Will these “spring rains” ever quit?  80% chance for showers tomorrow.  Temps ranging from low 80s down to upper 70s by Sunday into Monday.  Every day has a chance for showers.  Although tomorrow and next Friday seem to be the biggest chances.  So far, they have not been real heavy rains, but enough to get you wet!

Generators off every day until 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.  I think they are scheduled to come on today at 2:00 p.m.   Nice trend.  Better get out and enjoy it.

We seem to be having a run of several very good days of fishing followed by one or two tough days.  You’ll catch some fish on the tough days, but certainly not the numbers you can get on the very good days.  I guess that’s why it is called fishing.

Carolyn had Peter and JoDee on the water last Friday on one of those tough days.  It was one of those days where there was absolutely no water movement.  The water was so still there was a film on the surface.  We finally found a little moving water and hit the jackpot with a hot hare’s ear nymph.  Can’t let this happen….on came the horn and the water started rolling with all kinds of junk in it.  Did find a clean spot at Lookout Island for a little while and pulled out a few more on the holographic green crackleback.

Fortunately, Sunday was a much better day.  Several fishers had registered for the Orvis 301 program offered by their Leawood, Kansas store.  Neat program where they spend the day on the water with a guide, learn a little and catch some fish.  Darrell had Trent and Dan.  Very good day for these guys on the black coperhead midge, P&P and a black zebra midge.  Gina had Jim and Rob.  Good day for these guys, on the same midges plus an egg pattern with a midge dropper.  They also worked on stripipng buggers, crackleback, filoplume and soft hackles.   Jim worked with Paul and

Rob – 6/1/14

and Leo.  They did well on the CQ streamer or a black midge with a blood worm dropper.  Craig fished with Stan.  It was the P&P and black copperhead midge for them.  All in all, everyone had a great day!   Monday, Jim took a couple of his regulars, Price and Marg out.  It seems that for the past 2-3 years, when they come, it always rains.  This year was no exception.  They spent the morning fishing in the rain, but the good news was it was another catching day.  CQ streamer, copper dun, blood worm dropper and the hot hare’s ear nymph.Stan had Doug, from Texas, out in the rain.  Very good day for Doug on the black copperhead and P&P midges.  Kathi and Bill, from Kansas, fish with Gina on Tuesday.  Pretty good day for these guys on the P&P, black copperhead midge and peach king egg.  It was a

Kathi – 6/3/14

bit tough in the early morning as the water was flat again, but they persevered and caught fish!  Stan took Gary and Jerry from Ohio out for half a day.  Very good day for these guys on pretty much the same patterns.

Not much change in the weather.  Still looking at 80s through the weekend and into next week.  Also still looking at chances for showers almost every day except next Monday and Tuesday.  We have not had as much rain as we thought we might have the past few days.  Sprinkles for a little while yesterday and again today.

Lots of opportunity to get out there and do some wade fishing.  Water off today until 2:00 p.m. and it is projected to be off again tomorrow.  One unit coming on at 2:00 p.m. for four hours. 

Jim out Sunday with a couple young men from Oklahoma, Preston and Grayson.  Both new to fly fishing and wanted to learn how.  As you can imagine, Jim took them through the paces.  They were plum tuckered out when then came back to the shop.  He also let them catch a few fish on the CQ streamer, ruby midge and the hot hare’s ear. 

Tuesday, Mike from Iowa spent the morning on the river with Stan again.  They were out Sunday and had a great day, and Tuesday was more of the same.  Great day on the copper dun and copperhead black midges.  Jeff and Jim, from Wisconson spent the day with Jim.  Very good day for these guys.  Jim was pretty new so Jim worked with him on casting and technique.  They caught a lot of fish, including a nice 18″ rainbow on the CQ, copper dun midge and blood worm dropper.

Mike & 19″ Bow – 5/28/14

Mike and Ethan spent Wednesday morning on the river with Stan.  Ethan has been fly fishing a pond at home with his fly rod for blue gill and other warm water fish.  This was both of their first experiences fly fishing for trout.  Learned the importance of mending and how quickly the trout “hit and run” before you realize you just had a hit.  Very good day for these guys on the black copperehead midge early in the day and then the copper dun later into the morning and early afternoon.  

Ethan and 1st trout on fly rod – 5/28/14

This was Ethan’s first trout on a fly rod followed by many more.  Dad did welll catching a nice 19″ rainbow.

Got some rain yesterday afternoon around 2:00 p.m.  The guys who were on the water might say we got “a lot of rain”.  It did dump for a little while.  Beautiful, sunny day today.  Chances for an isolated afternoon storm possible.  Still forecasting 80s through all of next week and into the weekend with chances of showers scattered throughout the entire time.

One low unit running today, as projected.  No generation Monday except for one unit late in the day.  Tuesday’s projection is no generation until 2:00 p.m. when one unit will come on for a couple hours, then two units for a couple hours.

The bite was certainly on yesterday.  Jim had Aaron and his son Will out for half a day.  Great day for these buys on the CQ streamer, Copper dun and blood worm dropper.  Mike from Iowa spent half a day with Stan.  It was the copperhead black zebra in the early morning switching to the copper dun as it brightened up and fish on all day.  They only lost one fly and that one was in a nice fish that kept going south.

Temperatures in the 80s with chances of showers almost every day through next Friday.  Best chances today are this evening.   Still looks like next Tuesday and Wednesday are the strongest chances for showers.  Overcast off and on today, but so far. no moisture.

We are still seeing no generation in the mornings with a unit coming on atound 1:00 p.m.  Projections for Sunday is a low one unit.  Monday it will be off almost all day and Tuesday will go back to the no units until early afternoon.

Travis and Katie from Michigan fished with Jim Wednesday.  Good day for these two on the CQ, copper dun midge and blood worm.  Fortunately, they got off the water before the generators came on.  Carolyn had Joan, from Kansas out all day.  Very good day for Joan on the black copperhead and copper dun midges.  On came one unit, so we  broke for lunch.  Cleared up and we proceeded to catch some more fish and then the second unit came on.  Well that was it for the day.  You would not drift over five feet before junk was all over the flies.  Bummer! 

Thursday, Barry and Kristy from Oklahoma fished with Carolyn.  They started fishing Taneycomo about one year ago and wanted some pointers on how to fish it.  Hopefully, we accomplished this.  Couple different techniques, different places to fish, worked on presentation, a little casting work, and a pretty good catching day…..that is until a unit came on.  Fortunately, we were just about ready to wrap up the day. 

Fun day!!

Weather for the coming week looks pretty good.  Temperatures in the 80s through next weekend.  We do have slight chances for showers sprinkled through the coming week.  Best chance looks like Tuesday. 

Generation off the past two days during the morning hours.  One unit on at 1:00 or 2:00 p.m. then ramping up to two then three units.  Projection for tomorrow is more of the same.

Denise – 5/18/14

Sunday was another floatilla day.  A group from Texas decided to get one more thing off their “bucket list”….fly fishing.  Carolyn drew the “wild bunch”, Denise and Bev.  What a hoot.  Anyone within a mile probably heard Denise catch her first rainbow on a fly rod.  So much for the quiet sport!  Another break in the quiet sport when Bev caught her first fish on a fly rod. 

Bev – 5/18/14

The ladies best fly was a size 16 black midge dropped under the big ruby.  Jim had Bev’s husband Rick.  They had a good day on the CQ streamer, ruby midge and the hot hare’s ear.  Vicki and Ron were with Dana.  It was the red midge and a size 14 P&P midge for them.  Last, but not least, Heidi and Mark were with Darrell. 

Heidi – 5/18/14

Heidi was certainly excited with her first fish on a fly rod too.  They were using the black copperhead midge under the red midge.  What a day!!   Todd from Kansas City spent the day with Stan.  No best pattern for them, but theycaught a few fish on almost every pattern he tried, and he kept changing.

 Tuesday, Stan had Bruce from Louisiana out for the day.  Good day for Bruce on the black copperhead midge and stripping the holographic green crackleback.  Connie and David fished with Carolyn a couple weeks ago and brought their daughter, Jennifer for her turn on Tuesday.  So Carolyn took  Connie and Jennifer out for half a day. 

Jennifer – 5/20/14

Good job Jennifer.  Did not take her long to to hook up with a nice 17″ rainbow.  Before the day was over, all three, Connie, David and Jennifer were pulling in fish on the holographic green crackleback.   Good day and great family.

Windy was the word for today.  Looks like tomorrow will be in the upper 80s or low 90s with 10 to 15 mph wind.  About the same for Thursday.  Very slight chance of rain Friday with temps in the upper 80s.  80s seem to be the norm for the weekend into Monday.  Chances for rain increase Tuesday and really look likely for Wednesday and Thursday of next week.  Temps holding in the upper 70s to low 80s. 

Generation has been pretty stable for several days.  15 to 20 mwh with water levels holding in the 704 range.  However, this afternoon, they cranked it up to 185 mwh with a level of  709.6.  Really glad to see this much water as we  need some  heavy water to flush the aglae off the bottom.  Looking forward to seeing the water tomorrow.  Projection for tomorrow is no generation until 1:00 when they wil turn on one unit, then a low two for an hour, and finally a low four units for 1-2 hours. 

Lots of trips for the past week,  Going to try and catch up.  Jime on the water last Tuesday with Dave and his son, Jake.  Good day for the guys on the CQ streamer.  One of the cold days we had this month. 

Another cold day Wednesday when Jim had Tom, from Minnesota our for the day.  Probably felt like a Spring day for Tom.  Good day for Tom on the CQ streamer and red midge.  Shiver…rained off and on all day!

Thursday was definitely warmer when Stan took Mike from Parkville out for half a day.  Very good day for Mike on the ruby midge with the P&P dropper.

Friday, Jim took David and David, from Oklahoma out for their second day.  They fished with him all day Thursday and again on Friday for half a day.  A couple of great days for these guys on the CQ, ruby midge, hot hare’s ear, and copper dun.  Stan had Bill and Mike, from Indiana, out for the day.  Very good day for these guys mainly on the big ruby with the copper dun midge dropper.

Sandy – 5/17/15

Carolyn took Sandy and Bryan from Oklahoma out on Saturday.  Good day for this two,  on the black midge dropped from the big ruby.     

Overall, it has been fishing good.  We had a day or two out of a week where it is slower.  Seemed like the fish were bunched up.  You’ll catch several in an area and then a long dry spell.  Overall, however, I have to say fishing is good.  Generation schedule has been pretty consistent with a low one unit.  Not too bad for wading, but certainly not ideal conditions.

Wow!  In the upper 80s yesterday and right now it is 55.  We might get into the lower 60s today but it better hurry up!  Tomorrow’s forecast says mid 50s and a pretty good chance for more rain.  Thursday through Saturday looks like upper to mid 60s with a few thunderstorms possible on Saturday.  Back into the 70s Sunday followed by 80s early next week.

We continue to see a low to medium one unit running.  This is putting the tailwater level in the low to high 704 foot range.  So far, Table Rock Lake is still below power pool so not certain what to expect in the way of no or more generation patterns at this time.

Fun day on the water yesterday for Carolyn who took Pam and her father, John, out for half a day.  John has not fly fished for many years, but after he got the hang of it again, it was a very good day

John – 5/12/14

both both of them.  Pam and her daughter, Tiffany were on the water in February with Carolyn as part of Tiffany’s graduation treat.  We took a series of pictures of John’s fish as he caught them, and they just progressed from small to pretty darn nice!  

Pam – 5/12/14

A couple of beautiful days with temperatures in the 80s, light to moderate winds and a low one unit running.  Sweet!  Today, Sunday, appears to be a repeat.  I feel bad not being on the water!  Looks like a pretty good chance for rain tomorrow with isolated thunderstorms in the morning becoming more widespread in the afternoon. and continuing into early Tuesday morning.  This rain will drop our temperatures into the upper 60s Tuesday and Wednesday.  Slight chances of rain into the weekend with temperatures from the low 70s into the low 80s by Monday.

A nice low flow the past three days and again today.  The projection for tomorrow is more of the same.  With this flow, the level is in the 703 to 704 feet range all day.  We are definitely below power pool, so any generation will be the result of power demands somewhere. 

Jack and Joe, from Colorado, spend all day on the water with Stan Friday.  Great drift with the low flow and really good day fishing for these guys on the copperhead black midge under the big ruby.  Darrell had Billy, from Illinois, out for the second day of fishing.  They had a very good 1/2 day on Tuesday, and Billy came back for a full day.  Another great day stripping the CQ streamer or holographic green crackleback.  Don’t ask him about the one that got away!  Mike, from Texas, spent the morning with Jim.  Great day for them on the hot hare’s ear nymph, copperhead black midge and the CQ streamer. 

A “no longer new fly fishers” day Saturday.  Stan took Kristen and Rusty from Jefferson City out for their first outting with a fly rod.  Great day for these two.  Hope they don’t think fishing is this easy all the time!  It was the big ruby with the black tunghead midge all day.   And a great day for Matt and Jessica, from Joplin, who spent the morning out with

Jessica’s 1st rainbow on a fly rod – 5/10/14

Carolyn.   Started the morning with the lightning bug and a copperhead black midge dropper but before the day was over, Jessica was stripping the holographic crackleback just under the surface and catching fish.  Matt fished the deeper water and was using the 2.6 ips sinking leader and the crackleback. 

Mat – 5/10/14

Fishing has been good for almost every we have talked to, even with the low one unit going.  It is just a little more water than they are used to when wading, but after they figure it out, they agree that fishing is very good.

We have had a run of really hot (90s) days.  Glad to say the high today will probably be the low 80s and there is a chance for thunderstorms this afternoon.  Low 80s tomorrow with a chance for scattered thunderstorms mainly in the morning.  80s Saturday and Sunday with Monday looking at some more scattered thunderstorms and highs in the upper 70s.  70s from Wednesday into the weekend and showers are, right now, out of the picture.

Lots of wading water.  Every day since last Friday we have had wadeable water in the morning, and then starting up maybe two units around 2:00 p.m.  Today was the exception, but even at that, it is low enough to wade.  Only running a low one unit, so there is a nice flow and the level is around 703-704 feet. 

It has been a busy week…..so I am a little behind. 

Saturday, Stan took Kelly and Ben out for the day.  These fly fishers had a really good day on the lightning bug under the P&P midge.  Jim and Dana had a two boat trip.  Keith and Brandi

Dan – 5/3/14

have fished with Jim before so he took them and their friend Dan, who is a new fly fisher, went with Dana.  Picture of Dan with his first trout on a fly rod.  In the afternoon, Jim took a couple guys, Peerry and Ivan, from Canada out for the rest of the day.  Bet Jim slept well that night!   Good day for everyone on the CQ streamer. 

Tanya – 5/4/14

Sunday, Dana had Tanya and Bob, from North Carolina, on the water.  These two had a great day on the CQ streamer.   Kevin and Jerry, two new fly fishers, spent all day with Jim.  Needless to say, he put them through all the casting instruction, but he did let them catch some fish.  They had a very good day too on the CQ, P&P and hot hare’s ear nymph.  Stan had Andrew and John, from Canada, out all day.  They also were fairly new fly fishes.  He said they weren’t new fly fishers any more when they came in.  Another great day.  There best patterns were the P&P early in the day then the lightning bug in the afternoon. 

Monday was the first day of a two-day school Robert and Byron from Oklahoma.  Joel Tweeten from Minnesota, was paired up with Darrel (from Minnesota).  Good half day for Joel on the P&P and copper dun midges.  Carl and Harry from Joplin spent half a day with Jim.  Great day on the CQ, P&P and especially the hot hare’s ear nymph. 

Another great day on the CQ, P&P amd hot hare’s ear for Jim and Steve, from Clinton.  They spent the morning fishing with Jim.  Chuck, from Colorado, had a great day on the P&P and lightning bug.  He fished with Stan.  A little down time when they turned on a couple units in the afternoon as it dirtied up the water. 

If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.  Another catching day on the P&P and hot hare’s ear.  Jim had Fred and Troy from Nixa out for the morning.  Jeff didn’t get enough fishing when he fished with Dana last month, so he came back for more.  They had a really good morning on the CQ and rusty midge.  Jon and Morris finished up their two half days on Wednesday.  They fished with Stan on Monday and again Wednesday.  Good days for these guys on the P&P and copperhead black zebra. 

Connie – 5/7/14

Right spot at the right time!  That’s where we were when the two units came on.  Excellent day for  Connie and David, from Oklahoma who had booked a half day trip that turned into a full day with Carolyn.  It was stripping the holographic green or silver cracklebacks and bringing in a enough fish that Connie said she was tired of catching fish!!  Warned them that this was truly an exception.  Probably will not happen again.

Bottom line, fishing has been very good!!

Nice and sunny today with temperatures in the low 80s.  90s tomorrow and Monday.  upper 80s tuesday and Wednesday, dropping to the low 80s Thursday and a chance of isoladed thunderstorms.  More chances of thunderstorms Friday and Saturday with temperatures in the upper 70s.  Back to the 80s and clear by Sunday.

Water off most of the day yesterday.  Off today until late when a unit will come on and off most of Sunday and even Monday until 3:00 p.m.

Darrell took Terry, from Defiance, and his friend, Tom, from Texas out for half a day Wednesday.  Windy!  and a couple units running.  Very good outting for these guys mainly stripping the holographic green crackleback on a sinking leader.  Mike, from Texas, spent the day with Carolyn  They had a really good, fun day, mainly pulling streamers and exploring for new areas. 

Jim – 5/1/14

Thursday, Jim, from Illinois, spent the day on the water with Carolyn.  Another WINDY day, with one unit going.  Great day for Jim on the black midge or lightning bug dropped from the big ruby.  He also pulled some on the holographic green crackleback. 

It made Wanda’s day Friday to catch a pretty brown.  She spent half a day on the water with Carolyn catching on the silver head black midge early, and as the water dropper more, the black midge with a copper head. 

Wanda – 5/2/14