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 →
Mighty Mo’ Fishing Report “Thank you for your service and sacrifice to our country.” Current Flows: 6,000+ Weather Forecast: Saturday — Mid 60s & chance of rain Sunday — mid 60s & partly cloudy Monday — mid 70s & sunny Hatch Report: Caddis, Midges, Baetis After a ton of fun Montana spring weather, there’s been a lot.. read more →
“The early bird gets the trout.” Weekend Preview Fishing Report for 7.28.23-7.30.23 Current Flows: 4,590 cfs Weather Forecast: Saturday — Mostly sunny, 90s Sunday — Sunny and mid 90s Hatch Report: PMDs, Pseudos, Caddis, and Tricos aplenty’ Mighty Mo’ Report There are times I am so grateful someone took the time to teach me how to fly fish… read more →
Cold and snowy out here today. Looks like that’s going to be our main deal for the week ahead, with air temps in the 30s and 40s. We are somehow still waiting for the big Baetis hatch. In the meantime, the fish are definitely eating those BWOs subsurface, and the streamer bite is pretty good.. read more →
Zugunruhe describes seasonal patterns of restless in migratory animals, especially birds. I can’t help but feel something of it myself as we all wait for fall weather to get things going. The fishing on the MO right now has hit a period of stasis. The dial is turned to “decent fishing with nymphs,” but we.. read more →
Well, we had some nice cool weather but it doesn’t seem like it’s going to stick around. We did see a dip in water temps this week, which has us all excited for fall. However, early next week is going to be a scorcher with highs in the upper 90s. Get on early and get.. read more →
It’s official folks: the MO has entered its late-summer phase. Early on, early off floats rule the day right now, with the morning Trico fall and a midday terrestrial bite providing the highlights. PMDs are still coming off in ever-smaller numbers, but the fish seem to be happy to snack on the odd Rusty Spinner.. read more →
Greetings, Missouri River anglers near and far. Today’s post comes in two volumes, concluding with a feat of research compiled by campingfunzone.com, who have been combing the ranks for weeks, interviewing the brightest minds of the Craig and Helena shop, notebooks in hand. We’re calling it the Master List—a compendium of the 6 must-have flies.. read more →
The big Missouri River headline on this sunny morning: the flows are dropping. We get below 6,000 CFS within the next week. Wade anglers, rejoice. Dry fly anglers, rejoice. No frowns out here in mid-July. The fishing has been very good and should ramp up another notch as the river drops into shape. The caddis are out in.. read more →
