Sure has not been a lot of changes the last week or so, other than the last 2 days the numbers of good fish being hooked are up. Water generation has actually helped fishing, giving them a much needed reprieve.
We have been on the water everyday, with both wading and boat trips. We have had some awesome trips lately, hooking some really nice fish 22″ - 28″, and getting a chance to work with some really wonderful clients, from the really experienced to those just starting out.

Generally you need to switch off patterns, but today was the exception. We fished the same thing all morning (wading). Yesterday in the boat we used tungsten beaded scuds and zebra’s mostly.

Top fly box picks have been:

Midges: red, coffee brown, and black
WD-40’s in black or gray

Dries: large griffiths gnat
Adams
black gnat
PMD
olive caddis
Also try:
small scuds- brown, tan, or orange
san juan worms
soft hackles
cracklebacks
and if streamers are your favorite :
woolie buggers- black, purple, or white at night
and small olive or white during daylight
sculpins–woolhead or rabbit- black or olive
zonkers– black or gray

It is definitely the annual anticipated “big fish” time. We are seeing a large number of 23″ and up, browns. Average sizes this week of the nicer fish have been 25″ - 29″, both males and females. We have been on the water everyday, all day. They did run quite a bit of water this past week. Yesterday it was off most of the day, and today looks like the same. Fly patterns themselves have not varied much, still try small scuds, tungsten beaded midges, WD-40’s, flash zebras, and san juans, but on some of the flies, the colors have changed on a daily basis. Last Sunday, cracklebacks and softhackles were doing well again. And don’t forget those large streamers; sculpins, zonkers and woolies. Your strategy with the big flies should be to pick a fish and keep casting to it. It may take a dozen or so casts to interest or plain annoy it into submission! On the flip side, smaller midges are doing well also, but really I can’t stress enough how important presentation is. It isn’t always what your using but how your using it.

We are now offering Coast Guard Certified fly fishing boat trips! We have added a nice 19′ flat bottom G3 boat, with lots of room to walk around in and lots of casting room!

Hope your time on the water is successful!

If your lookin’ for the big browns this is the time to do it.
The fly patterns the past couple days hasn’t changed much. Everything from size 22 scuds and midges to size 6 streamers.
This morning there were two big browns caught both were females, one was taken on a sculpin and the other on a zonker. I must say that the fishing pressure is probably the biggest issue right now. If records were kept I think yesterday was a breaker, for the number of people.
Night fishing has been productive, but I would recommend fishing from 12-4a.m. Basic black streamers have been working at that time. Generation at night has been minimal, but has been running later in the afternoon till dark or just before.

The fishing this weekend was great! With opportunities to catch several trout and possibilities of huge browns as well as rainbows. Yesterday on a guide trip we hooked a huge rainbow. It jumped several times before it finally spit the hook. This morning Joe’s guide trip hooked a large brown, but of course another one that got away. This afternoon Chuck’s trip landed a 25″x17″ brown,and caught a female brown 24″x14″. Bottomline is that the big ones are here and presenting lots of opportunities to dedicated fishermen.
Water generation has been very minimal in the mornings. They have remained off until later in the afternoon when just 1 generator came on for just an hour or so. I believe they will follow this pattern for at least this afternoon.

Fly Patterns

-Scuds-#14-#18 tan and natural brown
-Egg patterns- #12-#16 apricot
-San Juan worms- #16 brown
-Zebras- Rusty midge and Silver/black
-Sculpins-Olive #8
-prismatic emergers-
-Renegades-#10

Again we have great news for everyone geared up for catching trophy trout! The big rainbows are here spawning still, but more recently the big browns have officially arrived in full force for their spawn. I personally saw 2 browns last night below the new fish ladder that were 12lbs. or bigger. There have been a couple local patrons of our store that have landed their first trout over ten pounds this week. There are a lot of fish in the 20″-25″ range being caught. The average size of the fish has increased dramatically.
The water generation has been sporatic at best. As a guideline the water has been off in the mornings and been turning on in the late afternoon and running till a little after dark. Morning and evening are still great times to fish, but my recommendation this time of year is to stay and fish while everyone leaves for lunch. I’ve hooked some big fish in the middle of the day lately.

Flies

-Midges-
WD40s- cinnamon and gray
adam’s bug
zebras- rusty dun and rusty midge
prismatic emerger

-Nymphs-
chamois worms
scuds-possum brown, tan, and dark gray
san juan worms-brown and red*
egg patterns- apricot and arpricot with red spot*
*When using a san juan worm,egg,or chamois worm…Use a scud dropper. Also when using this rig for big fish try sticking with bigger sizes.

-Wet Flies-
cracklebacks- green and pearl
south platte brassies- green, copper,and black

-Streamers-
dumbell eye bunny leach- gray and natural brown
zonkers- gray and black (Mostly used in night fishing)
wooly buggers- olive and white (early in the morning)

-Dry Flies-
renegades– in big sizes
big ugly

This is our busiest time of year and therefore more people on the water, so please
remember that it’s our responsibility as outdoorsmen and women to use proper fishing etiquette and ethics. If everyone was considerate of their fellow fishermen everyone’s experience would be a good one.

For the trophy trout enthusiast I have great news! Some very large rainbows are definately here. Although larger brown trout have been showing up, the monsters are still a week or two away. I’ve been seeing and landing 20″ plus fish, but it is still in the pre-spawn stages for the browns. We had a customer come in and thank us for advice that contributed to him landing a 12-13lb male brown. (Congratulations to him by the way)
It’s a great time to fish Taneycomo right now. There has been increased fishing pressure in the mornings around 9 am, but most don’t stay past lunch. We’ve been doing guide trips in the morning daily, and have been catching several nice fish. I’ve personally been fishing from lunch through to the evening. I miss most the crowds by doing so.
Water generation has been a low two generators through the week to meet power demand. Today the water is completely off. I would think it will be off through tomorrow at least. Table Rock Lake isn’t even at power pool so I believe generation will slow down through this next week.

Flies

-midges-
south platte brassies-copper and green
WD40s- cinnamon and gray
adam’s bug
zebras- red/silver and black/silver

-nymphs-
scuds-possum brown, tan, and dark gray
san juan worms-brown and red
egg patterns- apricot and arpricot with red spot

-wet flies-
cracklebacks- green and pearl

-Streamers-
dumbell eye bunny leach- gray and natural brown

-Dry Flies-
humpy- yellow and red
big ugly

On a final note the new fish ladder is completed and has water moving through it now. I hope the new improvements create a more fish friendly run that they can get up.

Tight lines ladies and gentleman. Get out and enjoy the outdoors! We will be with you in spirit or hopefully just downstream.

Well, our most anticipated time of the year is fast approaching! It’s hard to believe the brown run is nearly here. Hope everyone is starting to gear up. I know we are starting to see a few real nice rainbows and browns. In fact on one of our guided trips this week, one of my clients hooked an 8lb or so rainbow. It was a great fish! It took a dozen or so casts until it hit our fly. We have been using several different fly patterns the last few days or so. Everything from dries to streamers. Yesterday it was zebras, south platte brassies, and a flash zebra midge (the same one that caught the large rainbow). Other must tries are: WD-40 midges, Rusty dun midges, scuds, and cracklebacks. And don’t forget larger streamers, like zonkers or rabbit sculpins.
Today they actually turned on all 4 generators late in the afternoon, and Beaver Dam was running 2. Generally the pattern has been 1-2 generators running for 1/2 hour to 2 hours in the afternoon.

I hope everyone’s getting ready for the big brown spawn because there are several nice browns as well as rainbows just starting to show up. Most of the bigger fish are ranging from 18-24 inches, but I have spotted the occasional monster. Right now is a good time to get in on some pre-spawners before the big fish and big crowds get here.
As far as tips and techniques go… Try a big dry fly (#10 renegade/#8 big ugly) and fish in the slower water most people overlook. One of my favorites is stripping a cream or copper south platte brassie. Don’t be shy from throwing big heavy (grey or natural brown) sculpin patterns. The bigger fish have been responding well to them. Most people have been doing the best on apricot egg patterns, brown san juan worms, and small (16-22) scud patterns.
The water generation has been very sporatic. Best chance of low water is still early mornings. Good fish are being caught in high and low water though. I’ve been hearing more about bad fisherman than bad fishing. I would like to remind everyone that if someone is using an unethical practice or crowding your fishing area… politely explain it to them. Sometimes people just don’t know what they are doing, or haven’t been taught proper fishing etiquette.

Get out there and wet a fly line…..Good Luck from all of us at A&A

Fishing has been pretty good lately. Water started running really early today, but most every other day water had been off in the mornings and turning on early afternoon or so and running till dark.
We have been doing really well on smaller scuds, prismatic emergers, south platte brassies, and WD-40’s. These patterns have been extremely successful all week. Had a great group of people from Field and Stream and Outdoor Life out today. All ten of them caught fish. Mary Jane was the hero today as she could do no wrong. She landed the most. I think the women out fished the men I hate to say. A couple of women in the group had on some nice fish. But a little mistake or a too hot to handle fish took our flies and left us with some tales to tell back home. Tales of the big one that got away. We really had a great time on the water.

Not much to update… There are still plenty of nice trout being landed, but over all, conditions and patterns have not changed much at all. There still is the regular water generation every day, mostly all day.