Current Conditions:
The Missouri River is still in its classic late-summer mode of some tricos in the morning and hoppers in the afternoon. Terrestrials are more important after lunch, and nymphing the seams and riffles can also produce with small technical patterns. Sporadic hatches of trico mayflies are consistently inconsistent right now...so you can count on some unreliable pods of rising trout on the Missouri. But if you are not keen on clock-like dry fly fishing, the Missouri River near Craig and Wolf Creek is a great option this time of year. Most fish are going to be caught on subsurface nymph rigs or prospecting with single dry flies or dry-dropper rigs.
The Month Ahead:
The Mo won't change too much in the coming weeks. Tricos early and terrestrials in the afternoon. The early bird will get the worm if the tricos are out.
Long Term Fishing Forecast:
The Missouri River is a tailwater and always produces. This is a bucket list river for many anglers and even though we prefer to fish it in the early summer a day on the Mo is always memorable.
Visit Our Shop for These Top Missouri River Flies Right Now:
Juju beatis in black or olive in size 18-22
CDC Elk Hair Caddis in size 16-22
Bloom's Hi-Vis Caddis in size 16-22
Para Adams in size 18-22
Sawyer Pheasant Tail in size 18-24
RS2 Emerger in olive, black, or brown in size 18-22
Wondernymphs in black in sizes 18-22
Beadhead Zebra midge, black or red, size 22
Mole Midge size 20
Midge larva in red or purple in size 20-22
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