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Missouri River - June 23rd, 2005
supplied by: The Kingfisher
FISHING: Good
River Levels [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
REPORTS: Below Holter, flows are down about 70 cfs today. The river's settling out now after the big spike of a few days ago. The dryfly fishing has become much more consistent once again and a variety of dries from caddis to hoppers to mayfly cripples will get the fish looking. The prospecting hopper/dropper rig is still working VERY well for us and at this point, is our first dryfly choice unless conditions or hatches suggest otherwise. This rig has been working well to motivate fish that hadn't even been rising. Tandem nymph rigs in mid river seams and drop offs are still going to produce for you. Slow moving, dark bodied streamers are still a good option for those of us who like to use depth charges. The evening caddis hatch/fishing has been very consistent in the warm evening temperatures. Beginning about 6:30 or 7, many of the slower backwaters and tail out riffles will come alive with caddis and fish feeding on 'em. Sparkle caddis and X caddis have been a good option once the naturals begin popping.
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Missouri River - June 23rd, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Good
Stream Flow Information [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
Fishing Report: The flows on the Mighty Mo were bumped up almost half on Friday and Saturday last week. The river is still in very good shape but the flows have slowed the dry fly fishing slightly. There are still hatches of PMD's in the morning and caddis in the evening. The nymphing has been more productive and you will need to add a decent amount of weight to get the flies down to the fish. I would suspect we will see the flows maintain where they are for the next couple of weeks at least as there is a lot of water coming down the headwater streams of the Missouri. As long as the flows don't increase we should see more consitent and stronger hatch activity in the coming weeks.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: Hackle Stacker PMD # 14-18, Quill Body PMD # 14-18, PMD Paracripple # 14-18, Parachute Hares Ear # 14-18, CDC PMD Emerger # 14-18, Killer May # 14-18, Split Case PMD # 14-18, Spent Partridge Caddis # 14-16, Elk Hair Caddis # 14-16, Parachute Caddis # 14-16, Goddard Caddis # 14-16, Mangy Caddis # 14-16, Electric Caddis # 14-16.
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Missouri River - June 9th, 2005
supplied by: The Kingfisher
FISHING: Good
River Levels [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
REPORTS: Conditions are looking good on the Mo again today but there could be a bit more afternoon wind than we've seen recently. The clouds have been key. Bursts of sunshine are shutting things down hard while even brief periods of cloud cover will get the fish chowing again. Smaller, typical Missouri nymphs like lighting bugs, small pink and gray scuds, beerheads should be working well as should various smaller mayfly dries. Caddis have been working well later in the day and so have hopper patterns of various size and flavor. Streamers are working well in the clouds.
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Missouri River - June 5th, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Good
Stream Flow Information [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
Fishing Report: The Missouri has been the hot spot in the area because of the amount of clear water that it provides during this runoff period. There have been some baetis hatches as well as a few sparse caddis hatches along the river. Nymphing has been the mainstay until you find rising fish. The Dearborn and Little Prickly Pear Creek have not been a problem in the past couple of weeks. Heavy rains could add some dirty water to the river from these two streams but it will take a good bit of water to make it a problem. Angler pressure has been a little heavy since there are not alot of other options but the trip up to the Mo has been well worth the drive.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: BWO Thorax #18-22, BWO Parachute #18-22, Parachute Adams #16-20, Lightning Bug #16-18, Soft Hackle Sow Bug #14-16, BH Pheasant Tail #14-18, Olive Anatomay #16-18, Wire Wonder #16-18, Brown Bugger #4-6, JJ Special #2-4, Clouser Crayfish #4-6, Bunny Crayfish #4-6.
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Missouri River - May 28th, 2005
supplied by: Great Yellowstone Flyfishers
FISHING: Great
Stream Flow: 5,880 cfs near Wolf Creek
River Conditions: 5,880 cfs near Wolf Creek
Hatches: BAETIS!
Flies: Any type of baetis dry fly or emerger. Small bright nymphs have been working well. Also try dead drifting brown rubber legged streamers in muddy stretches.
Dries: Parachute Baetis #18, Baetis Sprout #16-18 , Adams parachute #16, Cripple baetis #16
Renee Harrop No Hackle Baetis is the MONEY!
Nymphs: PINK and silver lightning bugs #18, Micro- may fly #18, Mercury flashback pheasant tail #18, WD-40 olive and brown, Flashback WD-40
Streamers: Brown lead eye buggers #4-6, JJ Special #6 , Bow River Bugger #6
Fishing Conditions & Comments:
Try stripping bugger on the mud seam and hang on!! Also, above the mud, top water fishing has been great with Baetis. The Prickly Pear is still dumping a little but the river clears as you get closer to Craig.
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Missouri River - May 28th, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Good
Stream Flow Information [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
Fishing Report: The Missouri is fishing very well and is our best bet for finding clear water and happy trout. Spring Runoff is not affecting the Mo much anymore and the Dearborn and Little Prickly Pear have cleared and made the river fishable most of the way downstream. There have been some hatches of Baetis and Midges but they have been in isolated areas and you will just have to be fortunate enough to run into a pod of risers. Nymphing has been great during non hatch periods. The usual small tailwater nymphs have been the ticket. Trail the smaller nymphs behind a Scud of San Juan worm. The river will probably be a little busy over the weekend but there is a lot of water for everyone to enjoy.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: BWO Thorax #18-22, BWO Parachute #18-22, Parachute Adams #16-20, Lightning Bug #16-18, Soft Hackle Sow Bug #14-16, BH Pheasant Tail #14-18, Olive Anatomay #16-18, Wire Wonder #16-18, Brown Bugger #4-6, JJ Special #2-4, Clouser Crayfish #4-6, Bunny Crayfish #4-6.
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Missouri River - May 21st, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Fair
Stream Flow Information [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
Missouri River
The Mighty Mo is flowing at 3510 C.F.S. Last week a storm came through the area and dropped a ton of moisture on the area. Little Prickley Pear Creek and the Dearborn river both were above flood stage and made the mainstem of the Missouri dirty and unfishable. Both creeks have dropped but are still running above average flows. The only fishable water we had last week was the short stretch between Holter Dam and the Wolf Creek bridge. The river should be clearing below Little Prickley Pear which will help with the crowding on the river. The river will still be unfishable below the confluence of the Dearborn. There have been some baetis and midges hatching but most of the fishing has been below the surface.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: BWO Thorax #18-22, BWO Parachute #18-22, Parachute Adams #16-20, Lightning Bug #16-18, Soft Hackle Sow Bug #14-16, BH Pheasant Tail #14-18, Olive Anatomay #16-18, Wire Wonder #16-18, Brown Bugger #4-6, JJ Special #2-4, Clouser Crayfish #4-6, Bunny Crayfish #4-6.
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Missouri River - May 21st, 2005
supplied by: The Kingfisher
FISHING: Good
River Levels [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
REPORTS: Looks like it could be another bad day for the wind. The river's still fishing well even with Prickly Pear running off color, but if the wind gets ugly, it'll kill ya. The Prickly Pear junk clears up pretty well about 1/2 way to Craig. The Dearborn is mucking things up pretty well at its confluence but there's good fishing to be had in the off color water if you've got a few tricks up your sleeve. Lots of baetis have the fish up and looking and the standard Missouri tandem nymph rigs are once again producing well. Pink has been key subsurface but stuff with flash like lighting bugs etc... have also been working well. Buggers close to the banks (even below the Dearborn) continue to fool the fatties.
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Missouri River - May 14th, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Fair
Stream Flow Information [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
The Mighty Mo is flowing at 3510 at Holter Dam. The Missouri has been an interesting place to follow over the past couple of days. They recieved a huge amount of rain during the middle of the week and the Dearborn and Little Prickley Pear Creek were flowing way out of there banks. The Dearborn which typically flows around 500 C.F.S. this time of year was over 4000 C.F.S. and Little Prickley Pear which flows a couple of hundred C.F.S. was almost at 2000 C.F.S. These two creeks were adding a tremendous amount of dirty water into the Mo and the only good area to fish was between the Wolf Creek bridge and the dam. This is a short piece of water and really packed the anglers all into one spot. Both tributaries have dropped their flows a lot but the fishing conditions will most likely still be a little tough below Wolf Creek this weekend.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: BWO Thorax #18-22, BWO Parachute #18-22, Parachute Adams #16-20, Lightning Bug #16-18, Soft Hackle Sow Bug #14-16, BH Pheasant Tail #14-18, Olive Anatomay #16-18, Wire Wonder #16-18, Brown Bugger #4-6, JJ Special #2-4, Clouser Crayfish #4-6, Bunny Crayfish #4-6.
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Missouri River - May 10th, 2005
supplied by: The Kingfisher
FISHING: Good
River Levels [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
REPORTS: Even with all the rain that's happening over on the Mo, the fishing's still been pretty good. The Dearborn continues to pump junk and the water clarity's suffering due to all the rain, but the fish are up and looking on the soft insides. The rises are EXTREMELY subtle and most of the fish are eating emergers about 3" below the surface. Many times it'll look like a water movement out of place and that's it. The good news is that they're not being selective. A good drift over any of these fish (even the ones eating emergers) will bring them to your dry. Cripples parachute adams, etc... all in about a size 14 to 18. The streamer fishing has been solid but not great and the nymphing has been run to run.
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