Roaring River Water Condtions Report

[timsfly]

Roaring River is still high and murky, but we are still in better shape than a lot of places in Missouri right now, the high water has taken its toll on a lot of fishing areas this past couple of weeks.

Most fish are still being caught on plastic worm and plastic eggs. The brighter colored worms and eggs are still working the best, if you are fishing near the hatchery the hatch brown has been working well. Spinners and crankbaits are still catching their share of trout, black, brown, green and skunk colored spinners are working well, if you are fishing crankbaits the chartruse rebel crawfish are good and so are the gold/black rapalas. Marabou jigs and the roaring river specials are still working fine, you need the heaiver ones to get down. I'm using 1/16th and 1/8th oz jigs right now, black, brown, olive and the black/yellow have been good colors. With the water being up and murky you can use 4lb line and do just fine right now.

If you are going to fly fish, use black, olive, blue, tan and brown woolybuggers, the coneheads and the beadhead buggers work best right now.

Even using the cone or beadhead buggers you are going to have to add weight to get the flies down, just about any fly you throw right now is going to need added weight. Copper johns, pheasant tails, gold ribbed hares ears, flashback nymphs, glo-balls, and san juan worms are all good right now. There have been some reports of fish rising and taking cracklebacks and caddis, I'm sure in some of the holes were the current has eased up a bit there will start being more dry fly action. The river is getting better and clearer everyday, it is going to take a few weeks to get it back into the shape it was in during march.

If you are going to fish zone 3 minnows and powerbait paste in white have been good choices all week.

Tim's Fly Shop

Tim Homesley

rt-4 box 4088

Cassville,MO

65625

[Steve Smith]

I really struggled Saturday, but Sunday was great. Cracklebacks and elk hair caddis were great in the slow moving pools. Olive woolies were even better, but enjoyed the dry fly fishing most

[mbgrulz]

Coming down Saturday, and maybe Monday. Anybody care to give me an update on water clarity and/or depth?

[timsfly]

It is still dirty, but getting better everyday, you can see a foot or so in the slower water.

[Steve Smith]

Went to Roaring River at lunch time, and the river is looking really good. The flow is still up, but the levels are where they were just before the last flood. You can see maybe a foot or so down like Tim wrote. The fall Gates are still open, but the Dry Hollow flow is clear and minimal. The log that dammed the hatchery pool is washed out under it, with very little flow over the top. It's a wonder that the force of the water didn't take that log completely out. One guy with a spinning rig caught a nice rainbow out of the north fall's foam at the hatchery pool. I'd guess it between eight and nine pounds. At least eight easily.

[Zach Bearden]

How is it doing now? I know we got a rain down here in OK. the other day. I didn't know if you guys had gotten any part of it...

[timsfly]

How is it doing now? I know we got a rain down here in OK. the other day. I didn't know if you guys had gotten any part of it...

everything is the same, the water is getting better everyday.

[Irv]

I realize there is no law saying that this forum needs to be current, but really, data over three years old should either be updated or the forum simply deleted.

[timsfly]

Boy that is an old report, I wrote a new one not a week or so ago, wonder how you found this

Old report? Water is normal and clear, fishing has been great, really good dry fly

Fishing the past 3 weeks.

I'm heading that way in just a few, going to fish all day, I love days off.

[Trout Commander]

I realize there is no law saying that this forum needs to be current, but really, data over three years old should either be updated or the forum simply deleted.

I always just click "View New Content" in the upper right hand corner of the home page. It's right under your name and picture. Then you don't have to look at an old stuff unless you want to. The old stuff is pretty important to have on hand though, and I for one am glad that Phil pays for the server space to keep it there.