We still have been having plenty of days with no generators. Today is about a perfect day for fishing with low water, mostly cloudy, and the weather is beautiful. Besides that the fishing has just been fantastic! Lots of fish are being caught. Not too many big fish…I’ve heard of some ranging from 5lbs. to 9 or 10lbs. They have been running some water this week and they may run more if the rain hits hard the next few days. We have been using tan scuds, wd40s, olive woollybuggers, cracklebacks, and soft hackles. Hope everyone that could took advantage of the beautiful day. Good luck…..and tight lines

We have seen a lot of wadable water in the last 10 days. There was only minimal amounts of water running for short periods of time. It is something we have waited for all this year!
I saw a 8-9 lb brown yesterday below the dam, which we haven’t seen too many of the larger fish this year. There are good numbers of trout being caught though.
We have been using… woollies, cracklebacks, WD-40, zebra midges, micro jigs, and scuds.

Today there is NO generation of water on Taneycomo. If you get a chance get out and wade!

Sure has not been alot of changes….regarding water flow. They are still running a couple generators at a low level…(3-4 ft. up). Table Rock is for sure turning over, and as soon as that is over, it should provide a cooler water temp. on Taneycomo.

The majority of our fishing trips have been from the boat. But whether wading or in the boat, we are catching good numbers of fish. Nothing huge, but a decent amount.

We have been using quite a few dry flies, with lots of success. Larger ones preferably, and also cracklebacks. Chamois’s, San Juan’s and scuds have been real popular too.

Good news….The water is supposed to shut off at noon, according to the projection. The fishing has picked up for the wade fishing from the past couple days. Fishing out of the boat has been very consistantly producing nice size and numbers of fish. Still mostly fishing your typical Taneycomo nymphs such as scuds, san juan worms, chamois worms, and egg patterns. We have also noticed a few big late spawning browns here the past couple days. The conditions of october really screwed up the spawn they are spawning later this year than what I typically see this time of year. The big lake is getting down so they will hopefully give us some more low water. Get out and give it a shot. Remember the fish of a lifetime could only be a cast away!

Finally getting time to wade the last 2 days. The water has been off from noon to 6 pm, both Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th. Prior to Saturday they had been running most of the time during daylight hours, with it being off only a couple of hours at night. Reports have been that also this week, Tues & Weds. they will be working on the baffles at powersite dam (Forsyth), and plan to decrease generation on those days, weather permitting. Hopefully this means we will be getting in more wading time.

Now that the water has been off a little, we are starting to see more browns up towards the dam. It sure has been a very unusual year.

We have either been wading or had the boat out on trips everyday and the hot patterns have still been Scuds, sizes 18 & 16 in Brown or gray, Olive woolies in size 10, pearl cracklebacks, Beaded midges, sculpins, and prisim emergers.

Top 2 questions…… What is the water doing? Are the big browns up by the dam yet?

First, this water situation is frustrating to say the least for wade fishers. The last few days it has been off some during the night and it didn’t come on today till 9 am. Table Rock Lake is still below power pool. On average during the day the water has only been running 4-5 feet high from a zero generator level, they normally run 8-9 feet high with 4 generators.

Yes to the browns! Check out the 3 photos below. The brown was caught Sunday afternoon. It weighted 19.2 lbs. 33″ long and 21″ girth. The rainbow was landed on the 7th during a boat trip and it weighted 8.3 lbs and was 26″ long. The browns are moving up and we have seen quite a few around 10 lbs the last 2 days.

Scuds have still been the top producer. If you have been to the water lately there are tons of them everywhere…. warmer water and no foot traffic has definitely increased their population.

Olive wooly buggers have been good too. Cracklebacks, Stimulators, midges, especially Adams bug.

As of now (2 pm) all 4 generators are running. The water was completely off till Noon, at which time they turned on 2 generators. I know alot of people having been inquiring about the water situation so we were just trying to keep you posted.

The water is off.

Everyone should be getting excited! The big browns are starting to show up around the dam. They are among some very large spawning rainbows. Unfortunately they have had all ten flood gates open for I believe ten days now. The gates are not open very far…just enough to raise the tailwater six inches or so. Just to aid in getting rid of this water from the last down pour that hurricane Ike dumped on us. The lake is at 918.7 today which is below flood stage. I think the corp of engineers is actually trying to just get rid of the water so we can fish the spawn in low water soon. If anyone is planning a trip I wouldn’t hold your breathe for low water, but you will definately want to keep the schedule open. When this water does shut off…my guess is a week or a little more, but that’s definately a guess. I’ve already noticed the number of fish is unbelievable right now; plus, I’ve seen a couple browns around the 30inch range. If your looking for a big fish or just a good time on the water. You don’t have to wait. You just have to fish the higher water which does add another level of difficulty, but people are catching nicer fish and higher numbers every day. Stop by before your next fishing trip and we will help increase your chances for that fish of a lifetime.