Missouri River Fly Fishing Report “Hot in…..so hot in herre! (on the Mo’) Current Flows: 3,820 Weather Forecast: Mid to Upper 90s throughout the week Hatch Report: PMD, Caddis, Tricos! Hello Summer! Dang, it’s hot in Craig, Montana. Forecasting 90s for the foreseeable future. Important to note, the Missouri River isn’t under any hoot owl restrictions.. read more →
Missouri River Fly Fishing Report “Bro, ’!” Current Flows: 4,400 Weather Forecast: Saturday — Sunny, Low 80s Sunday — Sunny, High 70s Hatch Report: PMD, Caddis The Missouri River’s bug activity has dramatically increased. Last Sunday, I floated the canyon and there were caddis constantly hatching from mid morning all the way to early afternoon. Flows are stabilizing and.. 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’ Fishing Report “May the BWO be with you.” Current Flows: 4,000 cfs Weather Forecast: Saturday — High 60s & sunny Sunday — Mid 60s & partly cloudy/chance of rain Hatch Report: Midges, BWOs The baetis or more commonly called BWO are out in full force. In fact, some folks have said “There may be too many on.. read more →
The MO is low (3280 cfs) and warm (mid 60s), with the best fishing happening early in the day. The river is still under hoot owl restrictions so please fight fish hard, get ‘em in quickly and then leave them in the water. That being said, there is the usual late summer dry fly action… read more →
Wait, it’s late April already? It alternately feels like early March or mid May, depending on the weather. Looks like a chilly, fishy weekend will greet us out here on the water. Winds will come out of the north, so make sure you’re bundled up and ready for it to be on the colder side.. read more →
We proudly present: the current fishing report. Amidst a strange, strange year out here on the MO, we’d like to remind you of the virtue of patience. With sunny, warm weather ahead of us for the next week or so, it seems unlikely we will have a strong Blue Winged Olive hatch in the short.. read more →
Recipe For a Great Fall Day on the MO Prep work: Sleep in a touch, make a strong cup of coffee and load up on cooler weather gear. You’ll need rods for all facets of the game, so dust off your streamer rod, set up a dry fly stick, and have the ol’ bobber rig.. read more →
Tricos are hatching in full force and the fish are gorging! You want to hit the water early in the morning before the water warms up and look for big pods of fish sipping on spinners or before the divers come equipped with the best scuba diving masks, they can find online. Late afternoon to late.. 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 →
