Fishing Reports

 The fishing has been great on the Missouri so far this spring, and things are looking even better as we head toward Summer.  Midges and baetis are the 'main' hatches floating around.  March Browns are popping up as well, and caddis are moving up the river- more caddis are around the lower you are on the river.  

Nymphing: River Snake, Tungsten Sunkist, Gold or Pear Lightning Bugs, Purple Holo Prince, Batman, Little Green Machine, Micro Mayfly

Dries: Keller's Rocky Mountain Mint, Parachute Purple Rooster, Black Pulsating Emerger, Dom's Reneball, Galloup's Biot Cripple BWO, CDC Para Spinner, Quigley's Hackle Stacker BWO

Streamers: Abram's Lil Kim, Galloup's Boogie Man, Coffee's Sparkle Minnow, Skiddish Smolt, JJ Special

The forecast for this week is looking great for fishing... just be sure to bring your rain jacket.  The  forecast calls for clouds or thunderstorms every day.  Great for fishing, great for keeping the crowds at home, and a little rain wouldn't hurt around here anyway.  

The Missouri has been fishing great the last few days.  "Woohoo" shouts came from around the river as it seemed like every boat and wader was hooked up on a fish.  A couple of brief showers brought some baetis out and turned some heads up.  

Under the surface smaller baetis nymphs are producing well: Green Machine, Micro Mayfly, Tailwater Tiny, as well as some purple prince nymphs.  You can try a pink firebead sowbug if you find a lull in the action.  Up top: Quigley's Film Critic, Split Flag BWO, baetis spinners, Flick's March Brown, Keller's Rocky Mtn Adams.  It won't hurt to try some caddis patterns as they are showing up in small numbers.

This week is looking very nice.  Windy, but nice.  If you can find a spot with some shelter from the wind, a chance of PM storm should trigger some dry fly action.  Don't forget your buff and sunscreen... it's about that time.

Your Cinco de Mayo fishing report!

Fishing has been excellent on The River the last few days.  With overcast skies and calm(er) winds, baetis and March Browns have been the hatches to fish on the water.  Reports of fish gulping foamy seams for mouthfuls of baetis on the surface have had folks tossing the dry flies.   BWO hatch matcher and biot comparadun blue wing flies have been working great up top, Galloup’s biot cripple is a great fly to fish just below the surface, and when the fish are really hitting the surface during a baetis hatch they’re probably going after march browns and Flick’s March Brown is working great during the brown hatch. 

Nymphing has also been outstanding.  Fishing a firebead sow/rays/Czech whatever with a midge or baetis beadhead underneath has been a great combo.  Zebra midges are still a go-to fly while a micro mayfly, little green machine, and tailwater tiny are great droppers for baetis.

Steamer fishing has been picking up as well.  Water temps are around 45F and the fish are becoming more aggressive.  If your streamer is not producing, try either changing the color or the fly every 10 mins or so.  With the water warming up don’t be afraid to get more aggressive with the retrieve.

The weather forecast is looking absolutely beautiful for this week.  70’s for the first part of the week and maybe some precip later this week.  Go fishing.

After a few inches of overnight snow, it'll be a chilly day on the water today, but those who brave the weather will be treated to some pretty darn good fishing.  On the calm days, blankets of baetis have been in and on the river.  In fact, at times the river will be littered with baetis parts of bugs that didn't quite develop to the full adult stage.  Fishing durring these times requires a pretty methodical approach since there is so much food source in the water.  
Streamer fishing has been pretty good as well, tossing some big junk has produced some big browns.
Tomorrow's forcast is on the chilly side- high of 37F- but light winds.  
When you head out, make sure you have baetis, skwallas, and march browns.  They might not all be flying around, but you sure don't want to be caught out there empty handed on a killer hatch.

Fishing has been very productive on the river these days.  Nymphing with midges and firebead stuff has still been working great.  Midge clusters drys and soft hackles are working when the fish are slurping the surface.  Folks have been coming in all week with grins on their faces enjoying this beautifully calm weather. 

The fishing is about to pick up big time.  With high temps forecasted around 60 degrees this weekend, the water temp is going to rise as well.  This warmer water temp will bring more active and aggressive fish to your hook.  Although the streamer fishing has been a bit slow, the warmer water temps will get the fish on the move for stripping action.  A slight chance of rain is also in the forecast for this weekend, making for very promising dry fly activity.

Be ready for the baetis attack.  It will be here very soon.

Fishing has been pretty consistent for us on the Mo recently.  Mostly we have been nymphing the usual winter patterns... the Good, the Pink, and the Firebead patterns are all producing fish especially in the slow to walking speed water.  However, clouds are bringing fish to the surface for some pretty decent midge action.  You certainly don't want to head out without some midge pattern inventory.  Streamer fishing is now becoming very consistent.  Nearly every pattern we used this past few days has produced... however some better than others.  We caught fish on the flashy flies like the Skiddish Smolt but the one that really moved some fish this weekend was Aram's Lil Kim.  There is a whole brand new selection in the shop now.  9000 flies showed up just before the weekend as well so the bins and selection is shaping up.  Flows dropped about 1000cfs before the weekend but didn't seem to affect the fish as much as usual.  We have a bit of a front that came in today and some colder temps... we will see what that leaves us with...