06-16-2004, 12:23 AM
Missouri River - June 14th, 2004
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FISHING: Fair
River Levels [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/current?type=dailystagedischarge&group_key=NONE&search_site_no_station_nm=Missouri+River"][#0000ff]click here[/#0000ff][/url]]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/q_Missouri_River__1039825479786_1586.77905273438_2312.46704101563.aspx"][#0000ff]click here[/#0000ff][/url]]
REPORTS: Not much change to report. You'll still be able to find pods of risers when the wind's behaving itself and when you do, they'll be more than willing to eat. Smaller royal Wulffs and cripple patterns seem to be the name of the game although there have been LOTS of caddis out and about too. Later in the day, the caddis will make skating a Goddard or elk hair a fun alternative to delicate cripple presentations. If the wind keeps you subsurface, once again, you'll do better with red after about noon. Before noon, though, especially on the lower river, black has been the key for us. Streamers continue to be effective and seem to be working in a wide variety of water types from shallow sloping cobbles to choppy riffles to waist deep current along banks. Moderate winds today should have you fising a variety of bugs and tactics. Well, hmmm, at least it's dropping!
HATCHES: Midges, blue wings, hoppers, caddis.
FLIES: Yellow poxy head buggers, green and chartreuse buggers, size 16 and 18 cripples and parachute patterns. Ray Charles, eggs, size 16 to 20 flashback p-tails, lightning bugs, RS2's, red San Juan worms, pink and grey scuds (pinks in 16s and 18s and greys all the way up to a #12). For the dries, try palaminos in red, tiny comparaduns, size 18 cream colored cripples and parachute Adams, Griffith's gnats in 14 to 18, button emergers in 16s to 20s.
supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=78,re"][#0000ff]The Kingfisher[/#0000ff][/url]
FISHING: Fair
River Levels [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/current?type=dailystagedischarge&group_key=NONE&search_site_no_station_nm=Missouri+River"][#0000ff]click here[/#0000ff][/url]]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/q_Missouri_River__1039825479786_1586.77905273438_2312.46704101563.aspx"][#0000ff]click here[/#0000ff][/url]]
REPORTS: Not much change to report. You'll still be able to find pods of risers when the wind's behaving itself and when you do, they'll be more than willing to eat. Smaller royal Wulffs and cripple patterns seem to be the name of the game although there have been LOTS of caddis out and about too. Later in the day, the caddis will make skating a Goddard or elk hair a fun alternative to delicate cripple presentations. If the wind keeps you subsurface, once again, you'll do better with red after about noon. Before noon, though, especially on the lower river, black has been the key for us. Streamers continue to be effective and seem to be working in a wide variety of water types from shallow sloping cobbles to choppy riffles to waist deep current along banks. Moderate winds today should have you fising a variety of bugs and tactics. Well, hmmm, at least it's dropping!
HATCHES: Midges, blue wings, hoppers, caddis.
FLIES: Yellow poxy head buggers, green and chartreuse buggers, size 16 and 18 cripples and parachute patterns. Ray Charles, eggs, size 16 to 20 flashback p-tails, lightning bugs, RS2's, red San Juan worms, pink and grey scuds (pinks in 16s and 18s and greys all the way up to a #12). For the dries, try palaminos in red, tiny comparaduns, size 18 cream colored cripples and parachute Adams, Griffith's gnats in 14 to 18, button emergers in 16s to 20s.