Water Up But Not Flooded

[timsfly]

Water is up a foot or so murky, but you can still see fish in the river.

Gonna be a woolybugger, and nymphing week, there may be some

Dry fly fishing , but it will be spotty.

Gonna be a great week for the egg and worm fisherman

[mathman]

Water is up a foot or so murky, but you can still see fish in the river.

Gonna be a woolybugger, and nymphing week, there may be some

Dry fly fishing , but it will be spotty.

Gonna be a great week for the egg and worm fisherman

Lots of rain since 22nd, How's the water now?

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Yeah.. I would love to see some pics of the park after this flood.. Tim is on a vacation, anyone else out there ?

[Murdoc]

In France!!! We We!!! Where is he fishing??

[timsfly]

Yeah.. I would love to see some pics of the park after this flood.. Tim is on a vacation, anyone else out there ?

Duane has taken a lot of pics, and I can't seem to upload them using my Ipad, I'll post

Them after I get home.

[cself]

Duane has taken a lot of pics, and I can't seem to upload them using my Ipad, I'll post

Them after I get home.

Will the park be fishable by the weekend? Hopeing it goes down a bit.

[timsfly]

In France!!! We We!!! Where is he fishing??

I think it is fishable now, but I wouldnt go down with a fly rod this weekend, the flow is still very

fast, and the water is chocolate brown.

[Steve Smith]

Cassville and Roaring River about flooded away, but not as bad as other areas of the Ozarks. I would consider Roaring River tough fishing at least through the weekend - if it can be fished at all. The park folks were clearing debris off the bridges yesterday so the roads would be passable. High water swept logs and trash onto the roadway and bridge closing off access to the hatchery area. I can’t speak to damage to the hatchery area, but there surely will be some issues. Some of the roadway is mud covered in Zone 1 from the rushing waters. The catch and release area doesn’t appear too bad. The campgrounds have a lot of debris swept around the campsites, but not as bad as I expected. The lower end of Zone 2 [Campground #3] has a lot of deadfall washed about, but doesn’t appear severely damaged. There is going to be a lot of cleanup required, and hopefully minimal infrastructure damage. Thought about pictures, but most of the effected areas are roped off.

[timsfly]

Steve take some pics and put them on the forum.

[Steve Smith]

A good part of the park is blocked or barricaded off, but I did take a few pictures. I sent them to Dano to post as our firewall blocks them outgoing. Mostly deadfall and trash. They have closed the bridge in front of the old lodge. Looks washed out at the west end, but hard to tell. I was told water flooded over the 112 bridge across Dry Hollow. A park guy said it looked like a ten foot wall of water. From the debris left from the high water, I'd say that would be pretty accurate. I can't really tell how much infrastructure damage there was as everything is closed. MDC has heavy equipment on site, and are doing a good job cleaning up. Doubt it will be open by this weekend.