Tim's Roaring River Fishing Report

Tim Homesley has been fishing Roaring River State Park for over 30 years, and has fished an average of 300 days per year for the last 23 years.

In addition to his own outstanding experience on the local streams and lakes, Tim also has access to the experience of the three guides he runs out of his shop.

You can always get the up-to-the-minute fishing information you need by stopping by Tim's Fly Shop!

Guide Phil Glaze, now working through Tim's Fly Shop

Water is still low and clear at the park, use 2-lb line right now.
Dry fly fishing has been good, small dries are great right now
we are catching good numbers of fish on caddis, #16's and smaller
Adams, #16's and smaller, blue wing olives #18's and smaller
Light Cahills (evenings) #14's and smaller, we have had some really
good days on beetles, ants, hoppers, cracklebacks, crickets and
on attractor patterns like royal wulffs and humpys.
Nymph fishing has been good, pheasant tails, copper johns,
sow bugs, burlaps, zebra midges, scuds, and on small brassies, 
most nymphs I'm fishing are #16's and smaller.
glo-balls, thread jigs grubs are all working well, we are fishing
these under and indicator about 30" deep.
Woolybuggers are still as good as ever, black, brown, tan, olive
white and black/yellow are still the best colors right now.
Marabou jigs in black/yellow, white, olive and brown are working
best right now, the gray, and the orange/white has also been good
the past few weeks.
Spinners are good in the mornings, black, skunk, white, olive and brown
are usually the best colors.
Small gold spoons, small crankbaits have all been effective the past few
weeks.
Plastics are always good in the park, high or low water, the best colors
have been hatch brown, white, orange, and flo. yellow in the Power Eggs
and the cheese, white, flo. orange and the orange peel have been good in
the Power Worms.
In zone 3 nightcrawlers and rainbow Power Bait paste has been working the best.
 
Good luck this week and have a safe 4th of July.

 

- Updated 06/30/09

Guide Phil Glaze

Tim caught this 20" McCloud River rainbow out of Crane Creek a few weeks ago - the biggest one he's caught there in a while. 

Here's a beautiful 15-lb, 31 1/2" Char that Tim Homesley caught on a trip to Alaska a couple of weeks ago.

For the latest water conditions from the USGS, log on to http://waterdata.usgs.gov:80/nwis/uv?07050152 .

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Route 4, Box 4088

Cassville, Missouri 65625

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