Great weather we have been having.  Best of all, looks like we have more in store, at least, until next weekend.  Right now, the forecast is for temperatures in the mid to upper 70s through Wednesday.  Then, a couple days in the low 80s, and back into the 70s for the weekend, with slight chances for showers.

Taney has been pretty consistent with no generation in the a.m. and 3-4 hours in the afternoon starting around 2:00 p.m.  The exception was last Thursday when they ran water all day.  And, again today, they are running a low one unit.  Projection for tomorrow is back to no generation in the a.m. and something in the afternoon.

Boats on the water almost every day this past week.  Last weekend, we hosted another Orvis 301 clinic which was sponsored by the Orvis store in Leawood, Kansas.  Great couple of days of learning and catching experience for everyone.  Both Saturday and Sunday, everyone caught lots of fish on almost everything we threw at them:  black/copperhead midge, black/silverhead midge, #12 olive wooly bugger, CQ streamer, soft hackles,  P&P midge. ruby midge….we tried them all.  Best fish for the weekend was an 18 inch rainbow caught by Phl.  I think he was from north of Kansas City near the race track.  In the midst of all our 301 clinic chaos, Dana had Thomas and Jim, from Tennessee, on the water for the day.  Good day for these guys on the rusty midge, a peach egg pattern and a #16 chartreuse egg pattern.

 

Monday, Gina took Donna, from Oklahoma out for half a day.  Donna is a fly fishing lady, but had never been in a drift boat.  Good day for Donna on the #12 olive bugger and the CQ streamer.  Carolyn was taking Pam and Joe, from Texas, through the first day of a two-day fly fishing school.  This was the classroom in the morning and casting in the afternoon day. 

Tuesday, it was to the water for Pam and Joe.  We did manage to get into a few fish on Tuesday, but it was tough.  Probably one of the tougher days I’ve seen for quite a while.  But, they pulled streamers, midged and even worked soft hackle a little.   

Stan took Wayne and Robert, from Kansas out on Wednesday.  They had a great day on the copper dun midge.   Both Wednesday and Thursday, Jim had Wayne and Colleen, from Hawaii out all day.  Good days for these guys.  Probably did better Thursday and Wednesday on the red midge, black midge and a size 8 CQ streamer.

Thursday, Tom and Marge, from California spent half a day on the water with Carolyn.  These two have been fishing with us since 2004 and are a hoot to fish with.  Tom was celebrating his 79th birthday.  Happy Birthday Tom!  Stan had Luanne and Glenn from here in Missouri out for half a day.  Luanne is the fly fisher in the family, but Glenn is beginning to like it also.  They had a good day on the copper dun midge.  Luanne wanted to learn the stripping technique, so Stan fixed her up with the sinking leader and a holographic green crackleback and they also caught fish on this. 

 

 

 

Had a little rain most of the morning this past Monday.  Tuesday was a nice, overcast, slightly windy day with temps. in the 80s.  Today is partly sunny and temperatures in the mid 80s.  Upper 80s are predicted for tomorrow, again with party sunny skies.  Friday looks like a pretty good chance of rain.  From Friday through the weekend, mid 70s are called for.  Upper 70s and into the low 80s next week and very little chance of moisture.

Same pattern on generation that we have seen for the past two weeks.  Off most of the weekends.  Maybe a unit on for 1-2 hours late in the day and then back off.  No generation in the morning during the week, but one, two or three units coming on anywhere from 1:00 p.m. on.  Usually, by 1:00.

Last Wednesday, Darrell had Mel and Larry out for half a day.  Good day for

 

Thursday, Darrell took Larry out again, this time, with Al.  Very good day for these guys on the P&P, and when the water came on, the #16 brown worm under the big ruby midge. 

 Carolyn had Mike and Jan out again on Thursday, and they also had a great day.  Good quality fish for both Darrell’s guys on this day as well as Carolyn’s      

 

nice 20 inch rainbow.  Best patterns for Jan and Mike were the size 18 ruby and P&P midges, and a size 12 olive wooly bugger.   Stan had Steve, from the St. Louis area, out for the day.  Not as good a day for them.  They boated some fish on the P&P and ruby midges. 

It has been a week of great days, good days and “where’s the fish” days.  Places where you are smoking them one day will produce nothing but frustration the next day.  Guess that is why they call it fishing!

 

Looks like nice weather ahead. Temperatures in the 80s through the weekend. Chance of showers Monday and again on Wednesday. Weather today was beautiful! Low 80s and sunny. Just enough wind to give us a little chop on the water.

The generation pattern is also great. No generation today except for a low one unit at 6:000 p.m. for one hour. Same thing for tomorrow. Monday looks like no generation until noon, when one unit will come on, then another in an hour, with about two units going four 3-4 hours. I kind of expect pretty much the same pattern next week as we have seen the past two weeks. No units in the a.m. then something in the afternoon.

Monday, the Bad Dan Shultz Gang hit Taneycomo. When we last looked, other than lots of sore lip trout, not too much damage was done. This neat group consisted of fathers and sons, brothers, and just life-long friends who have been fishing together for many years. If I remember correctly, the age range was from 87 to 59. It was a slow start for everyone in the morning. However, by the afternoon and drifting downstream a ways, it quickly turned into a great catching day for everyone. Dana had Joe and Arn. They did well on the little ruby, the P&P and copperhead black zebra midges. Stan’s guys, “Dutch” and “Bad Dad” had a great day on the P&P and little ruby midges. Tom and Steve, who were with Darrell, were also catching on the little ruby and the P&P midges.

On Tuesday, Jim took Jim and Elizabeth out for half a day. Jim is a fairly new fly fisher so Jim worked with him on techniques. They worked and caught fish on the size 12 olive wooly bugger and the P&P midge with a blood worm dropper. Elizabeth enjoyed the morning.
Carolyn had Jan and Mike out for the day. This was the first day of their two day fishing. They have both been in Hungary for two years and this was one of the first things to do when they got back to the States. This was a good day for both of them. Jan did especially well on the ruby midge. Mike caught several on the size 12 olive wooly bugger. Once they turned on the water, it was the big ruby with a red San Juan dropper. Jan didn’t miss a drift almost without a hit or fish.

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Weather is pretty warm. 90s today and again tomorrow. Thursday is supposed to start cooling down a little; into the upper 80s, then mid to low 80 by next week. Even a slight chance rain by next Monday.

The generation pattern continues to be off in the a.m. until 2:00 p.m or better, then 2-3 units turned on for just a few hours.

Saturday, Stan took Tom and Bob out just about 30 minutes before they fired up three units. The guys were in a meeting all morning but wanted to get in some fishing time. Tough time with the heavy, dirty water, but they managed to pull out a few fish on the big ruby midge on a quick float. They also had to be off the water earlier than normal.

Steve and Jim, from California spent most of the day on the water with Stan Sunday. Good day for these guys on the copper dun & P&P midges. The water stayed off until 3:00 p.m. and they rowed back up to the put-in and called it a day.

Jim on the river today with Jim from Texas. Not a bad day on the size 12 olive wooly bugger, a coppier dun midge and a blood worm dropper.
Carolyn had Michael and Gina, also from Texas, out for a half day wade trip. This was Gina’s first fly

fishing expedition. Gotta say, she did outfish Michael. But, in Michael’s defense, Gina got all the help. Michael hooked a couple on a size 12 BH olive bugger. The midge patterns were switching back and forth based on the fog. When the fog rolled in, copper dun. When the fog lifted, P&P. Gina also caught a couple on a red holographic crackleback stripping it in the shallows.

Pretty warm days we have been having. Mid 90s expecting through Thursday. Forecast right now is for mid to low 80s through next weekend and into the following week.

Generation pattern has been pretty much no generation in the morning. One unit for an hour, then two to three units coming on after that for four to five hours. So far, the earliest the first unit has come on is 1:00 p.m., usually 2:00-3:00 p.m. Really a mess when the units come on. Lots of algae and other gunk in the water.

Fishing has been up and down the past several days. Stan on the water with Rick from Illinois last Tuesday. Good half day for Rick on the olive CQ streamer, holographic green crackleback and the P&P midge. Jim had a couple new fly fishers, Eric and Joni, from California. They got off to a good start. Learned the basic and caught fish on the P&P and rusty midges, and stripping a size 12 olive bugger.

Wednesday, Darrell had Malcolm from the St. Louis area on the river all day. Malcolm can throw a stick and they had a good day pulling the CQ streamer. When the water came on they changed out to the big ruby and pulled fish most of the drift out.

Stan took Marty our for half a day Thursday. Hoot of a day for her. She loves to fly fish, especially dries. Well you know the story on dries on Taney. They did have a few opportunities on both dries and soft hackles, but the bulk of the fish were caught on the P&P midge.

Bruce and Kathy, from Texas, fished with Jim on Friday. Pretty good day on the P&P midge and blood worm dropper. They also caught some on the olive wooly bugger. Carolyn had Sam, also from Texas, out for the morning. Sam throws a good stick too and caught some on the CQ streamer. But, it was not a real good streamer day, so we changed out to the P&P midge and had a pretty good day.

Sam didn’t get enough on Friday, so he spent a few more hours on the water with Carolyn on Saturday. In the short period of time we had, it wasn’t a bad day, but the ruby midge was the best pattern on Saturday. Did pull a few on the CQ. Jim took Fred and Julie out for half a day. They wanted to learn a little about where and how to fish Taney. Good day for them on the copper dun midge with a size 20 gray scud. Also caught some on a size 12 BH olive wooly.

We did have the warmer temperatures over the weekend, but standing in the water, it was pleasant. Today, we are expecting 80s. This will creep up so that by the weekend, we will be in the low 90s. Very little chance for moisture currently showing up in the forecasts with temperatures back into the 80 next week.

Wonderful! The past seven days, we have seen no generation in the mornings. Last week, they would crank up 2-3 units for 5-7 hours in the afternoon. Over the weekend, they only ran the equivalent of one unit for 1-2 hours. Yee ha! Lots of time to fish!

Last really tough day we have seen was last Thursday, Stan had Bryan from Texas on the water for half a day. Flat, clear water required 7X on midging. It was a black zebra with the copper head midge morning.

Friday, Jim took Chris and his son, Garrett out for half a day. Garrett is new to fly fishing (ten years old), so Jim put a size 12 olive wooly bugger on Chris and sent him on his way while he worked with Garrett. Dad was catching them on the wooly bugger and once Chris got the hang of it, it caught some on the P&P with a blood worm dropper.

Larry, from Kansas, spent Saturday morning on the water with Stan. Good day for Larry on the P&P midge and stripping a holographic green crackleback.
I fished Saturday and eventually, Debbie from Springfield showed up and fished with me until the generators came on. We had a great, fun day catching on the holographic green crackleback and the size 8, olive CQ streamer. We were fishing both of these on the 2.6 ips sinking leader. Lots of nice quality fish.

Sunday, Mike, from Texas, fished with Stan. He had just finished the 1-day school at Dogwood and wanted to get some practical experience. Brushed off a few cob webs and he had a very good day on the black zebra midge with the copper head as well as stripping a size 14 olive wooly bugger on a sinking leader. It rained off and on (mostly on) that morning, but catching made that a mute point.

Sorry, here was last week’s post. Back to the warmer days. Mid 90s today, which will probably be the temperatures through the weekend. Forcast is calling for mid to upper 80s by next week. Not seeing any rain in the near term forecast.

Lots of wading time during the morning hours. Looks like the generators, two or three, have been coming on around 1:00 p.m. or so and staying on for 6-8 hours; then back off again. This will probably be the trend based on the fact that Table Rock Lake is a little below top power pool. Main thing to change that would be a big demand for power somewhere.

I hear from the water today that fishing is a little tough. Checking our dissolved oxygen level earlier, and it was not too good. It should improve after they kick on the generators.

This past weekend fished well. Stan took Jim and Bea, from Kansas out for half a day Saturday. Good day for these two on the P&P midge.

Monday, Eric & Sherie from Texas spend the morning on the water with Stan. Sherie’s first time fly fishing and she caught some fish! Not a real great catching day, but they did catch some fish on the P&P, size 18 ruby midge and the black zebra with the copperhead.

Jim took Larry and Doc out for half a day on Tuesday. Again, not a really good catching day and Jim said their was no best fly. Amongst the many flies they threw, they did boat some fish.

Wednesday was a slow start for Jack from Oklahoma. He spent the morning on the water with Stan. However, he certainly pulled more fish out that they than the trips the two days prior. Started off with the black zebra with a copper head and switched to a pink San Juan worm dropper when the water came on.

I must say, today does feel warm. I think it is the humidity that makes it feel so warm. Temperatures in the upper 80s and sunny with very little wind. More of the same through nest week with temperatures in the low 90s.

Saturday and no generation. Think I mentioned in yesterday’s report that they are supposed to turn on one unit for one hour around 3:00 p.m….that should be 5:00 p.m. Sunday looks like 4:00 p.m. As I said, we’ll see.

Stan on the water Thursday with one of his regulars, Mike from Oklahoma. Good day for Mike. No generation when they started the trip, but two units came on at noon. Big ruby and the black coper head zebra were their flies for the trip. This was a case of the one that got away. Mike had at least a 20 incher almost to the boat and it broke off. Good story!!!

Friday, Dana had a couple of fairly new fly fishers on the water, Gary and Donna, from Raymore.

They caught fish on the CQ streamer, the tan b-bug and the black copperhead midge. Carolyn had Ron and his son, Brian out again. These guys from the Kansas City area had a great day on the water with the black copperhead midge while the fog was on the water. Once the fog lifted, it was the P&P dropped from the copper dun. Just before we came off, two horns went off, so it was rig up for the rise. We had about 20-30 minutes of fast and furious hooking, rolling and bringing in rainbows on the big ruby with the red San Juan dropper. Doc and Terry from Oklahoma, spent the day on the water with Stan. Really good day for these guys too on the black copperhead midge.

Great weather. No rain, very little wind and temperatures in the low 90s. Looks like more of the same through next weekend. Low 90s to upper 80s, with nights in the mid 60s. No rain and lots of sunshine.

Generation is starting to look agreeable for waders. Today, we had low generation until 8:00 a.m. when they shut down the generators. Didn’t turn them back on until 1:00 p.m. Projection for tomorrow is no generation until 1:00 or 2:00 p.m. when they will turn on one, then a low three for 6-7 hours and back off again. Can we hope for no or little generation for the weekend?!? According to the projection, we can. No generation all day Saturday and Sunday except for one unit for one hour at 3:00 p.m.

Stan on the water this past Saturday with Kenny and Andrea from the St. Louis area. Good day for these guys on the big ruby with a white grub dropper (still seeing the shad affect). Three generators going, but it was not real high.

Sunday, Stan had Geoff and Tony off for half a day. Good day for these guys too on the same combo…..big ruby and white grub.

Four boats out today and what a wonderful day it was. We all expected the worse as the generation projection was one unit going until 8:00 a.m. then shut down until 1:00 p.m. when they would ramp up one unit then three. Usually, the dropping water does not fish well. NOT! Good day for everyone. Gina had Billy, from Illinois out for half a day. Billy just started fishing about a year ago and really wanted

to work on everything, stripping, line management, mending, etc. She gave him the full course and all-in-all, it was a really good day. Carolyn had Bill and Chlorine out for the morning. Great day for these two. Started the morning while the fog was on the river with a size 18 black zebra midge with the copper head and copper wire, dropped from the size 18 ruby midge. As the sun lifted, the hot hare’s nymph pulled several fish. Once the
generators came on, Chlorine pulled several nice rainbows using the 2/6 ips sinking leader and a holographic green crackleback.