Missouri River Fly Fishing Report “Be patient, BWOs are near.” Current Flows: 3,300+ Weather Forecast: Windy, in the 70s, lots of sunshine Hatch Report: Pseudos, Caddis, October Caddis Folks, we got an October that feels kind of like a warm July at times. Lots of sunshine, we’re in between hatches but don’t tell that to.. read more →
Missouri River Fly Fishing Report “Be patient, BWOs are near.” Current Flows: 3,800+ Weather Forecast: 70s & 80s during the week, In the upper 80s on Wednesday Hatch Report: Few Tricos, Few Caddis, Psuedos, Soon to be Baetis We’re mostly nymphing because we’re in between hatches. Girdle still significant but a lot of us.. read more →
Missouri River Fly Fishing Report “Fight them weeds!” Current Flows: 4,590 Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy, Mid 70s — Saturday & Sunday Hatch Report: Few Tricos, Few Caddis, Psuedos, Soon to be Baetis With cooler temps, the fishing should improve. Water temps drop, bugs start coming out and then with the cloudier weather we could be.. read more →
Missouri River Fly Fishing Report “Early bird is going to get the fish.” Current Flows: 4,200 Weather Forecast: Low 80s & Partly Cloudy Hatch Report: Tricos, Caddis, Hoppers, Psuedos It’s my favorite season — ZIRDLE SZN! Nymphing with what is a basically a streamer with a well planned dropper is phenomenal. The other great.. read more →
Missouri River Fly Fishing Report “Happy Dad’s Day. Now go fishin’!” Current Flows: 6,100+ Weather Forecast: Saturday — Windy, in the 70s Sunday — cooler, 60s to 70s Hatch Report: PMD, Caddis, Midges The Missouri River change in flows are affecting the fishing a little and that means you’ll have switch up quite often, change depths, and try to.. read more →
Mighty Mo’ Fly Fishing Report “The Return of the BWO!” Current Flows: 3,600+ cfs Weather Forecast: Saturday — Upper 50s & sunny Sunday — Upper 50s & cloudy Hatch Report: Midges, BWOs Guess who’s back? BWO SZN! That’s right, that ole baetis has finally arrived on the Missouri River. For the past four to five days, anglers have been.. read more →
Yet again, we’ve had an early shot of winter. The roads have largely been plowed clear as of this writing, but use caution tomorrow- the mercury here is dropping into the single digits tonight. The ramps are usable (sort of). A quick rundown of where you can/can’t put in in the upper river: Dam- eh,.. read more →
Dry fly fishing on the mighty MO has picked up noticeably! With lower flows than we have seen in weeks (7410 cfs), our fish have been up on the surface and enjoying a smorgasbord of midges, Baetis, and March Browns, with the March Browns largely popping off in the lower river. Dry fly patterns include.. read more →
Summer has arrived and with it, lots and lots of aqua. We saw an increase from 11,000 CFS to 16,500 in a matter of a couple of days. As you could guess this created some chocolate milk flavored water to pour into the Missouri via its tributaries, particularly the Dearborn, which was throwing in a.. read more →
With our morning starting out at 42 degrees in mid February, it is tough to call that winter weather, but when you slip into that 35 degree water, the MO reminds you that it is indeed still winter. Even though it is mid February, we decided to do a short float instead of wade fish;.. read more →
