Showers threatening us this morning, but once we get past that, we will have a mostly cloudy for the rest of the day then chance of occasional showers tonight.  Cool temperatures in the low 70s.  Saturday looks like showers  with scattered thunderstorms Sunday.  All this moisture will keep temperatures in the 70-80s.

Generation is off this morning and projected to be off until 2:00 p.m.  We’ll see what the weekend will bring later this afternoon.

Fishing continues to be good.  Four boats on the water yesterday, all with good days and seeing lots of folks wade fishing and brining in fish.  Huston from Florida spent the morning with Stan.  Huston has been a regular since 2007 and is becoming a pretty good fly flinger.  Fast and furious first thing in the morning on the P&P.  when this slowed down, he started stripping the holographic green crackleback to finish up his trip.  Jim had Jack and his friend from Oregon, Pak Ho, out for the afternoon.  They mixed up midging with the #12 ruby and #16 red midge, and pulling the CQ streamer to have a good day.  Darrell had Larry and Al, from the St. Louis area, out all day.  Good day for these guys on the P&P and egg pattern.  They had to cool off their arms last night!

Great weather.  Temperatures in the 80s yesterday and again today.  Supposed to get some rain tonight carrying into tomorrow morning.  Last report was that it would end early in the morning.  We are now seeing a chance of rain on Saturday.  The rain will cool us down a little into the upper 70s.  Next week looks upper 70s to low 80s and sunny skies.

We have had generation all day for the past three days.  However,it was low each morning and then ramped up to two or a three generators later in the day.  Today there was no generation until 3:00 p.m. when one generator came on low.  Supposed to be on for 4-5 hours and then off again. 

Fishing has been very good for the past few days.  Jim on the water yesterday with Jim from Kansas, and Larry from Texas.  The two guys paired up to share a guide and it worked out great.  They caught a good number of fish on the red midge, the ruby midge and pulling the CQ streamer. 

Bruce - 9/12/12

Carolyn had Bruce and Jan, from Colorado out again.  We turned Jan into a stripper during her last trip and this time she refined her stripping pattern to a “cha, cha, cha” rhythm.  Fun day for us.  Good day on the big ruby with the P&P dropper, egg pattern with the black zebra/copper head, and lots of hits…not to many hook ups on the golden variant sculpin.   I think this was one of Jan’s better catching days.  Larry and his friend Jim spent the afternoon on the water with Stan.  They had a good day too with the big ruby and a P&P dropper. 

Great weather we are having.  Temperatures continue in the mid to upper 80s.  Expecting a chance of rain coming in Thursday night and continuing into Friday morning.  This will lower the temperatures into the 70s for Friday and Saturday, but back into the lower 80s for Sunday and early part of next week.

So far this week, we have had low one to two generators.  Projection for tomorrow in low one most of the morning, then a full one from noon for an hour then low two for a couple hours and back to one generator.  Should turn on around 8:00 p.m.

Mike, from Oklahoma spent yesterday on the water with Carolyn.  Beautiful day.  First or second drift of the size 18 black zebra midge under the big ruby brought in a nice male rainbow.  Picked up several more on the drift down.  As the morning went on, another horn and water speed picked up so we found some slow moving water and dropped a golden variant sculpin on the bottom using a 200 gr. sinking line.  New technique for Mike and once he got the hang of it, he really enjoyed fishing this was.  Lots of hits and misses…need to work on the strip set!  Did land several this way and had a fun afternoon working this line.   About time to drift out so we changed back to the big ruby and ruby dropper.  didn’t take long to figure out this was not what they wanted.  Changed out to a peach egg with a size 14 black zebra under it.  Action was back.  Last good spot of the drift over a shallow gravel area, line shot out like a bullet.  Couldn’t get “let it run” out fast enough.  Snapped the line, jumped to say “good bye” and it was over.  It’s always the nice ones, and it was a very nice one, that get away!  That’s what keeps us coming back!  That would have been the perfect end to a perfect day.

What a wonderful weekend.  A little windy today, but a little chop on the water certainly doesn’t hurt the fishing.  Continued nice days through Thursday.  Temperatures tomorrow in the low 80s, Tuesday through Thursday in the mid to upper 80s.  Slight chance of showers Friday with the temperatures dropping to the upper 70s by the weekend.  Sweet!

Generation schedule is still giving us lots of wading opportunity.  Yesterday they ran a low one most of the day so wading was good.  Today we had no generation all day (although they sounded one horn around 10:00 a.m.)  Monday is projected at a low one generator most of the day.

Don and Valarie, from St. Louis, fished with Stan yesterday.  They had a good time, really enjoyed our fishery and caught fish on the red midge and the Primrose & Pearl midge. 

Remember Carolyn took Vickie and her son Chris out last Wednesday for their first fly fishing experience.  Vickie was ready to try it again today, so Carolyn took her and her husband Joe out for a long half day.  Good day on the water.  For a while we thought Joe was holding his mouth wrong as Vickie was catching most of the fish.  However, things improved and they were both catching.  We started out with the black zebra with the copper head.  Once the sun got bright and the fished layed off the black midge, it was the primrose & pearl midge.  Joe caught several on the CQ streamer, but not as much action as the midges, so we finished up the day with the midges and they had two doubles in a row (both hooked a fish at the same time)  Great way to finish up the trip!  And, of course, there was that really nice one Vickie had on that cleared the water and spit her fly back at her.  That’s okay, he’ll be there for the next time.

Looks like all the rain is through area for a while and mild temperatures have set in.  Today’s high will be mid 70s.  Low 80s Sunday and Monday, moving into the mid to upper 80s for the rest of the week.  Lots of sunshine.  Slight chance of rain by Friday.

Most of this past week has been no generation in the morning, then the equivalent of one for 2-3 hours.  Wednesday and Thursday we had generation all day.  Low in the morning, but ramping up to the equivalent of two by afternoon.  Yesterday it was on for three hours very early, off and back on late for three hours.  A low one generator projected for all day today.  No generation tomorrow until very late and then only for an hour.

Jim, from Wisconsin, came back and fished half a day with Stan this past Wednesday.  They had a good day on the red midge with a P&P dropper.  Also caught some stripping the holographic green crackleback. 

Hearing reports of some larger fish cruising around.  A couple browns spotted three to four days ago down by Lookout Island, one 6-8 pounds and the other probably 8-10 pounds.  Nice brown up by outlet 2 yesterday and 2-3 nice rainbows below the root wad below the rebar a couple days ago.

We were expecting to see some rain tomorrow, however, as I am sitting here writing, we are experiencing 30% of  “cats and dogs”.  Good downpour, and quite a bit of wind and we are under a severe thunderstrom warning until 6:00 p.m.  Rain is still in the forecast for tomorrow with mid 80s.  The weather station described this weekend as georgous with the temperatures Saturday and Sunday in the mid 70s to low 80s and mostly sunny. 

Generation all day yesterday and again all day today.  The projection is for it to be on for three hours from midnight then off until 4:00 p.m. when we will get one generator for three hours….let’s see!

Stan had Jim from Wisconson on the water yesterday for half a day.  Pretty good day on the red midge with a P&P dropper and they also hooked some on the holographic green crackleback down below Lookout Island.  Turned out to be another steamy day on the water.

Since the rain that came through this past Friday and Saturday, it has been a bit steamy on the river with the temperatures in the upper 90s.  After tomorrow, we should see a drop in temperatures down to the mid 70s over the weekend to the mid 80s by early next week.  Chance of some showers Friday with temperqtures in the mid to upper 80s.  We’ll take it!

Darrell and Carolyn had the Louisiana folks, Dawn, James Albert and Albert out Labor Day.  We all labored over catching fish.  Great day.  Dawn and Carolyn did well on the big ruby and with a size 18 ruby dropper, but the best pattern, once we found the spot, was the CQ streamer on the sinking leader.  You know that Dawn loves stripping.  Darrell and the guys had a great day an egg pattern with the P&P dropper.

Yesterday, Stan took Joe and his brother James out for the day.  They had a very good day on the black zebra with copper head in the morning, then changed to the P&P under the egg pattern.  Unfortunately, they turned on another generator around 2:00 p.m. and once the water started dirting up and you couldn’t keep the gunk off your fly, the catching was over.

Chris - 9/4/12

Meanwhile, Carolyn had Joe’s son, Chris and wife, Vickie, on the water, and in Chris’ case, in the water, showing them the art and fun of fly fishing.  Joe warned me Chris was probably go swimming…..and he did.  We hooked and brought in some fish, and we hooked and let go of some fish.  I think Vickie is ready to try it again!

Vickie - 9/4/12

Yes, we did get some rain as a result of Isaac.  What we really got, especially yesterday, was WIND!  Pretty day today.  A little warm and humid…low 903.  Mid to upper 90s forecast through Thursday, when a chance of showers moves in for Friday along with a drop in temperatures.

As I mentioned previously, we mostly had generation during last week, except for Thursday morning.  However, Saturday and again today, the generators have been off except for three hours yesterday afternoon.  The projection is for a low to start up today around 3:00 p.m. for about two hours.  Tomorrow’s projection is for no generation until 5:00 p.m. and then it will be on for four hours.  However, we know about Monday projections!

If the fish were having a hard time taking our flies yesterday, it was because we were having a hard time getting them in the water where we wanted them.  Carolyn had Tony and Geoff from Springfield, Mo. on the water yesterday morning.  The dark clouds kept rolling through being pushed by strong winds.  If you could get your fly into the water, you’d probably catch a fish.  Early in the day the black zebra with the copper head was the best pattern.  When they stopped on this, the size 18 ruby midge was the ticket. 

Stan on the water today with Bob and Jim.  I think this was Bob’s second time to have a fly rod in his hands.  Caught quite a few fish, nothing big, but kept them busy.  Same scenario on flies as Saturday.  Black zebra with copper head early then switching to the size 18 ruby.  Good day on the water for Jim and his guests, Darrell and Jan from California.  in the morning the P&P with a blood worm midge worked best.  They tried the CQ streamer, in the a.m. when it was not the pattern, but he said the fish certainly turned on to it in the afternoon. 

Lots of folks fishing today.  Mixed reports from everyone coming into the shop.  Several were doing well on the black zebra copperhead then the ruby.  Some doing well stripping small black wooly buggers.  Egg patterns in the rebar area as well as tan scuds.  And, of course, some folks just couldn’t find the right pattern or place.

Wow!  Looks like we might get some much needed rain.  Forecast says we will start seeing some rain late tonight, with a 90% chance of rain all day tomorrow, droppping to 60% by Saturday.  Much cooler temperatures for a couple days with Friday in the 70s and Saturday in the mid 80s. 

Little more generation these past few days.  Yesterday we had generation all day.  Tuesday it was on, then off, then on and off again in the later afternoon until midnight.  Today, we will not see generation until early afternoon when the equivalent of half a generator will come on and ramp up to a low two 3-4 hours later then off.

Stan on the water yesterday with Terry and Dorothy from Oklahoma.  Dorothy had a great day (she outfished Terry).  Their best pattern was the large black zebra with the brass beadhead.   One of our other customers was also out yesterday.  He and his friend, Howard, had a great morning on the small, size 18 black zebra with the copper beadhead.

Love this weather!  Temperatures in the 80s and low 90s with RAIN scattered here and there.  Sometimes more here than there, especially this past Saturday.  Dry for the remainder of the week after we get through today until the weekend when it looks like we might feel the affect of Isaac. 

Generation schedule pretty consistent.  Off every morning then on for one to five hours in the afternoon and back off again.  Generated from a low one to low two all day Saturday and that looks like what we will see again today. 

Fishing for the past several days has been good to very good, especially for some.  Streamers, midges, and hoppers with a few ants on occasion, have been working well.  Several of our customers have come in after catching lots of fish with their reports.  The size 18 ruby midge and the CQ streamer are at the top of the list.

Robert - 8/25/12

Gina and Dana had a very fun day Saturday as each of them had the opportunity to take a couple veterans from the Healing Waters program out fishing all day….well almost all day.  The heavy rain, accompanied by some lightening, chased them off a little early.  Gina’s guys, Robert, from Kansas, and Joseph from the Columbia, MO. area, caught on the big ruby and a ruby or black copper head midge all day.  I think she said John also hooked a few on the CQ streamer.   Dana’s guys, Dave and Don, from the St. Louis area, had a  great day on the big ruby and the size 16 red D-ribbed midge.   Several other area guides participated in this program and I’m certain it was a great day for everyone!

Stan on the water Sunday with Bob and Linda from Kansas.  Other than getting a little wet, they all had a good day on the black zebra with the copper head.

One of our customers came in this morning and said he had been fishing for four days and caught “a bunch” (three digit numbers) on the primrose & pearl.