Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

Friday and Saturday, I got out and fished with a friend from OK - Coy. He doesn't fly fish but that's what we were going to do. High sun and flat water. it was tough but we boated quite a few rainbows. Started at Andy's house below Lookout and worked the shallow side using mink or peppy weight #12 scuds. Always had plenty of tippet under the indicator to keep it on the bottom, scooting along. The takes were slight - had to really pay attention to the float. If we got a chop on the water, the bites picked up.

Fished this evening with Paul Clark, a friend from KC. They're drawing the lake down to work on Powersite - last time! After they install these new gates on top of Powersite, no more boards and no more drawdowns. We boated to the Narrows and found it running pretty fast and shallow. I'm uploading a couple of videos on youtube that'll be ready in the morning. Lots of scuds and sow bugs along the gravel edges moving out with the drop of the water. Lots of scuplins too- lots were stranded on the gravel- I rescued a bunch. The rainbows were up on that bank feasting on the bugs, backs out of the water. Paul hadn't fly fished so we stayed out in the main stream and did ok. We did better late, coming back down in front of the resort and catching rainbows on a red #16 zebra midge under an indicator 12 inches and casting to rising trout. They were agressive and fought hard.

SPA schedule says they're going to start generation at 7 am tomorrow. This is a normal procedure when they drop the lake- run less than one unit at Table Rock and then pull it through the turbines at Powersite. The lake level down here will still be low. The levels above Fall Creek will be higher, but not real high and the current faster. Below the dam, you won't see much of a level difference, just a unit's worth of current. This is to keep the gravel areas from the dam to Fall Creek watered while the construction is done.

On Friday, MDC will start placing boulders in the lake starting up from outlet #2 down past the boat ramp as part of the habitat project. They're planning to work into the following week. That means they'll have the water off for the times they're working those days... but you'll have to share the lake with a couple of front loaders.

[Phil Lilley]

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[Fredrick]

When will they be done with the work at powersite?

[Phil Lilley]

They're estimating 2 weeks.

[Phil Lilley]

I did see 3 big browns below the Narrows last evening. All 3 were 24 inches or bigger.