Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

Well - we've got rain and lots of water. Had 3 inches in the last 36 hours which I think will put Table Rock over power pool. But at the moment our lake out in front of our place is pretty brown from the rain this morning with lots of small debry on top. The wind has pushed to the banks for now but you still have to be careful when boating. Fishing is a little tough but it will improve fast when they run water later today.

They have been running water every evening for about an hour. The report is that there is good water above Fall Creek and fishing is very good up there. Vince fished up there last evening and caught lots of rainbows using jig and float, sculpin jigs. Steff and Jean have been fishing yesterday and today and reported the water situation to me today and that they are doing well on brown (mink) scuds and red zebra midges. They caught over 50 rainbows yesterday and 22 as of noon today.

I'll report back everyday to update the water situation.

[Phil Lilley]

Water is quite a bit clearer at the dock but still lots of small debry on the surface. Fishing is good off the dock but the wind makes fishing from a boat tough. There's clear water below Fall Creek now all the way to the dam.

[Phil Lilley]

Very windy today so fishing was tough on Taney and other lakes. But Steff said the water above Fall Creek is in great shape. With water running this evening, it should be clear to Short Creek by tomorrow.

[Phil Lilley]

Got out this morning and boated almost to Lookout. Water is in good shape at the resort all the way up- good and clear. They seemed to have ran water this morning early- it seemed to be dropping out as we got up there but the Corp chart doesn't indicate it... yet.

Wind was starting to pick up at 8:30 am and continues to gust now. Megan and I tried several things-- scuds, midges with little success. The wind made it tough esp when it wouldn't make up its mind which way it wanted to blow. Then add in the current stopped and switched directions. We ended up on the flat at the Narrows- the current was the fastest I'd ever seen going back towards the dam. Yuk! The fish just don't bite when that happens, in my experience. And they didn't this morning. We did manage a few small rainbows on a soft hackle, black #16 and a #16 orange crackleback.