09-26-2004, 04:35 PM
Missouri River - September 24th, 2004
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FISHING: Fair
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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: The sudden and direct sun probably won't help matters much on the Mo for the next day or so, especially after these fish have been used to cloudy, drizzly weather. Dropping small flasback p-tails, lightning bugs, etc... off the back of larger offerings is probably going to be your best bet at sticking surface wary fish today, and overcoming algae in the process. The shallower runs will likely still be a good option for fish feeding on spinner falls for maybe an hour or two around 11 to 1. Expect the fish to move out of these feeding slots big time once the spinners are gone and the sun's up. As the algae begins to break up and drift away here in the next few weeks, this river will become one of our fall favorites.
HATCHES: tricos,pseudos,mahoganies, 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. The brown buggers in the shallows have begun working for us again recently.
WEATHER: TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY... HIGHS 70 TO 75...60 TO 70 IN THE MOUNTAINS WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR... LOWS 40 TO 45...30 TO 35 IN THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY... HIGHS 70 TO 80...60 TO 65 IN THE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY... LOWS 40 TO 45... WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY... HIGHS 70 TO 75... WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=78,re"]The Kingfisher[/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"]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: The sudden and direct sun probably won't help matters much on the Mo for the next day or so, especially after these fish have been used to cloudy, drizzly weather. Dropping small flasback p-tails, lightning bugs, etc... off the back of larger offerings is probably going to be your best bet at sticking surface wary fish today, and overcoming algae in the process. The shallower runs will likely still be a good option for fish feeding on spinner falls for maybe an hour or two around 11 to 1. Expect the fish to move out of these feeding slots big time once the spinners are gone and the sun's up. As the algae begins to break up and drift away here in the next few weeks, this river will become one of our fall favorites.
HATCHES: tricos,pseudos,mahoganies, 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. The brown buggers in the shallows have begun working for us again recently.
WEATHER: TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY... HIGHS 70 TO 75...60 TO 70 IN THE MOUNTAINS WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR... LOWS 40 TO 45...30 TO 35 IN THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY... HIGHS 70 TO 80...60 TO 65 IN THE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY... LOWS 40 TO 45... WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY... HIGHS 70 TO 75... WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH