tail.

Jack and Zac didn’t get enough Tuesday so they spent another day with Jim on Wednesday.  Even better day for them on the same bugs.  I think Zac even out fished his grandfather.  Stuart, from Arkansas fish with Stan for half a day.  They had a good day on the ruby and ruby 2 midge.  Wednesday Jim spend the day fishing with Gina.  Good day for them on…you got it….ruby 2 and Tiger Tail!

Good news is, no more rain chances through Thursday.  Bad news, 60% chances Friday and Saturday.  Let’s be optimistic….40% chance it will not rain and lots of things can chance between today and Friday!

Doubt that we are going to see much of a chance in water flow for some time. They do have 3 generators on line, but they are still running the 10 flood gates at various openings, from 1.5′ to 0.5′   Probably going to keep this up until we get to at least 920′ on Table Rock and probably shoot for even lower.  Time will tell.

In the meantime, we are still drifting Taneycomo.  Although it is a big tougher for the fly fisher and to find fish, we are catching.  Darrell and

Bob – 6/20/15

Jim out Saturday with Bob and his sons, Tim and Jeremy.  Darrell had Bob and they caught several fish on a San Juan worm and the ruby 2.  Jim had they boys and it was the ruby with a brown San Juan or the hot hare’s ear nymph.   The boys are pretty new to fly fishing, so Jim spent a little time working on skills and techniques.  Stan and Carolyn had two couple from the Kansas City area out.  Stan took the guys, Mike and Jeff and Carolyn took the ladies, Vicki and Donna.  The guys had a good day on the peach egg pattern.  Vicki and Donna fished and caught a few on the egg pattern, but we had more action and caught more fish stripping the tiger tail streamer.  Two new strippers

Vicki & Donna – 6/20/15

were born!  They both preferred this method of fishing.  They even had one double (both hooked a fish at the same time).

Sunday Stan took Doug and Dixie out for half a day.  It was peach egg day for them  Dixie caught a nice 17″ rainbow.

We have had rain off and on today.  So far, not as much as they had earlier predicted, but we still have tonight.  Tomorrow looks like another day of off and on rain.  Good news….Saturday and Sunday should be warm and sunny.  An the forecast for next week looks dry.  No more until next weekend…..of course!

Needless to say, we are still seeing two generators and, so far, eight flood gates.  So far, Beaver Lake is holding it’s own.  No increased in level in 24 hours.  Table Rock is almost exactly where they were 24 hours ago.  Sounds good, but we still have not seen the effect of the runoff from this rain plus we will get more.

Jim – 6/17/15

Gina on the river yesterday with her Wednesday regular, Jim.  Not a bad day considering the water.  High water, lot water, they always have lots of fun and catch fish.  It was a ruby 2, JQ and Tiger Tail streamer day.  Stan took Mike from Texas out for half a day to show him some unique water and fishing.

Mike – 6/17/15

Big Ruby, ruby 2 and a peach egg were their patterns for the trip.  Almost forgot one of the highlight of their trip.  Sitting in the drift boat and this shadow goes under the boat.  Big paddle fish!  Stan said it was probably 6-7 feet long.

Rain!  This is becoming the bad four letter word in my vocabulary.  We had rain today but are expecting a reprieve for tomorrow with only a 20% chance of stray showers or thunderstorms during the day.  Thursday and Friday are both looking like 100% chances for rain.  At one time I heard we could get from 4-6 inches

Around 2:00 p.m. today Table Rock opened 8 of the flood gates about one foot.  That, along with the two generators, they are releasing approximately 14,400 cfs .  Depending on the amounts of rain, especially that affecting Beaver Lake, they might increase the release flow to 20,000 cfs later this week.

Saturday, Stan took Paul from Kansas out for half a day.  Pretty good day for Paul on the big ruby with the ruby 2 dropper.

Yesterday, Dana had Terry from Defiance, MO on the water for half a day.  Terry has been fishing with us since 2002.   Not a bad day for them on the red San Juan worm or the ruby 2.  Finny from Texas spent the morning with Carolyn.  He was really hoping for a big fish, but best I could drum up with a pretty 16″ rainbow.  Big ruby, ruby 2 and red San Juan worm were our patterns.  Stan had Tom, also from Texas, out all day.  They had a good day on the big ruby, ruby 2 and holographic green crackleback.   Darrell spent Monday and half of Tuesday on the river with

Malcolms pretty rainbow – 6/16/15

Malcolm and Ed from St. Louis area.  Good fishing for these guys on the big ruby and ruby 2.  I think the highlight of everyone’s day was spotting two young eagles.  At one time they were sitting on a downed tree near the river.  Earlier in the day, one of them was actually sitting on the roof of one of Windham’s condos and the other in a tree a little ways downstream.

Young Eagles – 6/15/15

Hot is the theme today.  At noon it is 88 degrees and climbing.  After today, we are looking at 80s through the week and back into the 90s for the weekend.  The other equation is 50% chances of rain almost every day through Wednesday.  Look at the bright side…..50% chances for no rain!  Rain, if we get it tomorrow, should wait until the afternoon.

Making the adjustments to no flood gates.  Water has been off each morning since the gates shut down.  The first full day it was off, they turned on two units around 8:00 a.m.   Yesterday it was 8:00 a.m. and today it was 10:00 a.m.

Jim out with Dave and his son Dave from Louisiana on Tuesday.  Both are pretty new to fly fishing, but learned a lot and caught some fish on the ruby 2 under the big ruby and

Aaron – 6/9/15

stripping the JQ streamer.  Darrell’s guy, Aaron is from Colorado and looks like he fishes a lot.  Very good day for him on the JQ streamer and ruby 2 midge.

Gina’s Wednesday regular, Jim, wanted to do something different for a change, so they went to a lake in Arkansas and fished all day on a 3 weight rod for bluegill and green sunfish.  How about this nice one?

Jim with green sunfish – 6/10/15

Yes, the flood gates were shut down this morning just a little before 8:00 a.m.  Still have two generators running.  They said they would use the two generators to get Table Rock back to power pool of 917. The generation schedule for tomorrow is off until 7:00 a.m. then two units on until 9:00 p.m.

Hot is the word for temperatures right now.  90 is predicted for today and the rest of the week looks like 80s to 90s all the way through the weekend.  Our rain chances for Monday have backed off a little…only 40% chance now with possibility of scattered showers in the a.m.  Next weekend is looking like 50-60% chance of showers.

Flood gates are still open, but rumor has it that once Table Rock gets to around 917 feet, they might shut off the flood gates.  Since 917 is power pool this time of the year, we might also see no generators unless there is a demand for power.  And, with the temperatures the way they are right now, we will probably have some power demands somewhere.

Fishing continues to be good.  Darrell on the water for half a day yesterday with Greg and Dennis from Texas.  Very good day for these guys on the rusty midge under the big ruby.  Scott and “Rizzo” were on the water with Jim again.  They had fished with him Friday.  Another good day on the hot hare’s ear or copperhead black zebra midges under the ruby.  Stan had an afternoon half day trip with Lance and his son, Matthew.  They are from Texas but Matthew is attending college in Columbia. MO.  Good day for these new fly fishers on the ruby 2 under the big ruby.

Love this dry spell.  Looks like nothing of major concern until this coming Monday when there is an 80% chance of showers and thunderstorms.  We can always hope they disappear.  Next week looks like a little more chance for rain scatter throughout the week.

And the flood gates and two generators saga continue.  No change in sight right now.

Fishing continues to be good.  Roger and Gary from Colorado were on the water for half a day with Stan on Wednesday.  Good day for these two on the usual big ruby and ruby 2 or P&P dropper.  The fish are really starting to lay up in their normal high-water spots.  Jim had John from Arizona out all day.  They had a very good day on his regular patterns, ruby with hot hare’s ear or ruby 2 dropper.  John brought a nice 21 incher to the boat.

Gary – 6/4/15

Gary was surprised when he got on the river with Stan Thursday to find this good of fishing in Missouri!   Good day for him on the big ruby with the ruby 2 or P&P dropper.  Darrell had Lee and Steve from Oklahoma out for half a day.  They thought they would mix up

Steve – 6/4/15

their golfing with a little bit of fishing.  Good day for these guys too.   If I remember correctly, Steve is pretty new, if not brand new to fly fishing.  Carolyn had

Jim – 6/4/15

Jim from Arkansas out all day.  Very good day for Jim.  Some hookups but lots of misses stripping the JQ streamer on the 3.9 ips sinking leader.  Most of the fish were on the ruby 2 dropper in most cases either from the big ruby or a peach egg pattern.  We actually caught one fat female full of eggs!  Jim pulled this nice 17 inch bow almost off he bank.  Sorry the picture really doesn’t do him (the fish) justice.  He was beautiful!

Looks like we might have two or three sunny days in store for us.  Saturday’s forecast is for morning showers with temperatures in the upper 80s.  Ugh.  Sounds hot and humid to me.  Next week is looking “ify” with 60% chances of rain for Monday through Thursday.

We continue to see ten flood gates and the two generators.  No major changes in the water flows.  Table Rock Lake is holding at 919 feet.

Rod – 5/31/15

Jim and Stan on the water Sunday with a group from here in Missouri.  Stan took Rod and Barry.  Barry has fished with him before and could hardly wait and see what we did with ten flood gates open.  Ha! Good day for the guys on the big ruby and ruby 2 dropper

Barry – 5/31/15

Jim’s guys, Gene and Aaron are fairly new to fly fishing, and they had a whole lot of instruction while catching fish on the ruby, hot hare’s ear, and bug eye bugger.

Tuesday, Jim and Paul from Kansas spent the morning on the water with Jim  Very good day for these guys on the big ruby with the little ruby

Mike – 6/2/15

dropper or the hot hare’s ear.  Darrell’s guys, Mike and Jeff had a great day with the big ruby, ruby 2 and copperhead black zebra midge.  Can you tell these two guys are brothers?

Jeff- 6/2/15

Ken and Tom fished with Stan most of the day.  Yep, the usual patterns, big ruby and ruby 2 dropper.  If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.  They are working!  Tom even pulled out a nice brown.

Tom – 6/2/15