08-26-2004, 12:49 AM
Missouri River - August 25th, 2004
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FISHING: Fair
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REPORTS: Pretty much a repeat of yesterday. Tricos are still the name of the game in the morning, but the easier fish will come afterward on bigger mayfly parachutes or hopper rigs. Consistant cloud cover recently has awakened the streamer fishing a bit more too, although the weeds are making this viable only in specific locations. Using long leaders, light tippets and something that's a bit different (just a bit bigger) than the naturals has been working the best for tricos. A size 8 or 10 tan Rainy's hopper has been the goods when prospecting. Our best streamer activity lately has been pulling brown buggers off shallow, gradually sloping cobble banks with no weed growth. The Mo below Holter is down 100 cfs in the past 24 hours and has a water temperature of 56 degrees this morning. The flow today is 3200 cfs.
HATCHES: tricos, midges, hoppers, caddis.
FLIES: Subsurface it'll be the standard Mo junk like 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 comparaduns in 14s and 16s, size 18 cream colored cripples and parachute Adams, Griffith's gnats in 14 to 18, button emergers in 16s to 20s. We've also been getting lots of fish on Goddard and elk hair caddis in 14s. The brown buggers in the shallows have begun working for us again recently.
WEATHER: TODAY...RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS 60 TO 65...AROUND 55 IN THE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. TONIGHT...PERIODS OF RAIN... LOWS 45 TO 50... WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THURSDAY...MORNING RAIN...THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON... HIGHS 60 TO 65...50 TO 55 IN THE MOUNTAINS. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY...WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS 40 TO 45. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY... HIGHS 60 TO 70... WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
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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"]click here[/url]]
Missouri River Montana FWP Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/q_Missouri_River__1039825479786_1586.77905273438_2312.46704101563.aspx"]click here[/url]]
REPORTS: Pretty much a repeat of yesterday. Tricos are still the name of the game in the morning, but the easier fish will come afterward on bigger mayfly parachutes or hopper rigs. Consistant cloud cover recently has awakened the streamer fishing a bit more too, although the weeds are making this viable only in specific locations. Using long leaders, light tippets and something that's a bit different (just a bit bigger) than the naturals has been working the best for tricos. A size 8 or 10 tan Rainy's hopper has been the goods when prospecting. Our best streamer activity lately has been pulling brown buggers off shallow, gradually sloping cobble banks with no weed growth. The Mo below Holter is down 100 cfs in the past 24 hours and has a water temperature of 56 degrees this morning. The flow today is 3200 cfs.
HATCHES: tricos, midges, hoppers, caddis.
FLIES: Subsurface it'll be the standard Mo junk like 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 comparaduns in 14s and 16s, size 18 cream colored cripples and parachute Adams, Griffith's gnats in 14 to 18, button emergers in 16s to 20s. We've also been getting lots of fish on Goddard and elk hair caddis in 14s. The brown buggers in the shallows have begun working for us again recently.
WEATHER: TODAY...RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS 60 TO 65...AROUND 55 IN THE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. TONIGHT...PERIODS OF RAIN... LOWS 45 TO 50... WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THURSDAY...MORNING RAIN...THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON... HIGHS 60 TO 65...50 TO 55 IN THE MOUNTAINS. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY...WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS 40 TO 45. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY... HIGHS 60 TO 70... WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH