Tim's Fly Shop

05/31/2026

We miss him dearly

05/31/2026

The water is clearing. It is 84 CFS today. The fly fishing is getting better. We started getting a few fish on beetles, there have been several good reports of people catching fish on caddis and on parachute Adams. Black woolly buggers black pine squirrel leeches we're very good this week. There were lots of fish caught on egg patterns and mop flies the brighter color seemed to be best, cream, yellow, orange, and chartreuse seem to be doing pretty good for most people. Lots of trout were caught, using thread jigs under an indicator there were also quite a few fish caught on copper John's doesn't tails and on scuds this past week.
Crackle backs are still working pretty good. We have been using a slightly bigger pattern and fishing them under the surface instead of on top a sinking or an intermediate line right now does seem to help with that particular kind of fly. It also works well with the woolly buggers and the pine squirrel leeches if you have one now is a good time to use it.
In the murky water, you can get away with 6X and 5X tippet material right now, I am still fishing a 9' leader.
If you get in on the Trico hatch in the morning, you will need a 7X tippet, a 9 to 12 foot leader really helps with these little flies. They only hatch from daylight to about 9 o'clock but if you're fishing small dries 7X will still be best.
A pink and white trout magnet fish under an indicator did very well this week for a couple of my regular customers one of them caught a nice 3 pound fish on a black trout magnet hellgrammite, in the murky water black seemed to be a good color for a lot of things this week. Black rooster tails did very a did the skunk rooster tail, and there were several trout caught on pink, and yellow rooster tails this week.
The jig fishing is getting better lots of trout caught yesterday on micro jigs, black/yellow, olive, and ginger were all working.
Most people were fishing 1/32 and 1/16 ounce marabou jigs this
week, black and yellow, white, olive green, ginger, and brown, all worked well this past week. If you're fishing, plastic baits, orange and white worms, pink and white worms and yellow cheese colored worms all did pretty good if you were using the plastic salmon, eggs, natural fish, oil, white, and fluorescent yellow eggs all did pretty good if you're using the 1 inch power bait grubs, pink and yellow, seemed to be the best colors and as usual brown still seems to work best around the Twin Falls area close to the hatchery. Zone three will fished really well this week. With the increase in water seems like there are more fish in that area than usual night crawlers and minnows work well in zone three and if you need to buy those, you will need to go to sportsman's corner 5 miles north of the park on the way to Cassville to get those items. They are the closest place to get them if you are in the park good luck on the river this week.

05/30/2026

Both have been working pretty good this past week, trout love to eat hellgrammites. And the pink and white trout magnet was a killer color this week.

05/30/2026

I hear they are giving away a lot of stuff, go check em out

One Whole Year. It's crazy that we're quickly approaching a whole year of building this community with you and highlighting all the cool fly fishing opportunities around OK and the Ozarks!

Come celebrate with us on Saturday May 30th! Brand reps will be on site, lots of food, and screaming deals and giveaways. Don't miss out!

05/25/2026

If you are going to try to fly fish today, mop flies like these glow balls, Y2K bugs and large woolly buggers will probably be your best choice on the upper end where it has cleared a little quicker you might be able to catch a few on a drive if you're lucky it'll be another few days before the water drops enough for the dry fly fishing to get better. Usually when the water is off colored, pink and yellow, are good choices for things to fish under an indicator or when you can see the fish to sight fish.
Plastic baits will still be very effective all day yesterday. It was the 1 inch pink and yellow power bait gulp crawlers that work very well for most people. White eggs were also pretty good.

05/25/2026

Looks like fishing is good on the Beaver tail waters. It only 25 miles from the park, just another great way to spend your day in the Ozarks.

05/24/2026

I sold one of those yesterday

05/24/2026

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-07050152/ =continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showFieldMeasurements=true&showMedian=true

Water is 156 CFS Sunday morning , the 24th of May, it will continue to fall until we get more rain, of course and I guess we can't get some more rain this week but right now the river is fishable with power bait, mostly large, spinners, heavier, spinners, or put more weight on the spinner you have will help at the moment with the water being dirty. You can get away with 4 pound line no problem with the murky water I believe the brighter power baits like orange fluorescent yellow, and the pink will probably be better than most other baits today. Just remember the more water you have the more weight you need to keep your bait down where the fish can get to it. As far as floods go this wasn't too bad actually the river probably will benefit from the water even though it will screw up somebody's plans for a little while, but all in all it should make the fishing better, when the water comes up a lot of fish will move up stream with it. A lot of the little browns they put out last winter below the park will make their way up into the park now with this increase in water.
You could probably catch a fish or two on a fly rod. If you work at it today large mop, flies glow balls, bright colored San Juan worms, large, larger bead, head nymphs, and large woolly buggers will probably count for any fish caught today on a fly rod. The upper part of the river zone one normally clears first and is the easiest to fish after heavy rains.
Bright colored plastic worms will also be good today fish with extra weight to keep them down. I'm sure there will be plenty of fish caught on worms and eggs today. We will probably have mercury water for at least a week but once the water level hits 100 CFS the river does start clearing quicker. Good luck on the river this week.

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05/23/2026

The river has come up pretty good if it falls like it normally does it should be pretty decent by morning at least it will be good for power of bait fishing and heavy spinners. I don't think the fly fishing will be good for a few days. The rain is moving out of the area hopefully for the rest of the night.
You will just have to watch the USGS site for Roaring River
For more information through the night.