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Missouri River - September 19th, 2005
supplied by: The Kingfisher
FISHING: Good
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Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
Should be good if the wind stays down. They're calling for gusts up to 30 mph this afternoon. You can decide what that means. If things remain reasonable over here, you can expect a later in the morning trico hatch with pseudos, mahoganies and baetis by the afternoon. Black cricket patterns have recently proven very interesting to a number of finicky fish and prospecting with a dropper under this variation might be worthwhile. The streamer fishing is ok but not red hot. Look for your best fishing to be midday at this point.
HATCHES: tricos, psuedos, caddis, terrestrials. FLIES: Tricos, hopper patterns, Pt's, lightning bugs. flashbacks, small parachute adams, paleminos, griffith's gnats, etc... WEATHER: Today: Partly cloudy. Warmer. Highs 70 to 80. ..65 to 70 in the mountains. West winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Highs 70 to 80. ..65 to 70 in the mountains. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Tuesday night: Partly cloudy. Lows 35 to 40. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Highs 60 to 70. West winds 5 to 15 mph. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This is a great time of year to watch carefully and pick off subtly feeding fatties in virtually inches of water. Good stuff!
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Missouri River - September 19th, 2005
supplied by: The Trout Shop
RECORDED: 
78 °
FISHING: Great
Fall colors are obvious. The trees are turning color too. Keep an eye on the weather. When it's right, you'll have steady top water action - some of the best of the year. Local Bridge Web Camera Today, it looks like you could get a dose of W.I.N.D.
Great Falls Weather
Today...Partly cloudy. Windy. Highs 75 to 80...65 to 75 in the mountains. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph.
Tonight...Mostly clear. Lows 40 to 45. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Tuesday...Partly cloudy. Highs 70 to 80. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
Tuesday Night...Partly cloudy. Lows 40 to 45. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
Wednesday...Partly cloudy. Highs 65 to 75. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Helena Weather
Today: Partly cloudy. West wind 18 mph. High 78.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. West wind 13 mph. Low 44.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. West wind 14 mph. High 80. .
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy. Northwest wind 9 mph. Low 46.
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Wednesday: Partly cloudy. High 73.
Midges, Lots of Pseudos, Tricos and a few Hoppers are still on the agenda. Tricos will show their last hurrah as it warms up early in the week. Hoppers still hold life? Tiny nymphs rule. So do big nymphs called Wooly Buggers. The push of water we received from the recent rain may have a few brown fish thinking.
Fishing reports are generally good. Are you ready?
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Missouri River - September 12th, 2005
supplied by: The Kingfisher
FISHING: Great
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Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
Cooler weather with a good chance of rain on the Mo today. The lack of serious wind that they're calling for will improve conditions considerably. Should be good stuff. Look for pods of fatties up and rising in all the usual places. You may have to go down to 6X on the single fatties feeding in very shallow water, but in general, you should be able to get away with 5X. Bring a variety of smaller mayfly offerings from #20 trico patterns up to generic mayfly profiles up to about a 14. Sometimes the fish will respond to radically oversized stuff, but lately they've been pretty exacting. There are still some caddis kicking around but in the cloudy, colder weather, they've been less relevant. That'll surely change when things get sunny again for a whole day or two. Short of wind becoming an issue, the Mo should be some fun stuff today.
HATCHES: tricos, psuedos, caddis, terrestrials.
FLIES: Tricos, hopper patterns, Pt's, lightning bugs. flashbacks, small parachute adams, paleminos, griffith's gnats, etc...
WEATHER: Today: Partly cloudy early in the morning...then becoming mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and mountain snow showers in the morning...then scattered showers and mountain show showers in the afternoon. Highs 55 to 65. ..45 to 50 in the mountains. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Tonight: Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain...a 50 percent chance of rain and snow in the mountains. Lows 35 to 40. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning.. Then a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs 55 to 65. ..50 to 55 in the mountains. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. Tuesday night: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Lows 35 to 40. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Wednesday: Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Highs 60 to 70. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Flow on the Mo today below Holter is 4160 with a temp of 61 degrees.
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Missouri River - September 8th, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Good
Stream Flow Information [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
Fishing Report: Not much change on the Missouri in the past month. Tricos and Psuedos are providing the bulk of the aquatic hatch activity. Hoppers, ants and damsel flies are providing some other suface activity during non hatch days. The Trico's have been very sporadic this year with the hatch blowing up one day and not showing the next. Hopper fishing has been the most consistent surface action for most anlger who have been on the water. Nymph fishing has been the go to on days when the fish are not looking up. Nymphing has been best on the section close to the dam. Scuds, Mayflys and Sow bugs have been consistent producers if you head below the surface. The better hopper fishing has been on the middle and lower reaches of the river. Look to see some fall baetis hatches kick into gear within the next couple of weeks.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: Parachute Hopper #8-12, Molly Hopper # 10-14, Parachute Flying Ant # 14-16, Cinnamon Ant # 14-16, 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, Triple Wing Trico # 18-20, Double wing spinner # 20-22, CDC Trico # 18-20, CDC Hackle Stacker Trico # 18-20.
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Missouri River - August 31st, 2005
supplied by: The Kingfisher
FISHING: Excellent
River Levels [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
Sunny and warmer with little to no wind. That'll be a nice change of pace. It'll be one of the few times you'll ever hear, "you shouldn't have been here yesterday."! Today's the day it looks like. Expect good trico and micro caddis activity early in the day with good hopper and pseudo action after about noon. There are still some evening caddis out and about, but many of the fish on the surface later in the day are looking for mayfly spinners. Protected runs that have little algae in them will produce big for you with the standard Missouri nymph rigs that include size 14 to 18 pink scuds, lightning bugs, RS2s, etc...
HATCHES: tricos, psuedos, caddis, terrestrials.
FLIES: Tricos, hopper patterns, Pt's, lightning bugs. flashbacks, small parachute adams, paleminos, griffith's gnats, etc...
WEATHER: Today: Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs in the mid 70s...60 to 70 in the mountains. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows 30 to 40. West winds up to 10 mph. Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s...65 to 75 in the mountains. Southwest winds up to 10 mph. Thursday night: Mostly clear. Lows 35 to 45. ..but in the upper 20s in the mountains. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Friday: Partly cloudy. Highs 75 to 85. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Friday night through Saturday night: Partly cloudy. Lows 40 to 45. Highs 70 to 80.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: There is going to be a substantial release from Holter Dam beginning Sept. 15. They are drawing down the lake approximately 1' in order to do some repairs on cement retaining walls. Got your crawdad patterns tied? Got your slime line ready!
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Missouri River - August 25th, 2005
supplied by: The Kingfisher
FISHING: Good
River Levels [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
Look for some action with remnant PMDs, and pseudos as well as hoppers and ants and tricos in the morning. The sunny but cooler weather should help the trico prospects. The small caddis that're coming off each morning have been getting lots of attention from the fatties feeding in the shallows. Don't overlook these when fishing your tricos. Hopper/dropper rigs have been effective as well if you stay out of the main currents carrying the majority of drifting algae.
HATCHES: tricos, psuedos, caddis, terrestrials.
FLIES: Tricos, hopper patterns, Pt's, lightning bugs. flashbacks, small parachute adams, paleminos, griffith's gnats, etc...
WEATHER: Today: Mostly sunny. Highs 65 to 75. ..60 to 65 in the mountains. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows 40 to 45. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 85. ..70 to 75 in the mountains. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Friday night: Mostly clear. Lows 45 to 50. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Saturday: Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 85. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Saturday night and Sunday: Mostly clear. Lows 45 to 50. Highs 75 to 85.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: There is going to be a substantial release from Holter Dam beginning Sept. 15. They are drawing down the lake approximately 1' in order to do some repairs on cement retaining walls. Got your crawdad patterns tied? Got your slime line ready!
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Missouri River - August 23rd, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Good
Stream Flow Information [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
The Mighty Mo continues to be a day to day fishery. The dry fly fishing will be dependant on the severity of the trico hatch. It has been very strong one day and almost non existent the next. Psuedo cleons have been hatching as well during the mid morning hours and they can bring the fish up to the surface as well. Hopper fishing has been good during sunny days. If the clouds move in try a streamer fished against the rip rap banks below Craig. PP&L power company has scheduled some maintance on the reservoirs above which was going to see an increase and than a decrease in flows on the river starting September 1st. This work has been changed and they are going to be using water from Canyon ferry instead of Holter and Hauser to accomplish the work. This is good news because flows should stay pretty stable below Holter. They were scheduled to be raised considerably and than dropped substantially if they were going to draw down the water from Hauser and Holter. We should see pretty stable flows since they are going to do the work using Canyon Ferry instead.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: Parachute Hopper #8-12, Molly Hopper # 10-14, Parachute Flying Ant # 14-16, Cinnamon Ant # 14-16, 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, Triple Wing Trico # 18-20, Double wing spinner # 20-22, CDC Trico # 18-20, CDC Hackle Stacker Trico # 18-20.
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Missouri River - August 8th, 2005
supplied by: The Kingfisher
FISHING: Great
River Levels [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
With all the rivers in the Missoula area seeing high afternoon water temps and less than stellar fishing, the Mo is looking particularly good these days. The nymphing has been good lately with the standard Missouri fare continuing to be productive. Crowds have been very hit and miss with some days very busy and then the next day, for no particular reason, virtually deserted. Pink and grey scuds in 12 to 16, lighting bugs in 14 to 18, red san juan worms in 10s or 8s, olive p-tails and beerheads in 16s and 18s. For the dries have small royal wulffs, size 10 hoppers and yellow to rusty size 14 to 18 comparaduns have all been working well. Look for the evening caddis to light things up for you, especially with dragging emergers.
HATCHES: tricos, psuedos, caddis, terrestrials.
FLIES: brown, yellow or white buggers, size 8 to 10 hopper patterns, Pt's, lightning bugs. flashbacks, small parachute adams, paleminos, griffith's gnats, etc...
WEATHER: Today: Areas of smoke through the day. Isolated showers and thunderstorms through the day. Mostly cloudy early in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s. West winds 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Tonight: Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Areas of smoke through the night. Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph in the evening. Tuesday: Areas of smoke in the morning. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s. West winds around 15 mph in the afternoon. Tuesday night: Partly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Wednesday: Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s. West winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
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Missouri River - August 4th, 2005
supplied by: The Kingfisher
FISHING: Great
River Levels [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
Today could be the day since it looks like the next couple could be windy city. Water levels below Holter are at 4360 this morning with a water temp of 64. Small royal wulffs, size 10 hoppers and yellow to rusty size 14 to 18 comparaduns have all been working well. The nymphing has also been VERY good lately with the standard Missouri fare continuing to be productive. Pink and grey scuds in 12 to 16, lighting bugs in 14 to 18, red san juan worms in 10s or 8s, olive p-tails and beerheads in 16s and 18s. The evening caddis is still a good thing and you midnight mousers are in for a treat as well.
HATCHES: tricos, psuedos, caddis, terrestrials.
FLIES: brown, yellow or white buggers, size 8 to 10 hopper patterns, Pt's, lightning bugs. flashbacks, small parachute adams, paleminos, griffith's gnats, etc...
WEATHER: Today: Mostly sunny. Highs 80 to 90. ..75 to 80 in the mountains. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Clear. Lows 50 to 60. Southwest winds up to 10 mph. Friday: Sunny. Highs 85 to 95. ..around 80 in the mountains. West winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon. Friday night: Clear. Lows 55 to 60. West winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Saturday: Mostly sunny. Highs 80 to 90. West winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
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Missouri River - July 27th, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Great
Stream Flow Information [click here]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [click here]
Fishing Report: Flows have been very stable on the Missouri and the fishing has been good. Early morning and late evening will provide the best options for fishing dry flies. Trico's and PMD's are hatching in the morning hours. Both of these hatches will see different magnitudes of bugs from day to day so if you are there for a few days you may see a day of real strong hatch activity followed by a day of slow hatch activity. In the evenings you will see some good caddis activity unless the wind picks up and blows the bugs away. The best caddis action will be just prior to last light. During the middle of the day you can have some success fishing small hoppers and flying ant patterns. Trailing a bead head dropper off the back can also provide some good results. As a last resort, put on a strike indicator with a scud and sow bug dropper and dredge the fish out of the depths. Nymphing is usually a productive method on the Mo but since we are in the heat of the summer dry fly action I always try dries first. We have plenty of time to look at indicators during the spring, fall and winter.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: Parachute Hopper #8-12, Molly Hopper # 10-14, Parachute Flying Ant # 14-16, Cinnamon Ant # 14-16, 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, Triple Wing Trico # 18-20, Double wing spinner # 20-22, CDC Trico # 18-20, CDC Hackle Stacker Trico # 18-20.
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