Lake Taneycomo 1-8-09
Last week the temperatures reached a high of 58 and as I write this a week later it is a cool 9 degrees outside. Taneycomo is more like a tailwater than lake. The daily outflow from Table Rock Dam provides cool and oxygenated water to the trout that inhabit Taneycomo. The best place to wade and cast a fly is right below the dam when there is no power generation and it can still be fished with 1 to 2 generators on. I caught fish on tan scuds dropped below a white egg. The egg did not produce but the scud is a staple at Taneycomo. I also caught a few throwing an olive woolly bugger. These waters are full of trout and at the bottom of the dam the state has a trout hatchery. The area below the dam is designated as Trophy Management Area which means you can only take 4 trout out and only one can be a brown. The fish need to be below 12" or above 20" to be legal size. Like most trout hunters out there catch and release is always the best trophy management there is!


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