All is quiet in Wolf Creek this day and while we’re a little surprised we haven’t seen more traffic, especially with such mild weather, it’s par for the course for early November.
We had a surprisingly busy weekend with guide trips and lodging and also had our annual end-of season guide and staff party at Lewis and Clark Brewery which was a great time as always.
These next months will be quiet ones for us with many focusing on filling tags rather than fly fishing and with Thanksgiving just a couple of weeks out the focus will soon shift to the holiday season.
It’s a welcome break for some. A chance to decompress and unwind. A chance to catch up on projects abandoned at the start of the season and a good time to get rolling on end-of-the year busy work while looking ahead to the 2017 season.
That’s all fine and well and we all stand to benefit from the downtime but as far as I’m concerned I can’t wait for the new season to get underway.
We’ll bide our time counting and tying flies, booking 2017 trips, tending to other shop business and doing a fair amount of fishing ourselves as we await the new season and while we’re always anxious for the return of the crowds we understand and appreciate the necessity of a period of rest for the river.
It’s been another record-setting traffic year on the MO’ with things having been fairly busy since sometime around mid March so after nearly eight months of pressure the fish could definitely use the break.
That being said, most do their fishing on the Missouri between the months of May and July and that’s not going to change. Late fall and winter will always provide a much-needed rest for the fishery.
You needn’t feel like you shouldn’t come fish the Missouri during this time because there simply aren’t now and likely will never be that many people interested in fly fishing in Montana during the dead of winter. After all there are plenty of other things to do here during the winter months and there are plenty of warm places you can go if warm weather is high on your list of prerequisites for fly fishing destinations.
If, however, having miles of prime trout water virtually all to yourself sounds appealing and if you don’t mind the likelihood of fishing in cold and snowy weather then late season fly fishing on the MO’ might just be your thing. No crowds, just thousands of hungry trout per mile!
We hope you make Wolf Creek Angler your late season Missouri River fly fishing destination. We’ve got more on site lodging than anyone and we’ve got a fully stocked shop with everything you need for late season success including vehicle shuttles, cold weather gear from SIMMS and KAST and the best winter bugs in the canyon.
Additionally Wolf Creek is the place to be during the late season with the only restaurant and the only gas station/convenience store between Helena and Cascade and all just minutes from Holter Dam and Wolf Creek Bridge.
And just to reiterate – the cold will come sooner or later and we’re ready for it, but in the meantime we are enjoying unseasonably warm weather once again this week so if the whole late season thing sounds good to you but you aren’t a fan of the cold then this is your time. Rooms and guides ALWAYS available at WCA. Book your late fall getaway today.
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