Beautiful weather!  Temperatures have been in the 60s.  One morning it actually felt cold for a while as it was overcast with a little wind int he morning.  More of the same expected.  60s to even upper 50s by early next week.  Today and tomorrow there is a possibility of some showers.  Otherwise, clear through next weekend.

Generation schedule changed yesterday!  Instead of our normal no generation in the morning then some in the early afternoon, we had units on at 6:00 a.m. and they ran all day.  This morning, units came on at 7:00 and are scheduled to be on most of the day.  Although they have four units going, right now, it is running at the equivalent of not quite a full two units.  Can’t wait to see what they do tomorrow!

Other than at the outlet, fishing has been tough.  And there are even days when we hear from the folks who fish the outlets, that they have had a tough day.

Carolyn and Gina out last Sunday for the morning.  Carolyn had Lyle, his son Jed, and Jim from Kansas out.  Lyle has done some fly fishing, but this was Jed’s and Jim first time with a fly rod.  Although we worked hard, we can report success for all.  Our best pattern was a size 22 very sparse black midge dropped under either a black copperhead midge or copper dun midge.  Holly and Jerry from here in Missouri spent the morning with Gina.  They too worked hard for fish, but again, we can report success.  Holly is just getting started.  This was her second fly fishing outting, and she loves it!  Jerry has been throwing a stick for a while.  Jerry was 

catching on the CQ streamer and Holly was using a b-bug with a size 18 gray scud. 

Monday, Gina took Don, from Kansas out for the day.  Another difficult day, but they caught fish on soft hackles when the water was off and then switched to the CQ streamer after the water came on at 3:00 p.m.  It was somewhat of a fish a fly day, but with enough chancing of the fly, you can catch a few fish!

Jim on the water Monday with Warren and his daughter, Kim, from Arkansas.  Another worker, but they caught a few fish on the CQ streamer. 

Tuesday, Carolyn had Mary Ann and Virginia from Springfield on the water for the morning.  Little better day than the two to three prior days, but still worked for the ones we caught.   It was a day of really pretty fish.  Both ladies caught a brown along with their nice size rainbows.

Dave and Tracey, from Michigan, fished with Jim Wednesday.  It was like old home week with them being from Michigan.  David is an experienced fly fisher and wanted to get his wife more interested in fly fishing.  If we heard correctly, Tracey landed the most fish.  Best patterns were the CQ streamer, red midge and the hot hare’s ear nymph.   Steve, from Ohio was out with Stan.  They had a pretty slow morning, but when the water came on, so did the fish.  Most of them were caught on the big ruby.

We are starting to see a little more color on the hillsides.  Every once in a while, you will spot one lone, gorgeous tree in full Fall color!  Other than a chance of rain tomorrow, looks like more cool days in the mid to upper 60s all the way through the coming weekend.

Pretty much the same generation pattern we have seen for several weeks now.  No units on in the morning then one to three or four units (but only running it at the equivalent of two) coming on from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. and staying on until 9:00-10:00 p.m.  No reason to think this will chance soon.

Busy week.  Stan on the water last Tuesday with John and Tom, aka Mutt and Jeff.  Good morning for these guys on the P&P and red midge. 

Thursday, Jim had Jim, from Illinois, out for the morning.   Best pattern for Jim was the CQ streamer.  They tried several other patterns, but this was the producer.  Don and Phil, from Oklahoma spent the day on the water with Stan.  They had a great day on the P&P, ruby midge and the red San Juan worm (when the water came on). 

Friday was a flotilla.  We had a group of seven guys, which was to have been eight, but one of them got stuck in Seattle, on the river all morning.  Dana had Shan and Jade.  They were catching on the clown egg pattern and a red bead San Juan worm (again, on the rise).  Carolyn had the newbie, Mike.  Not for long.  Mike caught on quickly and did well, including a nice 18 inch rainbow, on the hot hare nymph.  When the water came on, we fished the rise and caught fish on the big ruby and a red San Juan worm dropper.   Mitch and Walt fished with Jim.  They worked the CQ streamer, P&P and blood worm dropper.  Last, but not least, Stan had Mike and Pat.  They did well on the P&P and red San Juan worm.  Everyone worked hard for their fish, but they all had a great time!

Walt and Jan, and their son, Bart, and his son, Jacob fished with Carolyn and Stan Saturday.  Carolyn put Walt and Jan into fish mainly on the CQ streamer.  We pull a few on the hot hare, but when we finally zoned in on a spot with the CQ, Jan was on a roll….a new “stripper” was born.  Stan’s guys did best on the copper dun midge.

Not much color in the trees yet, but I think we will have a beautiful Fall.  We are looking at day time temperatures in the mid to upper 70s and nights in the low 40s to low 50s through the coming weekend.  Slight chances of rain over the coming weekend (30% at this time).

What can I say about the generation schedule.  All last week, we had no generation in the mornings and then two to three units on for 5-6 hours in the afternoong.  Saturday, was pretty much the same, but less flow in the afternoon.  Yesterday, they turned on not quite one unit at 10:00 a.m. and kept it on all day.  The projection for today was to be low one unit until 4:00 a.m. then off for 8-9 hours and back on to a low one or two units.  NOT!  Turned on three units this morning at 7:00 and it is still on.  Hopefully, we will go back to our off in the a.m. and then something in the afternoon pattern tomorrow.   To be continuted…..

Stan finished up the second day with Terry and Jim from Oklahoma last Thursday.  After the blow out on the generators on their first day, everyone decided to just make it a half day just in cast they fired up all three units at once again.  Worked out great.  Another good morning for these guys on the P&P, ruby and copper dun midges.  And, good decision.  At 1:00 p.m. on came three units, fast and furious.  Jim had David and David out for a full day.  They did good in the a.m. with the CQ streamer, copper dun, B-bug, blood worm dropper and gray scud.  Not too much to say about the afternoon.  They opted for 1/2 day on Friday and that also worked out better for them.  Dana also out on Friday with Andy from South Dakota.  Good day on the red San Juan worm and a tan B-bug. 

Yesterday, Stan took Bob and Linda out for most of the day.  Great day for these guys with the low flow they had when they hit the river.  Big ruby with a size 18 ruby dropper almost all day.

Marge and Price, from Kansas spent the morning on the river with Jim.  Good day for these two, especially Marge, on the CQ streamer and red midge. 

 

 

 

Still wonderful weather.  Overcast and foggy in the mornings and temperatures in the low 80s or upper 70s.  Chance of rain by Saturday and a definite cool down too.  Temperatures in the mid to upper 60s Saturday through Monday.  Next week back into the mid 70s.

More of the same with the generation schedule.  If you want to wade, get here in the a.m.  They are supposed to turn on the generators today at noon.  A little earlier than we have been seeing.

Carolyn on the water Monday with JP and his father, George, from Kansas.  We had a great morning especially with the size 18 ruby midge.  We also caught some on the P&P and copper dun, but ruby was our best pattern.  JP caught his first brown.    Unfortunately, at 1:00 p.m.

they turned on three units and it blew us off the river.  Not too much action after that.  Oh well, we had a great morning.  Stan out with Jim and Terry from Oklahoma.  They too have a very good morning on the P&P and stripping a holographic green crackleback.  They are scheduled to go out again tomorrow.  We’re hoping for a repeat day!  Fishing wise, not blow out on generation!!

Great weather last week with temperatures in the 80s and lots of sunshine. We did get some much needed rain on Saturday and it left us with temperatures in the 70s through the weekend and into Monday. Next week, they are predicting low 80s with little chance of rain until possible Friday.. In the meantime, sunny to partly sunny every day.

Generation schedule continues to be wader friendly. One unit on last yesterday for an hour and the same plan again today. We will get more water tomorrow afternoon. The schedule is pretty typical of what we have experienced the past two weeks. No units in the morning and then one around 1:00-:00 p.m., ramping up to two or three within the hour. Generally, they have been staying on 5-6 hours and then back off for the night.

Wednesday, Stan took Jerry and his son-in-law, Dennis out for half a day. Jerry is brand new, so Stan worked with him a little on casting and then catching. It was not a fast and furious day, but they certianly caught a respectible number of fish on the P&P midge and the holographic green crackleback.

We haven’t seen Jack and Carol from Oklahoma for about five years. But, they decided they needed to fish Taneycomo, so they took a half day float with Stan last Thursday. Slow start in the a.m., but picked up a bit and they caught fish on the P&P and ruby midges.

Peggy (aka Pyro), one of the gals in the RRWFF Club is moving to Texas next month, so a small group of us had a fishing party on Thursday to see her off.  Fun day for all of us.  She is going to miss fishing Taneycomo but will soon break in some of the salt water fishing available on the Texas coasts.  We wish her well and hope she comes back to fish with us when she get the need for a trout fishing fix.  All us gals, Lou (aka Let’s Go), Sharon (aka Joker), Gina (aka Trout Mum, and Carolyn (aka Happy Hooker), had a good day on the P&P midge, ruby midge, hot hare nymph, various streamer patterns, and the San Juan worms on the rise.   How about this beautiful brown caught on a ruby midge? 

Friday, Jeff and Ara, from Tennessee spent all day on the water with Stan.  Another slow start in the a.m, but once they got fired up, it was a good day for these guys on the P&P and ruby midges.    Carolyn also on the water with Sonya, from Texas and Tom, from the Kansas City area.  This was Sonya’s first time in the water with a fly rod.  She is going to be a good fly fishers.  Great roll cast and her regular cast is coming right along.  It was not fast and furious for us, but we did catch fish on the ruby midge, P&P midge, a size 20 gray scud and had several hits stripping the CQ streamer.  

Today was a good day for Chuck from Colorado.  He spent the morning on the water with Stan.  Lots of misses, plus lots of hits and hook-ups.  He caught this nice 18 inch rainbow on an egg pattern.  Several other fish on the P&P midge.

Wow!  What beautiful fishing weather.  Temperatures in the upper 70s or low 80s, sunny and a light (well maybe a little more in the afternoons) winds.  Looks like more of the same into the weekend.  By the weekend, we do have a chance of moisture, but at this time, it doesn’t look to be a big chance.  Next week looks like more nice weather.

Generation pattern continues to give the waders lots of wading time.  The only limited wading day we have seen for a while was Sunday when they ran a lot one unit.  Even this, however, didn’t hurt the fishing for those fisher who found access and fished. 

Saturday, Stan and Carolyn two out two couples from northeast Missouri.  Stan took the guys, Pete and Doug, and Carolyn took the ladies, Susan and Terri.  For the most part, all were new to fly fishing as it had years since Pete had picked up a fly rod.  Terri and Doug had never fly fished, and Susan had thrown a rod in her back yard.  What a fun, day for everyone.  Susan and Terri think they are in love with fly fishing!  Didn’t take long for Doug to get the hang of it and he was throwing a great line and pulling the holographic green crackleback and catching fish. Pete hooked this nice brown on a P&P (we think) midge.   The ladies were fishing the P&P midge and hooking, catching and, of course, missing fish all morning.  I think we also threw in the copper dun midge for a little while when the P&P slowed down. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, Joanna and Wanda spent the morning with Carolyn.  Very good day for this two ladies from Lockwood, MO.  They both have fly fished for many years and love it.  They both caught a lot of fish on the copper dun and P&P midges. 

 

 

 

 

 

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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