We continue to seelittle cooler temperatures than normal for this time of year.  Trying to make up for the hotter than normal temperatures we had in June and July!  Still a chance of rain Saturday night into Sunday, but temperatures will continue to be mild.

Very little generation.  Came on yesterday around 2:00 p.m. with a low one generator.  Scheduled to come on today around 4:00 p.m., again with one generator. 

Good day for Larry from the St. Louis area and his brother Rich, from Maryland, with Darrell.  They fished all day and had a pretty steady day of catching on the copper dun midge dropped from the P&P midge.  After the water came on, he changed out to a larger black midge with the brass head and caught a few more.  The water did dirty up after the generator came on and pretty much shut down the fish but they still pulled out a few more.

Still having great weather.  Made it into the low 90s today with the same predictions through Friday.  Saturday, Sunday and Monday look like upper 80s with an increased chance (50%) of showers Sunday.

After the three days of continous low generation, we have had a couple days of very little generation.  They ran one generator yesterday from 7:00 p.m. to midnight and turned on one today at 4:00 p.m.  Tomorrow looks like no generation until late in the afternoon.

Amren - 8/20/12

Amren and his grandfather, Darrell, spent Monday morning on the water with Stan.  This was Amren’s first time fly fishing and definitely brushing the cob webs off for Darrell, who had fly fished many year ago.  Although they had to work for every fish, they caught several fish and Amren landed a nice 16-1/2 inch rainbow on the rusty midge.  They also caught some on the P&P midge.  Carolyn had Penny, who recently moved here from Alaska out for the morning.  She worked hard also, but landed fish on the rusty, P&P and black zebra with the copper head. 

Tuesday Carolyn had Vic, from Indiana, out mainly for instruction, but we managed to land a few fish on the P&P midge and a natural colored filoplume.  Vic wanted to work on casting, which we did, stripping, which we did, as well has how to fish the various paterns we were throwing.  Good session on false casting and working a sinking leader.

Nice weather for past few days with a few showers scattered in, especially today, Sunday.  Looks like mid 80s creeping into the upper 80s toward next weekend. No chance of moisture until the weekend and then it is not, at this time, a big chance.

Fairly nice, steady generation, especially in the earlier part of the day, the past three days.  Now that we have had three days of generation, we’ll possibly see some off time this coming week…..maybe back to the normal schedule of off in the morning til noon or later then low one or two generators the rest of the day.

With this nice steady generation, the fish have been happy.  Good fishing for the past few days.  Jim had Maurice, from Arkansas on the water Wednesday and Friday last week for half day instructional trips.  They had a couple good learning sessions as well as catching some fish.  Everything from midging to stripping so they used the CQ, the P&P, ruby and red midges.

Saturday, Darrell had Malcomb and Dan from the St. Louis area and Jim had their buddies, Bill and Mark, also from the St. Louis area, out all day.  Dan and Malcomb have been out with Darrell lots of times so they were just hitting the water to do some catching.  Good day for these guys on the large black midge with a copper head as well as the big ruby.  Jim worked his guys over a little on casting and streamer work.  They fished the P&P with a red midge dropper, the black midge and, of course, pulled the CQ streamer.

Charlie - 8/18/12

Sunday, Carolyn took Scott and his daughter, Taylor out for half a day.  This was Taylor’s first experience with a fly rod and she did very well for her first outting.  Hope it won’t be the last.  They made a good father/daughter team and both caught a good number of fish on the size 18 black midge with the copper head,

Check under Fly Fishing Schools/Fly Tying Classes for Fall dates on upcoming one-day Women’s Fly Fishing Clinic and Mixed Fly Fishing Clinics.

Tempeatures have been great for the past several days.  Chance for showers tomorrow, especially in the afternoon.  Low 90s both days with the weekend looking like low to mid 80s and no rain.  How nice it that!?

Still little change in the generation pattern.  Lots of wading time in the morning.  We did have generation all day last Saturday, so let’s hope we don’t see that again this weekend.  However, it was a low one most of the time which is a nice flow and wadeable in some areas.  Should be some other lakes turn.   

This past Saturday, Stan had Chris and Mike, from Oklahoma out for the morning.  New fly fishers, but they caught on pretty quick and had a good day on the big ruby, the size 16 red midge and a P&P midge. 

Monday was the annual outting for a group from Texas.  Lindi and her new husband, Taylor were with Stan.   Alex and Chase went with Dana, and Eric and Beau were with Darrell.  Jim had Rick and Davis.  It was a slow morning, but everyone managed to catch some fish.  No one good fly, but the P&P, copperheaded/black zebra and a blood worm were the best patterns. 

Yesterday, Darrell and Jim took the Louisiana Kerrs out for half a day.  Jim and Dawn had a good day stripping the CQ streamer.  JA and Albert were with Darrell and they caught on a size 16 white tunghead midge, size 16.  Stan had Bruce and his grandson, Cyler, who are from Florida, out for the morning.  Slow start, but they had a good day on the red midge, the P&P and the CQ streamer.

Fish are not jumping on your fly, but if you stay with it and change patterns colors, and especially location after you catch a few fish, you will probably keep on catching.  Once the sun has come up, they have been laying off the midges.  Go to a streamer.  After the sun has been up a while, try the white or P&P midge, and think 7X when you’re drifting a pattern, especially if you notice fish looking at then refusing your pattern.

Beautiful weather!  It was in the 50s this morning.  What a refreshing way to start the day.  Probably upper 80s to low90s today with a slight chance of moisture tomorrow and a little more chance by mid week.  Best news is temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s for a while.

Not much change in the generation schedule.  Looks like this was our weekend for generation today.  We will have a low one this morning and then they will add more, probably a low two around noon.  Should be off in the morning and on on at noon with one generator, ramping up to a low two for the balance of the day.  Monday’s projection looks like it is Bull Shoals day to run all day.  Taneycomo is projected to be off until 5:00 p.m. when they will run a low two for three hours….we’ll see.

Nice day on the water Thursday for Lee from Louisiana.  He used to fly fish some 40 years ago but had drifted away from it.  After a morning on the water with Stan, he thinks he is going to get back into it.  A nice one generator and the big ruby, size 18 ruby and P&P midges made it a good catching day.  Jim had Mark, from St. Louis, out for the morning.  They too had a good day on the big ruby with a size 18 ruby midge dropper.  They also worked a size 10 CQ streamer and caught from fish.

Friday Jim had Rob and his son, Kade out for the morning.  Flat water, but they had a good day on the P&P with a blood worm dropper and the CQ streamer.

Can’t believe I heard the weather folks say we will see temperatures in the 80s Friday and Saturday.  We’ll probably see low 90s, but that is certainly better than what we have had.  Slight chance of showers Sunday and again later in the week.  We will certainly take the rain.

Not much change in generation patterns.  On all day one of two days a week but mostly off, especially during the morning hours until noon or so.  Did have a surprise early on Tuesday when it cam on at 10:00 a.m.  Today is the equivalent of one generator all day.

Had a pretty good rainfall last night and early this morning.  My grass is now green!  No more rain in the forecast after today, but the temperatures look like they are going to be in the mid 90s through the weekend.  Yeah!

Still a pretty similar pattern in generation.  We had up and down low one to low two generators yesterday…all day.  Today it is off until this afternoon when it will come on for a while.  Bull Shoals is running today, so we will see low one to low two generators tomorrow.  The pattern seems to be Bulls Shoals one day and Table Rock the other day.  But, on the days it is off, we get plenty of wading time in the morning.  Also, with the low one when they turn it on, you can still wade many places.

Fishing has been tough the past few days.  Catching some fish, but really having to work for them. 

Jack - 8/4/12

Four of us on the water yesterday.  Stan had Cory and his son, Jack, out for the morning.  This was Jack’s  first time fly fishing and he did very well.  Think he outfished his Dad.  This was a big ruby midge day for them as they ran various levels of water all day.  Jim was working with Jeff’s friend, Rosie, on casting.  Rosie is brand new to fly fishing and she and Jeff caught fish on the CQ streamer, the big ruby and the size 18 ruby midges.  Larry and Legail spent the morning with Darrell.  Their best pattern was also the big ruby.  Carolyn had some more new fly fisher with her, Matt and Catlin from Texas.  I think these two are going to become good fly fishers.  Both have a good start on their casts.  Before the morning was over, they were both throwing a good line to pull the CQ streamer.  Missed several fish, picked and rolled several fish, but also landed several on the big ruby and the CQ streamer.

Stan and Jim took out a neat family from Overland Park, KS.  Jeff, his wife Lisa, and their two children, Holden and Sarah spent this morning catching a few fish.  Holden and Sarah did some basic casting work, but Jim did let them take a break and catch fish on the black zebra with a copper head and wire.  Stan had Jeff and Lisa on the P&P and black zebra/copper midges.  Slow day, but again, they did catch some fish.

We have had some rain over the past couple days.  Maybe a quarter to half inch at a time, but it was rain and you can actually see some green back in our front yard.  Hard, heavy showers with lots of wind, so it blew things around a little, but we certainly are not complaining.  Chances of showers today and tomorrow (slight), then a cool down…in the 90s! starting Monday into next weekend.  Would that be nice!?

Still getting wading time in the a.m.  Scheduled to leave it off yesterday until late, but turned it on just after noon.  Everyday is a new day.  Scheduled to come on today at 1:00 or 2:00 p.m. but as of 3:00 p.m. it was still off. 

Tom and his friend David, took 1/2 day trip with Darrell Monday.  Pretty good day for these two guys on the black midge with the copper head and copper wire. 

Eric - 7/31/12

Tuesday, Stan had two Texas guys, Eric and his friend Bill out all day.  Pretty slow day on the water.  It was one of those one to two hit or fish per pattern days.  Went through lots of patterns, but the P&P, red and the black midges were the best for them. 

One of Stan’s regulars who had not been here for a couple years, John from Kentucky, showed up for a trip on  Wednesday.  Good day on the CQ streamer and copper dun midge.  First time for John to use a sinking line and he really liked this.  Think he went home with one plus several CQs.

Peter - 8/1/12

Peter and his son, Peter, Jr. can nost boast they caught trout in Missouri.  These two from New Jersey spent the morning with Darrell Thursday.  Nice 17 inch rainbow for Peter, Jr. (not shown) on the P&P midge.  Jim and Stan had Bob, from Branson, and his grandson, Ryan, and his parents Randy and Pam out Thursday morning.   Bob and Ryan had a good day with Stan on the copper dun midge.  Randy and Pam worked a lot with Jim on casting and also caught some fish on the CQ and the P&P midge.  Everyone, except Bob, was a new fly fisher.

Ryan - 8/2/12

Very little change in the generation patterns.  Off almost every day until noon or 1:00 p.m.  Then a low one, bumped up to a full one or low two for most of the balance of the day.  Thrown in there some time during the week will be generation all day at a low one to start then ramping up to two or three by afternoon.  We are getting quite a bit of wading time and some nice low water flow drift days.

Working on that roll cast - 7/26/12

Fun day on the water for Carolyn last Wednesday and Thursday.  Angela and her son, Henry, have been wanting to learn how to fly fish since she saw “The River Runs Through It”.  So, Wednesday, they did the classroom stuff, knots, lines, leaders, bugs, etc. and casting.   Thursday we started off the day refreshing the roll cast

One of Henry's first on fly rod - 7/26/12

and pick up and lay down casts.  Once we got that under our belts, it was on to learning the various presentation methods.  Worked on nymph style fishing using the black zebra midge with the copper head and copper wire.  Not fast and furious on this pattern but they worked on mending and line management.  On to pulling streamers!  Casts are getting good and lots of fun

Angela and one of her first - 7/26/12

catching on the CQ streamer.  Both did well with this and really liked this kind of fishing best. 

Stan was out Thursday with Mike, from Oklahoma, and his son-in-law Rusty.  A little slow start in the morning, but certainly picked up later in the morning and especially when they turned on one unit.  Big ruby about 5 feet deep or the CQ streamer where they could find a seam or slightly slower water using the intermediate sinking leader.

Friday, Jim and Carolyn had Scott and his son Mitch and Mitch’s friend Caleb out for half a day.  Jim took the boys and Carolyn took Scott.  By the time the half day was over, Jim not only had the boys throwning line, but 200 grain sinking leader line.  They had a very good day on the CQ streamer.  Scott and Carolyn had a good day on the black zebra midge under the big ruby.  Saw a lot of fish, rolled one really nice fish and had a good time.

Stan took Mike and his son, Cameron, from Indiana out Saturday.  These new to fly fishing guys had a good time and caught fish on the copper head black zebra, the primrose & pearl midge and the CQ streamer.  I think son may have outfished his father!

Mike and Mica - 7/29/12

 Mike and his daughter Mica, from Oklahoma, spent Saturday and Sunday mornings on the water with Gina.  Since they were both new to fly fishing, she worked with them on casting and they certainly finished up catching.  Great day, great memories.  A rusty midge and stripping the tiger tail were their flies for the two day.  Nice 17-1/2″ rainbow rounded off the trip.

Bet you know what the forecast is.  More hot weather, upper 90s to 100s and still no moisture in the forecast.

Generation schedule continues to be wader friendly.  Off in the morning, (when you really want to fish while it is still cooler) and on by noon to 2:00 p.m.  This past weekend we had little generation on Saturday, but generation all day Sunday.  So far this week, it has been the off a.m. and on early afternoon.

Alan and his son, Robert, took our two-day fly fishing school back in 2005 and I’m happy to day they are still chasing trout.  Alan spent all day Monday on the water with Stan.  Pretty good day for them on the P&P before generation, the big ruby after generation and the CQ streamer both before and after the water came on. 

Today, Jim had a couple of new fly fishers on the water, Britni and her younger brother, Chandler. These young folks from Oklahoma were quick learners and pulled a good number of fish on the P&P and rusty dun midges as well as the CQ streamer.  Darrell also had a couple new fly fishers Devon and Damon from Indiana.  They had a good day on the primrose & pearl midge.  One nice 17 inch rainbow.  Mike from, Oklahoma spent the morning on the water with Stan.  They too hooked fish on the primrose & pearl midge as well as the CQ olive streamer.  As we have been experiencing, the midges are catching fish, but certainly slower than pulling some type of streamer.