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I have been fishing both Rim Shoals and the dam. There are a couple places to wade, but you need a boat to get to them. Most of my fishing has been from the boat.

Fished the C&R area this morning and had a good morning. There are still a few (very few) sulphurs coming up, but nothing like it was a couple weeks ago. I ended up with a dozen or so rainbows and a couple small browns. Caught 2 on a sulphur dry fly and the rest on cracklebacks and eggs. Here are a couple of the better rainbows.

I took the boat up to the C&R area below the dam Wednesday. They were running 5 generators, and I anchored quite a way down from the dam. Them about 9am I heard a bunch of rumbling and noticed my anchor wasn't holding. I looked back and saw a wall of water coming from under the spill gates. The water was blowing up a couple of feet under the center spill gate. I pulled the anchor and idled over to the Marion County side of the river. That went on for about 15 minutes with lots of trash in the water. No horn or any other notice. The river came up 2 feet in a couple of minutes. After 15 minutes, the gushing stopped, and the water started to recede. I thought it was over, so I anchored closer to the Marion County side and then about 15 minutes later... here it comes again on the Marion County side of the river. More trash and another wall of water. I pulled the anchor and left. After doing some research, I found out there are conduits that run under the dam, and I guess they were testing the valves and cleaning out the passages. You would think they would blow the horn when they do that. If I was wading, I would have been swimming. A 2-foot rise in a couple minutes would sweep you away if you are already waist deep. So just be careful wading as the Corp of Engineers apparently aren't too concerned about your safety.

Looks like a great adventure. Us old folks need to do these adventures while we still can.😀 Thanks for sharing.

There are a number of places where you can find slack or slower water.

Took the boat up to White Hole access this morning and had a good trip. Ended with 6...1 brown, 1 cuttie and 4 rainbows. Caught 2 on a crackleback, 1 on a girdle bug and 3 on egg flies. Here are 2 of the best rainbows, a 22" and a 21"...

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The COE is releasing lots of water to lower the lake after a very wet spring. Wade fishing is impossible, so I took the boat out this morning and had a good trip. Ended the morning with 11 rainbows, 1 brown and 2 brookies. The best fly today was a girdle bug under an indicator. Here are a few of the better ones.

Fished the C&R area and had a good morning. Only 2 other boats out so it was not crowded. Best fly today was a brown girdle bug dead drifted under an indicator. Ended the morning with 14 including this nice rainbow.

My simple rule for nymphing is one and a half times the depth. I was fishing in 5 feet of water, so set it at 7.5. Adjust accordingly.

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The COE closed the spill gates and SWPA increased generation to all 8 units at maximum generation. I took the boat to the C&R area this morning and had a good morning with a dozen rainbows, 3 average browns and 2 brookies. Missed the slam with no cutties. Best flies today were a girdle bug with a pheasant tail dropper. With these flows I don't use a tapered leader, just 9 feet of 8lb mono and then a 3-foot 5x tippet which gets the flies down. Here's a couple of the better rainbows. Note... I always cover the bottom of the boat with a towel full of cool water before I take the pics and they swim away strong.

Wow. just got off the phone with the family and got the details. Chuck was shredding the area on an open tractor. His grandson was with him and at the truck, Apparently, he ran over a log and disturbed the nest. They immediately swarmed him, and he jumped off the tractor and ran to the truck with the bees swarming him. The grandson, who is 14, got him into the backseat and was also being stung. He "drove" the truck out of the ranch and found a highway patrol officer and stopped the truck. The officer got Chuck out of the truck as there were still bees in there and laid him on the shoulder of the highway. They called the EMS and by the time they got there, he was gone. Coroner said there were 700 stings.