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Made it out yesterday for a Wolf Creek to Craig float with our good friends Dan and Tara and while it was a gorgeous (but breezy) spring day the fishing was less than stellar.
Following recent reports we rigged up with Rainbow Czechs and Little Green Machines and prepared to start crushing fish. After hitting a couple runs with nary a drop of the bobber we decided to stop and pick apart an area which has been consistently yielding fish. One brief hook up and several bug changes later we moved on in search of more productive water.
As we worked through my favorite spots we got a few hook ups but failed to find much happening on subsequent row arounds. Dan finally landed a fish on the Little Green Machine so we returned to the original set up and started to see a few more hook ups and a couple of fish to hand as afternoon approached.
The water was covered with blankets of midges for the better part of the day but rising fish were few and far between. We stopped for lunch and finally did find a productive run with fish willing to play and cooperating with the row around game.
Traffic on the river was very light with just a few other boats in the section. Good bugs for the day were the aforementioned Rainbow Czech and Little Green Machine and we also managed to get a few to go on the dark Peep Show and the Tungsten Tailwater Sow. Miscellaneous Firebeads and Pink Lightning Bugs were not effective.
I chalked the slow fishing up to the bright sunny day and while we would have loved to have had a little more action, spending the day in a drift boat floating down the Missouri River is NEVER a bad way to pass the time regardless of how it’s fishing.
Today looks to be another beautiful bright and sunny blue sky day…why wouldn’t you spend it on the MO? Stop by WCA on your way to the river for everything you need for Missouri River Fly Fishing.