Phil Lilley

All Brian wanted to do is get some guys together and fish a day. No tournament. Me and Brian will go fishing and we’ll have a great day.

Sounds fun. I'll go.

Either 25 mw or none at all. Overcast and alittle breeze. Or 4 units and shad coming through. And no fog. I hate fog.

Well Brian... you use to call and talk to one of the guys in the powerhouse about generation. I thought it was cool. Pete (snagged in outlet 3) is a long time forum guy who fishes here a lot. May be he heard of your special relationship. Whatever happen to that guy? Did they change their number?

Alot of those trophies listed were caught below the dam. Today, I don't think many of those trophies caught below the dam are submitted to our office and not counted in our numbers like they were back then. I think we gave a pin and certificate out in 2000. The pins weren't as nice though.

I know you don’t know… but we’ve seen this every year. They hold the lakes at power pool in the winter instead of making room for spring rains, then we have a good chance of flooding, if the big rains come. As much as I love this down water, we need to see some big generation, soon.

When will they start dumping Beaver?? They certainly aren’t in a hurry. Should be doing it now. Winter. Not spring.

That would be awesome!

Nice pics. Did you fish while you were down there? Go by Jeremy's shop?

I'm not seeing big midge hatches like I used to on the lake but midges are what I'm doing the best on lately. The really cool thing about fly fishing, really anywhere on the upper lake, is you have a chance at a good quality trout. There are so many "trophies" in the lake it's crazy.

Perfect day to be on the water.

Great images. I like the ones with the stars in the sky. Thanks Brian.

When I hooked this thing this afternoon, I didn't think I was going to land it. Head shake was awesome. Then I saw the mass. Yep... 7x isn't going to hold this one. We just started carrying some new tippet lines - Courtland and Segars. The Courtland Premium seemed to be much stronger then Rio, at least in the small sizes, so I tied on the 7x just for grins. It was slow out there. Only caught one decent rainbow in about 90 minutes of fishing. Then this one hit. My phone died. I couldn't call anyone to come take a pic. I didn't want to take it in but I knew the water was good and I had a big live well. It did good. Weighed it - 10.4 pounds. 26 inches. Back in the lake- it was still very strong. And I was very happy to see it swim off.

Actually several have gotten to our lower units but this one was the highest on record by a few inches.

January 29, 2015.

I remember when you got that rod. Yeah, you’re probably partying by yourself. 🤣

Fork?

Just like in the previous 2-3 years, we saw some nice rainbows caught in this tournament. It's the first of the year, after a couple of months of light fishing pressure. Friday was very tough. 2 units running on Friday but Saturday they cut to one. Made a lot of difference I guess. Big fish were caught on both live bait and jigs. I don't think there was one thing that did the best.

@duckydoty

You're a good man, DJ. Proud to call you a friend.

I have a MinnKota Fortrex 80 lb 24 v we're taking off a rental. It's in good shape.

You opened the box… you knew you were going to get all kinds of opinions including ones you disagree with. I had it 2 months ago. I got the infusion 5 days in and it really helped. But refer to your doctor.

Thanks for the update. Jeremy Ras said to say hi. We're all praying for a quick recovery.

Rainbow trout..... duh

@Nick Adams I've skimmed through the comments looking for the punch line...