Flow Slowed... A Bunch!

[JCWolfe]

Dan- I guess they deleted it off their wall... it's not there.

You probably saw the info page, at left,under profile picture, click on wall. That's what I did.

[brittsnbirds]

So if the wife and I want to come down for the first time. Pull the trailer and head to a state park will I be able to wade fish. Was going to BSSP instead but if the water is down and they don't open any more gates then could the wade/fly fishing be OK?

[Phil Lilley]

They're still running 2 units so wading is limited. There were a bunch of people up there last evening along the banks... most were rookies and seemed to not have a clue what to do.

There are a ton of nice rainbows, few browns and lots of white bass along the banks. I caught my limit of whites in short order and I casted less than 5 feet from the bank. They're in eddies or slower water.

Yesterday was tough on rainbows, said the guides. But that's normal after a big flow change. They'd settled down by last evening- I caught a few nice ones on sculpin jigs.

[Phil Lilley]

Facebook is weird sometimes.... posts don't show up. At home, those series of posts on releases aren't there but I just looked at it here at church and they're there. So I amended my post on their wall.

The fact remains that the Corp should have told the proper authorities they were going to change the flow. Facebook is fine for socializing but not for official news releases.

[laker67]

They're still running 2 units so wading is limited. There were a bunch of people up there last evening along the banks... most were rookies and seemed to not have a clue what to do.

There are a ton of nice rainbows, few browns and lots of white bass along the banks. I caught my limit of whites in short order and I casted less than 5 feet from the bank. They're in eddies or slower water.

Yesterday was tough on rainbows, said the guides. But that's normal after a big flow change. They'd settled down by last evening- I caught a few nice ones on sculpin jigs.

Thanks for keeping us updated Phil. What is the tailrace level with 2 units going, assuming that the boards are still down at powersite?

[Phil Lilley]

Boards are still down.

Between 707 and 708 right now.

[Patrick M]

i was thinking about heading down to the public fishing area at the dam. are the stairs at outlet 2 still there?

[Phil Lilley]

They are.

[Greg]

Wading Taney with 2 units going is really tough. But conversely I've caught some of my biggest fish with 2 or more generators going. It's just not as much fun because you are so limited in where you can fish.

[laker67]

Boards are still down.

Between 707 and 708 right now.

Thank you Phil.