Although the sun was not shinning all day, and they were a few bouts of sprinkles, the temperature was warm enough to keep your hands from getting cold.  Looks like we might hit low 40s today, but tomorrow will be in the upper 30s and a chance for some type of precipitation.  Upper 30s to low 40s most of the week, but the sun will come back out on Wednesday.  Right now, the weekend doesn’t look too bad.

Once they turned off the water Friday morning, they only ran a little Friday evening; kept it off most of yesterday, and it is off again today….as projected.  The projection for tomorrow is generation all day. 

Jenny and Steve, from AuxVasse, MO., spent half a day on the water yesterday with Stan.  Both are brand new to fly fishing, but had a good day catching on the copper dun midge.  Don’t ask Steve who caught the most!  Jim had a couple of his fellows from Sullivan, MO. out again, Kevin and Steve.  They had a good day catching on the size 12 olive bugger, the rusty midge and the blood worm.  Couldn’t resist the opportunity to hit the water again yesterday….as I said, good day to be fishing, so I slipped out and fished the shallow area just above Troply Run.  Caught a few on a golden variant sculpin pattern, but really had a good afternoon on the olive filoplume on the intermediate sinking leader.  Yep!  It was a good day to be fishing.

Not sure, but I think the weather forecast was a little off today.  It was supposed to be overcast and in the low 50s.  Yes, it was overcast, and maybe in the low 50s, but we also had light showers off and on all day.  Anyway, tomorrow is looking like mid to upper 50s, probably overcast and chance of rain tomorrow evening.  Sunday looks like sunshine but temperatures only in the 40s.  Monday, oh no!, chance of snow flurries.  Tuesday and Wednesday, back to sunshine and temperatures in the mid 30s to 40s.  Guess it’s about time we get some cooler weather.

 Over the past five days, generation has been non-stop, except for Wednesday, when it was off…then on…then off..then on.  Today, it was projected to be on all day.  Guess what?!?  They turned it off at 9:00 a.m. and left it off until 6:00 p.m.  Projection for Saturday and Sunday is off almost all day!  Hope so, as it fished great today.  But, as I keep saying, that is just a projection.  It was supposed to be on today and it was off.  Anyway, Thank You!

Stan on the water yesterday with Roger and Rich from Kansas.  When they started out, they had four generators going and the level was 708.9.  Tough when they keep ramping it up and then dropping it.  Fish are totally confused and so are we.  Anyway, the guys had a pretty good day although they had to work for their fish and had at least one long dry spell.  Best patterns were the big ruby midge with a size 16 red midge dropper or the size 18 ruby midge.   Quite a few missed opportunities.

Guides day today as they were projection generation all way.  So much for projections.  As I said earlier, they turned it off around 9:00 a.m. today and it was wonderful!  Water dropped out pretty quickly, so by the time Gina and Carolyn got to the water with the drift boat planning to go with the flow, it was pretty low.  Stopped at the shallows, aka, the narrows just above Trophy Run, aka the KOA area.  JJ”S articulated sculpin pattern was hot.  First cast, a miss.  Second, cast a fish.  This pattern fished very well in this area.  Must say, it fished well in many places, but this fast water area was the best.  We were on a mission to look at and fish the changes in the water thanks to the Spring floods.  We are still looking for and learning the best places to fish since then.  Caught a few on the copper dun and ruby midges down from this area, but really had a great time on the high bank (south) down from the Lookout Island.  Big Ugly with a copper dun midge dropper right against the bank was the ticket!  Didn’t need much flow, just put the fly against the bank and someone would come out and get it.  Most were taking the midge, but the biggest took the dry!  What fun!  All in all, great day on the water.  Hope it is off again tomorrow…..as projected.

Yesterday was a beautiful day.  The increased winds forecast for the afternoon never came.  Some wind in the morning, but it subsided, the sun was out most of the day and the temperature was in the 60s.  Today we are having some light off and on showers, it is overcast, and the forecast says we will get cooler later in the day and into the 30s tonight.  Chance of some snow flurries tonight into early tomorrow morning, then mid to upper 40s and sunny to party sunny most of next week.  More typical weather for this time of the year.

Still seeing some off time on the generation schedule.  Yesterday was completely backwards of what the projection was.  Supposed to run some in the morning then have it off until late afternoon.  Instead they had it off in the morning, turned it on around 11:00 a.m. and kept it on all day.  Today, we had not generation until 10:00 a.m. and they are currently running the equivalent of two generators.  Tomorrow’s projection is for no generation until 4:00 or 5:00 p.m.  Would be nice!

It was a Big Ugly day for Brenda and Brandon from Kansas.  They started a tradition of mother and son fishing trip on the Friday after Thanksgiving Day back in 2007, and have fished with Stan on this day every year since then.  Lots of fish on either the Big Ugly, or the red or copper dun midge dropper.  This was their first time to fish dries and they had a ball!  Till next year guys!

Beautiful Thanksgiving Day.  Sun was shinning, very little wind and temperatures in the low 60s.  Today should be another nice day, but I understand we will start picking up some wind this afternoon.  Sun should be out most of the day and temperatures in the upper 60.  Tomorrow will be cooler, overcast and chance for showers.  Forecast for the following 4-5 days looks like temperatures in the 40s (normal for this time of year), but sunny most of the time. 

Starting to see a few periods of no generation over the past three days.  Wednesday, they had it off in the morning for six hours, then on for a couple hours and back off until around 4:00 p.m.  On for four hours then back off again.  Yesterday, they did not turn it on until 10:00 a.m. and it stayed on most of the day.  Today, the projection was for off until 7:00 a.m. when they would run for three hours and turn it off until 4:00 p.m. today.  So far, it is OFF! 

Wednesday, Steven from Oklahoma, spent a good half day with Stan.  They had a good day on the Big Ugly with a copper dun midge dropper and the holographic green crackleback fished dry!  Fish have really been coming up and are taking big dries as well as very tiny dries.  Sorry Stan….and the French wine was very good.  Thanks!

How many of you are saying today “Why did I eat so much?”  If you are, I’m definitely in the same boat.  Certainly good while I was eating, but moan groan…I ate too much!

Just to let anyone who is planning to come to Taneycomo for Thanksgiving know, we will be closed Thanksgiving Day!  But, we will be open at the normal time on Friday, November 25. 

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING DAY!

Wow!  Can’t believe how many days we had wind.  Today, we are finally experiencing very little wind.  The temperatures are in the 50s and it is overcast, but a pretty nice day…no wind!  Forecast is for 50s today and a 40% chance of showers by tonight.  Tomorrow the chance increases t0 60% chance of showers and temperatures in the low 60s.  Tuesday, another mid 50s day and chance of showers again.   By Wednesday, it looks like upper 50s, sunshine and not much wind.  Pretty much the same forecast for Thanksgiving Day.  Friday and Saturday we are looking at the possibility of isolated showers again and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. 

Taneycomo continues to run non-stop every day.  The good news is that many days it has been relatively low, so wade fishing is possible in some areas.  Forecast for today is pretty low generation all day.  Monday, more of the same with a few periods of the equivalent of enough water to get the level up toe 706.5 

Darrell on the water last Monday.  Boy!  Looks like I’m behind again.  He had Steve and Vicki, from the St. Louis area out for the day.  They had a fun day, and even caught fish, on the black zebra and ruby midges.   Said they are looking forward to their next trip. 

We have been talking to folks all week who are wading the area below the fish ladder (once outlet 3) as well as fishing around outlets 1 and 2.  Some are having very good days on the tan and gray scuds and ruby midges.   Talked to a couple people earlier in the week who had done well on the Big Ugly dry again.

Wow!  Mother Nature certainly has a way of taking care of things.  Leaves on the trees are dying, so she arranges a few REALLY windy days to blow them off the trees!  Temperatures have been great, overcast Friday and part of Saturday.  Yesterday was a pretty day, but windy!  Today it is already 70 degrees (8:15 a.m.).  We are expecting some wind today, but nothing like we have already had.  A cool front moving in late this afternoon and might bring some rain tonight and into tomorrow.  Back to sunshine Wednesday through Friday with temperatures in the upper 50s low 60s and back to chances of rain for the weekend.

Hate to say it, but generation has been non-stop since last Wednesday.  Once they finished the work on the new system at Powersite this past Thursday, they cranked up all four generators.  Wanted to get the lake filled back up…..it’s full…let’s slow down.  Projection for today is the equivalent of two generators most of the day.  Let’s see what tomorrow brings.

Our Hawaii couple, Wayne and Colleen, spent most of Thursday on the water with Jim.  Pretty tough day, especially after they cranked up all four generators.  They caught some fish on the red midge with and pink San Juan dropper.  Spent most of their time pulling garbage off the flies.  Meanwhile, Stan and Carolyn has Johnny, Jose, and Paul, from the Dallar Fly Fishers on the water for the day.  Same scenario.  Looked like fishing was going to be good when we started out in the morning.  Several hits and fish on the copper dun midge.  Heard one horn blow, then then the second, which meant four generators on and “Oh Poop!”  fishing when south.  The guys toughed it out and we caught a few more fish on the Big Ugly with a copper dun dropper.  Tough days guys! 

Sunday, Stan had Phil, from Hollister, and his visiting son Shane, on the water for a half day.  Phil caught his first fish on a dry….the Big Ugly.  They had a pretty good day on the Big Ugly with the copper dun midge dropper.

Several ladies from the River Runners Women’s Fly Fishing Club were here over the weekend.  Headquartered at Pointe Royale (wonder if it will every be the same), they fished the area below the Pointe with two generators running on Saturday.  Tough day for everyone with this much current so we moved to the flats below the fish ladder in the afternoon.  Still tough, but landed a few fish on the holographic green crackleback using a sinking leader and the UV gray scud.  Think a few were also caught on sculpin patterns.  Sunday was not much better as we still had generation.  Bottom line though, everyone got to fish, we pigged out on great food (this group can cook!), and just had a fun weekend.

Pretty overcast all day today and chances of showers this evening into tomorrow and possibly Tuesday.  Temperatures staying in the mid 60s until Wednesday when it will drop to the mid 50s.  Back to lower 60s Friday.  Partly cloudy Wednesday through Friday. 

Surprised everyone yesterday with the generators off most of the day.  They had projected the equivalent of a low one generator all day.  Pretty much following the projection today, however, with the equivalent of about one generator which will run through the day.

Stay on the water Friday with Mike from Oklahoma.  Last time Mike tried to first with us in September, we had a monsoon.  They made it this time and had a pretty good day on the miracle scud and a copper dun midge.  Mike was scheduled to fish last week, but his daughter delivered her baby a couple weeks early, so Mike rescheduled.  Congratulations on your new grandbaby!

Yesterday, Jim had Dave from Ohio out for the day.  Dave is pretty new to fly fishing, so there was some instruction as well as catching.  Best patterns were the bug-eye bugger, gray scuds and sow bugs and the zebra midge.  Stan took Steve from here in Missouri out for a long half day.  There were sticking them with the Big Ugly and a copper dun dropper as well as the holographic green crackleback dry.  Fun day.  Carolyn had students from the full day fly fishing clinic out in the afternnon for casting instruction and a little catching.  Everyone caught fish stripping some variation of a sculpin pattern.

When we went over the the Rockin Chair area, we noticed they have finished plcing the boulders along the south bank in this area.  The best thing we noticed was how the fish were gathered around them.   Think it is going to be a good thing once we get some wash around them to dig out some deeper places for the fish to hold.  With the water off, you can’t miss them, so you shouldn’t stumble over them.

Wow!  Drove over the dam this morning and there are white caps on Table Rock Lake.  Today is going to be a nasty day.  Temperatures only in the 40s and feeling much colder than the actual temperature due to the high winds.  Overcast and showers this morning, but should start clearing this afternoon.  Tomorrow looks like sun shine again and temperatures both tomorrow and through the early part of the week in the 60s.  Maybe a chance of showers again early in the week.

Generation continues to be on low in the morning, then off around 9:00 a.m. for 5-6 hours and back on for the remainder of the day.  They have finished the placement of the  boulders in the upper part of the lake and started placing them around Rockin Chair yesterday. 

Jim had Paul and Gail, from Texas, on the river the past couple mornings.  Paul is a streamer, saltwater fly fisher, and they had two very good days pulling the olive sculpin and the jailhouse bug eye in sizes 10 and 12.  Gail even got the hang of it and is how pulling streamers.  Darrell had Terry from Defiance, MO. out yesterday morning.  They did well on the red midge with a red San Juan worm dropper. 

Overall, from what I hear, fishing is pretty good even with all the water draw down and construction going on.

Another nice day today but rain will be moving in tonight.  Going to be a little brisk in the morning with temperatures in the mid 30s when we get up.  Tomorrow looks like a wash with rain most of the day, but sunshine back into the picture Friday and Saturday.  Some more weather moving in Sunday as the prediction is WINDY and mid 60s.

Projection for today on generation was low one generator this morning until 8:00 a.m. then a low two.  Guess what!  They turned it off at 8:00 a.m.  They did following the projections the past two days. 

CAT above outlet 2

As I mentioned in the report Monday, they had a CAT sitting in the water across from outlet two.  Yesterday, they finished placing the boulders in the area from outlet down toward outlet 3 (fish ladder).  Several nice groupings in this area.  They will probably work on the “Rockin Chair” area today while the water is off. 

Placing Boulder

Jim on the water yesterday with Paul and Gail from Texas.  Very good day pulling streamers, specifically the olive sculpin.  This is Paul’s favorite way to fish and he wanted Gail to learn.  Guess what…she caught the two biggest fish of the day this way.   Stan had Steve and Don from Illinois out all day.  They had a very good day on the tan flashback scud.  Both guys were plum tuckered out when they got back to the shop.