White River - Below Beaver Lake, AR Fishing Report

Really felt like summer yesterday. Temperature in the upper 80s. Today was a little overcast with temperatures in the upper 70s. We are expecting mid to upper 70s tomorrow, then into the 80s over the weekend. We do have a chance of thunderstorms (50%) tomorrow, but we also had a 50% chance of thunderstorms today and, so far, (it’s 5:30 p.m.) we have not seen them. After tomorrow, the rainis pretty much out of the forecast until next week.

Generation all day today and the projection is for it to shut down at midnight and stay off until 9:00 p.m. when we’ll see one generator for a couple hours. Then they will turn on two units for a couple hours, finally three units until 10:00 p.m. when it will ramp down to two, then one and finally none. Sounds like it will be off for a while Friday morning.

Kristi and Brodie, from Oklahoma, had a great day on the water with Stan yesterday. Kristi is pretty new at fly fishing and she stayed up with Brodie for quite a while. Hot, windy day, with three units going most of the afternoon, but they did well on the big ruby, and the holographic green crackleback. Stripping was a new technique for them and they really liked it.

Great weather we are having. Sunny yesterday and in the 70s. A little cool this morning, but it has warmed up and the temperature is in the low 60s heading for upper 60s. 80s are the forecast for the next couple days; then into the 70s for a couple days. Next weekend is projected to be 80s again.

That was the good news. Now for the generation. Pretty solid three generators going since mid-day Friday. Taneycomo level with these generators has held right in the 708.8 range. We are back to a Table Rock level of 917. This was about 1-1/2 inches higher at noon yesterday. The schedule for tomorrow is more of the same…..three units all day.

If we have to have high water, we prefer that they keep it level, like they are doing, at some level, whether it be high or low. The stable water level has put the fish where we expect them to be. Lots of our boats on the water yesterday and everyone had a good day. Darrell had James Albert from Louisiana out all day. They pulled a few streamers and he threw a hopper a few times, but their best patterns were the big ruby with a black zebra dropper. Jim and his son, Kevin, from Oklahoma spent half a day with Jim. They also did best on a red midge with a black zebra midge. Stan’s guest, Mike was fishing the big ruby with a little ruby dropper. They also caught a few on the red holographic red crackleback. Carolyn was out with friends,

Pretty rainbow - 5/11/13

Bob and Linda, from Kansas. We had a fun day on the CQ streamer and holographic green crackleback on both a 1.5 ips and 2.6 ips sinking tip. Also did well on the lightening bug dropped under the big ruby. Wish this picture did justice to one of the pretty rainbows we caught yesterday. Everyones’ biggest problem yesterday was the WIND! Pretty bad when you can stop still with three units going because the wind is that stiff coming up stream!
 

Nice, warm days for a change. We are expecting upper 70s today and tomorrow. Slight cool down Friday; lower 70s with Saturday and Sunday in the 60s. But, back into the 70s Monday and looking at 80s next week. Slight chance of rain later today. Chances again tomorrow, but the best chance appears to be Friday.

We have seen pretty steady generation for past five days. An average cfs of 6500, and level around 707′. The level in Table Rock has also stablized around 916.8′. We’ll just have to wait and see what the generators bring over the next few days.

With the water stabilizing, fishing has been very good. Dana on the water half a day Sunday with Jeff, one of his regulars from Defiance, MO. They had a really good day on the CQ streamer, the big ruby and a size 14 Primrose & Pearl midge.

James - 5/6/13

Monday, Stan took James, from Arkansas, out all day. Great day for James on the big ruby, the CQ streamer and a red holographic crackleback. James had not been fly fishing for several years and I think he is glad he decided to get back into it. Jim had one of his long-time regulars, Frank from Belton, MO, out all day Monday and again for half a day on Tuesday. They had a great day on the CQ streamer, red midge with a black midge dropper and a black wooly bugger.

Also out on Tuesday was Stan with a couple guys from Oklahoma, Bob and Dennis. Another guy who had been away from fly fishing for several years, Dennis, had a great time. Both guys did well on the big ruby and the red crackleback. Gary from here in Branson spent a good part of the day on the water with Carolyn. We were scouting around for more places where the fish have moved with this higher water. Great day pulling the CQ streamer and holographic green crackleback. Probably the better sized fish were on the size 16 red d-ribbed midge dropped under the big ruby. Life is good!

We have had it all over the past two days, snow, sleet, and rain….plus, obviously, cold temperatures! Air conditioning one day, furnace the next! Oh well, this too shall pass. Looking forward to some warmer temperatures for the coming week. Monday will start us out in the 70 and continue at this level into the weekend. Yeah!

Now for the rest of the story….Turned on a couple generators yesterday morning at 6:00 a.m. and they have been running ever since. Flow varies from one unit up to a low three units. Projection for Monday is more of the same.

Water and weather have made guide trips a bit tough. Jim out yesterday with David and Kyle from Oklahoma. Wanted to learn more on how to fly fish, so Jim certainly took care of that. And, they also caught some fish on the red midge, the black zebra and the CQ streamer. John and his wife, Lisa spent half a day with Darrell. This was a new experience for Lisa. They too caught some fish, mainly on the ruby midge. We have a women’s fly fishing clinic scheduled yesterday and the rain, snow and sleet made it difficult for most of the ladies to make it. The three who did, Lori, Debbie and Mattie, had a great time. The rain cut back by the time we went out to learn and practice fly casting. We now have three more women throwing some mean fly rods out there!

Weather looking pretty good except for Friday, when we have a chance for rain. Temperatures will be in the 60s tomorrow through Saturday and then into the 70s well into next week. By Thursday, rain chances are creeping back but temperatures remain more seasonal.

The other side of this coin is generation. With the rain we had last week, Table Rock has been generating non-stop for the ;ast seven days. Good news, (yes, there is some) is that they are not generating full board like they did last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Monday, they cut back to the equivalent of two generators with 6500 cfs. Since then, it is varied only slightly up or down from this level. Table Rock Lake is close to power pool, so it remains to be seen what they will do over the weekend.

Sorry for the late fishing report…..not really. Gina and I took off for the Orvis Rendezvous in Missoula, Montana last Thursday. What a great event, but even better, what a great fishing city. We were able to fish the Bitterroot River three days in a row. Tough duty!!!! Unfortunately, or fortunately, we got stuck in Missoula for an extra day due to the weather.

Now to the local news! Last week, Darrell, Jim and Stan took out the annual Texas group. Stan had Dan and Harold. What a great day they had on the size 18 ruby midge or stripping the insect green soft hackle or the holographic green crackleback. Lou and Jimmie fished with Darrell. Another happy boat load on the black zebra midge with the copper head. Jim’s guys, Richard and Richard (bet that boat was confused all day) had their good day on the CQ streamer, blood worm and silver headed black midge.

Wednesday, Jim had his regular, Bud from Lee’s Summit out for a great half day. Water was rising, but they caught lots of fish on the CQ streamer, a gold crackleback, and a size 14 red midge with a size 18 silver headed black midge dropper. Stan had Paul, and his son Tim out for half a day. They had a good day on the red midge dropped under the big ruby.

Saturday, Darrell took Cheryl and Gary, from Texas out for half a day. This was the first day of the “high” generation and definitely tough. Stan had their friends, Ron and Jamie. All are beginners, so this was like jumping into fly fishing with both feet! They did boat some fish on the big ruby. Not a banner day, but certainly not a wash out! Jim had one of his regulars from Springfield out for half a day, Jim. Jim’s friend Keith was with him. They had a good day, especially with the water conditions, on the bug-eyed bugger, and a black midge dropper under the red midge.

Did I mention….Gina and I were catching our fish on a dry skwala stonefly pattern! What a hoot! Ready to do it again! But, certainly glad to be home.

Big warm up the past few days. Temperatures in the 70s. Warm temperatures are supposed to continue through Wednesday. Wednesday night looks like chances of rain which will continue into Thursday which will bring a cool down. Mid 60s Thursday, low 50s Friday, but warming up Saturday and Sunday into the mid 60s.

We have seen no generation since Wednesday and then they ran two generators for a while Wednesday night. Tomorrow’s projection shows the eqeuivalent of a low one generator all day. We really need this to clean some of the algae out of the river. Getting pretty “uckie” in places.

Wonderful day on the water this past Saturday. Jim went out in the afternoon with Don and Ramona from Arkansas. Both are fairly new fly fishers and Jim worked with them on technique. they caught fish on the black zebra midge, the primrose & pearl and strilling a gold/olive CQ streamer. Stan on the water all day with Kenny and Andrea from the St. Charles area. Carolyn took their friends, Mark and Lisa from Wright City. Another great fly fishing day for Kenny and Andrea. They fished with Stan last November. Although they caught fish on several patterns, probably their best pattern was the size 16 insect green soft hackle (light olive). By the way, this was Kenny and Andrea’s birthdays. Happy birthday! Carolyn’s couple, Mark and Lisa are pretty new to fly fishing so we started out working a bit on casting. Started out with the roll cast and progressed to the pick up and lay down cast. Good students! They did very well and finished up the bulk of the day catching lots of fish. Probably the best pattern was the size 18 ruby midge. Hooked a few on the insect green soft hackle, the holographic green crackleback and a primrose & pearl midge. For a while in the afternoon, Lisa just stood in one place above Trophy Run with a smile on her face catching fish.

Cold, wet, and windy are the three words to describe yesterday. Today is better, but it is still a bit chilly. Looking for mid 50s and still a chance for rain tomorrow. Friday is looking up…..upper 60s and mostly sunny, Saturday low 70s and partly cloudy, or partly sunny (I like this one better). Sunday will be in the mid 60s and chances of (40%) thunderstorms. Next week looks like upper 60 to low 70s and chances (again, 40-50%) of rain.

No generation the past two days. Wehad a couple unit going Monday morning, but they turned it off and it has been off ever since. Prior to that, we had almost three solid days of generation.

Stan on the water last Friday with Stan and Ruth from Illinois. Great day for these guys on the copper dun and P&P midges, and stripping the holographic green crackleback. It was a little cool and rainy in the morning, but turned out to be a very nice day after noon.

This past Saturday and Sunday were both slower than we have been experiencing. Both mornings started out with rain and the water was running. Any trips on the water had to work for the fish. Stan had Walt and his friend, Dick, from Georgia on the water all day Sunday. They caught fish, mainly on the CQ streamer, and, as I said, they worked for them. Monday was a whole different day. Anything you put on almost caught fish. The guys had a fun time fishing soft hackles. This was their first experience and they thought that was great. When they got tired of catching on the soft hackles, they went to the CQ streamer again. Tuesday, in the cold, rainy, windy day, they went out for a couple hours and caught the heck out of them again on these patterns, but it got so miserable, it was a shorten trip. These guys have fished a lot and a lot of places and were really fun to fish with.

Now I know why they say “spastic as a March hare” They must have been thinking about the weather! Past couple weeks, the weather has been that way! Last Monday it was in the 30s with 30 mph winds. Yesterday is was in the low 70s with very little wind. We are looking at 60s tomorrow, then 40s Tuesday. Good news, by the weekend, back into the 60s and 70s through Monday. No moisture chances except for this coming Tuesday.

Generation schedule not quite what they projected over the weekend. No generation today….wrong! One generator on at 7:00 a.m. and it is still on. Projection for tomorrow says one low for a while in the a.m. then off for 5-6 hours and back on in the late afternoon. As always, we’ll see.

Stan on the water last Monday with Dean and Chris from Oklahoma. If it was warmer than 30 degrees in Oklahoma, I think they wished they had stayed home. It was bitter on the river, but they stuck it out for the day. Terrible weather to get introduced to fly fishing! They had a good day on the lightning bug with a ruby dropper.

Tuesday was definitely warmer. Darrell had Bob from Canada out for half a day. Good day fishing on the Primrose & Pearl midge.

Tom and his daughter, Taylor, spent half a day Wednesday on the water with Carolyn. Fun day for us. New experience for Taylor and she did very well. Good day for father/daughter on the P&P, or ruby dropped from the lightning bug.

Thursday, Gina introduced David, and his two daughters, Rachael and Megan to fly fishing. They had a great day learning and catching on the primrose & pearl midge.

Weather has been good. Maybe not as good as the fishing as we are still battling wind every day, but warm and sunny most of the time. However, I think this is coming to an abrupt end for the next 3-4 days. We are supposed to see ice and snow with a high in the mid 30s tomorrow. Friday looks like cloudy with a chance of rain and snow (50%) and a high around 40. Saturday, cloudy with a chance of rain and snow (again, 50%0 an a high in the upper 40s…..snow won’t stay around too long. Sunday we are still looking at a chance for rain and snow, with lower temperatures in the low 40s. Good news now. Monday through Thursday the temperatures will start warming up. Start out Monday with mid 40 and end up Thursday with upper 50s. Partly sunny each day.

Generation continues to be minimal. On the days they are running, it is pretty low. No generation yesterday and again today. Yesterday they started out with a low one, upped it to a low two for a little while then back to a low one. According to the projection, we will have no generation tomorrow.

Fishing continues to be great, especially when they are not generating. With the low generation, fishing is still very good, but not quite as good as with it off.

Stan had Gary and Stephen on the water this past Sunday. That was one of those low generation days that was outstanding. This was Gary’s birthday present from his wife and it turned out to be a great birthday present! Despite the heavy wind and the fact that the temperature did not get above 40 until 3:00 p.m. good bite all day and lots of fish to the boat on the P&P and ruby midges.

Tuesday, Dana had Damon and his father-in-law, Richard, out for half a day. This was the day they increased the flow for a couple hours in the morning before cutting it back to a low. Even with the erratic water, it was a good day for these guys on the P&P, the big ruby and a size 16 red midge. By the way, happy birthday Richard! Jim had Scott and his son Chandler out for half a day. Good day for these guys too on the red midge the P&P and a black midge with gold head.

Weather has been great, except for the wind. But if it was perfect, we would not have anything to grunch about. Rain today and even a very slight chance of snow tonight. Tomorrow will be much cooler than it has been…mid 40s, and mostly cloudy. By Tuesday, we will warm up into the upper 50s, so with Wednesday. Thursday…look out! upper 60s to low 70s, Friday mid 60s and Saturday low 70s again. Maybe Spring has sprung!

We continue to see no generation! Off again today and projected to be off tomorrow. We’ll see what tomorrow brings. We know they have to generate something someday!

Can’t think of a better word to describe fishing except fantastic! Almost everyone catching lots of fish on lots of patterns and still some very nice rainbows.

Jim on the water last Wednesday with Jack and DJ from Florida. These two firefighters had a great on the water catching and learning. Jim worked with them on casting techniques and streamer work. So they caught fish on the boack midge with a blood worm dropper and the CQ Streamer.

Don and Steve from Illinois spent Thursday on the water with Stan. Great day. Steve has now broken his all time record for the number of fish to the boat. They caught fish all day on the P&P with the ruby dropper and the red ass soft hackle. Only negative to their day was fighting the wind! Not a problem, didn’t hurt the catching any.

Friday, Darrell took Marv and Richard out for half a day. Marv is from Indiana and Richard from Kansas. They both try to fish here every year some time in March or April. Great day for these guys too. Fished the P&P midge and the P&P soft hackle. Fun day! Stan had Doc from Oklahoma out all day. Lots of fish on the P&P midge for Doc!

Worked with a lady from Michigan for a short time yesterday. She is brand new to fly fishing and just wanted to catch a fish. Once she got her fly into the water, the fish did the rest. Hope she doesn’t think it will be this easy all the time. In a short period fo time she caught several fish on the size 18 ruby midge. Her best catch of the day was a 22 inch rainbow stripping the CQ streamer.

Gina and I played a little Friday afternoon. Fun day on the CQ streamer and the olive filoplume. We have been sending folks out with the red or red ass soft hackle, P&P and ruby midges, and reports are “catching” on all these patterns.

 

Today, Monday, was fantastic. Temperatures in the 60s and mostly sunny. Tomorrow will be another day with temperatures expected to be in the mid 40s, sunny start giving way to cloudy skies and brisk winds, 15-20 mph. We will start the upswing Wednesday when we will see clearing and temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. Thursday looks like mid 50s and clear, but Friday will be the winner. Temperatures in the low 60s, mostly clear and low winds. Sunday is showing a chance of showers but temperatures in the mid tu upper 50s.

No generation for at least the past four days. It has been a waders heaven! According to the projection, we will see another no generation day again tomorrow. Lots of fishers enjoying the nice weather and off generation and very good fishing!

Stan on the water Sunday with Mike and his soon to be son-in-law, Adam. Very good half day for these guys on the red ass soft hackle, a few on a dark olive soft hackle. Also caught them on the size 18 ruby and rusty midges. Caught several on the red and green cracklebacks. Fun day. Great weather!

 

The weather just wants to let us know who’s boss. Our forecast for today is for 20-30 mph winds and high temperature of 47 degrees. 70% chance of rain but not much….maybe a quarter inch. Tonight we are looking at occasional rain or snow after midnight continuing into tomorrow morning. High tomorrow will be in the upper 30s with 15-25 mph winds. Shiver! After this moves through, we will have temperatures in the low 40s to upper 30s through the weekend. By next week, maybe in the low 50s.

Had some type of generation over the four and a half days. Of course, they generated something over the weekend. Today, on the other hand, since it is Monday, there is no generation. Oh well! As I say, life in a tailwater! For the most part, however, the generation has been low and definitely fishable.


How about this pretty rainbow? Gary and his friend, Lonnie, were fishing yesterday with a low one generator and Lonnie hooked this nice rainbow on a hare’s ear nymph.

Jim took Jim and his son, Scott out for half a day Sunday. Jim is from Michigan and actually knows some of the people Jim Lund (our guide) knows in Michigan. So it was not only a fun day of “catching up”, but also catching. Good day on the CQ streamer, a size 18 red midge and the black zebra with a silver head.

Maybe this coming week will be winter’s last fling! We did get some sleet, snow, rain and freezing rain last Thursday. However, almost all traces of that event are gone. Beautiful day yesterday and again today. Temperatures in the 40s yesterday and no wind. Today looks like low 50s, sunshine and a little winc. Tomorrow is calling for low 50s, with a chance of showers and thundershowers in the a.m. giving way to steadier rain in the afternoon. More seasonal temperatures the rest of the week in the mid to upper 30s. Looks like a slow warm up over the weekend (low to upper 40s), and into the low 50s by early next week.

Some type of generation every day since Thursday, when they turned on the equivalent of one generator at 8:00 a.m. and we have seen low to the equivalent of 1-1/2 generators every day. So far, the higher generation has been in the a.m. and shut down to a low one by 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. each day. The projection for tomorrow is no generation until 5:00 p.m. and it is projected to be a low one.

Fishing continues to be good to very good. Although very few, if any, fishers were on the water Thursday, it didn’t slow down the fishers Friday, Saturday or today. Everyone is reporting good days on size 16 or smaller gray scuds, red midges, size 14 hare’s ear nymphs, egg patterns, cracklebacks and sculpins or olive wooly buggers.

Jim on the water half a day yesterday with Reg, from Illinois. Very good day for Reg on the size 10 CQ streamer, a size 18 black midge and the red midge. By the time they got on the water, it had cut back to a low one generator. This has been fishing very well.

Today we have a chance of thunderstorms, probably later in the day. Right now it is partly cloudy and 55 degrees. High today is expected in the low 60s. Tomorrow and Saturday will be in the mid 50s and a chance of rain Saturday night and Sunday. Sunday should be in the low 60s. However, out on the near horizon, we are seeing mid 40s for Monday, low 40s Tuesday and a chance of showers and snow by Wednesday. Even if we get snow Wednesday, it won’t be around long as Wednesday temperatures are predicted to be mid 40s.

Generation all day Tuesday and for a while yesterday morning. Projection for today is no generation until 5:00 p.m. when they will fire up one generator for 3 hours.

Stan and I went out Tuesday around noon. What a beautiful day! Hooked a couple nice fish early on a CQ streamer, but rest of the day on streamers were not the ticket. They wanted the copper dun midge dropped under the size 16 red tunghead midge. Great weather, other than the wind blowing cross river on occasion, fishing with my best friend, Stan. and catching fish. It doesn’t get better.

Darrell had Al and Steve , from the St. Louis area out all day yesterday. They all came draging in last night worn out from catching fish! Great day on the big ruby midge, the size 18 ruby and an egg pattern.

Another local fisher hooked a big rainbow yesterday. Eric landed a 30 inch male rainbow some time yesterday afternoon.

Weather continues to be great!  We are looking at a chance of rain tomorrow and again Sunday.  Otherwise, temperatures remaining in the 50s to low 60s until next week.  Monday and Tuesday we return to more normal temperatures for this time of the year….40s.

We  have see very little or no generation until yesterday.  Saturday they ran a low one generator all day, but it was at a level where wade fishing was possible in many area.  Yesterday morning they cranked it up to 707 plus then dropped it in the afternoon to the 703 range until later in the day when it went up to almost 705.  Today’s projection is for generation all day in a fashion similar to what they did yesterday.  

Red has been the hot color for several days now.  This beautiful 27 inch rainbow was caught by one of our customers, Louie, Sunday just at dusk…you know, it was that “just one more cast” symdrome.  Hooked it on a red soft hackle.  Good job Louie!  Fly fishers have been finding that anything red or with red on it has been catching fish.  Red soft hackles (obviously!), red cracklebacks, tan scuds with red heads and red midges, are a few I have heard.  However, don’t forget stripping.  Streamer fishing has been great too.  Probably at the top of the list has been the olive filoplume, followed closely by the olive CQ streamer.  Also, a size 8 olive sculpin pattern.  

Take advantage of this great weather.  Go fishing.  I know, I sound like a broken record, but we don’t get this kind of weather in February all the time.

Great weather we are having.  Yesterday was in the 50s, today (Sunday) is in the 50s, and we are looking at at least 50s for all of next week.  Might even see a 60s in there somwhere.  Monday’s prediction is for some showers and there is a possibility of showers again Thursday (right now it is 40% chance).

Generation has been off almost every day this past week.  We have a low one generator running today, but the level is such you can wade in many places.  The projection for tomorrow is no generating until late in the day.  Table Rock went up two feet after this last rain we had.  

Fishing has been great!  Dana had Richard, from Kansas, out for half a day.


Fishing has been great!  Dana had Richard, from Kansas, out for half a day Saturday.  Lots of fish, including this pretty rainbow, on the P&P and copper head black midges.  Stan had Gary, who lives in Branson, out for half a day once it warmed up.  They had a fun day stripping the CQ streamer.  Gary has not fished this way alot and he really enjoyed it.  Yesterday was an especially good day for pulling almos any kind of streamer.  Carolyn and a friend, Penny, decided to go fishing after Penny finished up with the fly tying clinic at the shop.  Stripping was the word.  Stripped the holographic red crackleback, the CQ streamer, olive filoplume (probably the best pattern), and finally a golden variant scuplin.  Penny also caught several on the size 18 ruby midge.  Says she is spoiled catching fish like it was fishing.

Weather turned a little sour yesterday afternoon. By 5:00 p.m. the tornado sirens were warning Branson residents to take cover. Fortunately, the storm blew threw with minimal affect on our area and left some much needed rain. Once we get through today, tomorrow, and Friday, temperatures should return to the 50s for most, if not all of next week.

We have had no generation simce last Friday. Before that, they ran three days straight. Today’s projection is for no generation all day. I expect we will see some generation this week, especially since Table Rock is at 905.

Fishing has been very, very good for several day. Not a whole lots of fishers out there, but for those who are fishing, it’s more about catching than fishing.

Stan had Philip, from Indiana, out yesterday until the storms ran them off. Once they honed in on a partridge and orange soft hackle, it was fish after fish. Nothing big, but lots of fish who thought they were big. Full of fight! I fished for a while and had the same experience. After I got tired of catching on soft hackles (hard to imagine), I tried a few other patterns. Everything worked! Even with the overcast day, holographic green cracklebacks were hot. Caught so many fish, my hook broke and I wondered why I was missing so many. Duh Carolyn….check your fly! Sculpins, CQs, scuds, filoplumes, rusty midge….get it in the water!

Almost forgot. How about this nice 20 inch plus, plus caught by one of our customers, Scott, weekend before last on a holographic green crackleback?

Crazy weather we have been having. 30s one day and 50s the next. Today we are expecting mid 50s, 60s tomorrow and possibly 70s Monday and Tuesday following by mid 40s on Wednesday. Not complaining…makes for some nice fishing days!

Table Rock ran three days straight, Tuesday through Thursday. Off yesterday and again today and tomorrow; with a little scheduled for early Monday morning then off most of the day.

Like I said, weather has been bazaar and Darrell and his guests wound up with one of the coolest days of the week this past Tuesday. Monday didn’t look good, Wednesday looked so, so, so we picked Tuesday……wrong! Weather did a complete 180. Anyway, Doug and Roxanne, from Minnesota had a good catching half day on the black zebra midge and a red ruby midge with a small white marabou tail. Doug caught a nice 17-1/2″ rainbow. Good thing these folks are from Minnesota. Even though it was cool, it felt like a spring day to them. I think it was 8 below zero in the area where they live.

Fishing continues to be very good and on lots of patterns. Hope you are fishing during this nice weather break!

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