That’s right. The fourth of JULY. Can it really be?

According to the calendar we should be well into our prime season on the Missouri but the fact is we’re actually just getting started.

The water has finally started to drop (12,200 cfs at the time of this writing) bringing a collective sigh of relief from the army of wade anglers  who’ve been patiently waiting for it to happen.

The BWO’s came and went and PMD’s are waning but you should be able to catch the tail end. There have been some near-epic caddis events (minus rising fish) and  Tricos are starting to enter the mix. We’ve been saying it for weeks now while we’ve been waiting for the water to drop but just to reiterate, we should be in for some awesome dry fly fishing in the days and weeks to come and late summer terrestrial fishing could be off the charts.

It’s July and the majority of these fish have not yet been fished to with dry flies.

Nymphing is another story. While the fish haven’t seen many dry flies they’ve seen a Zirdle and Sow bug hatch of legendary proportion…..and they continue to eat them! Most of the Zirdle bins on the MO are now empty but not to fear, they will soon be filled again.

And speaking of empty bins, we expect we’ll have more than a few as today is our third annual Make America Fly fourth of July fly sale. All flies HALF off. Don’t miss this one.

The river is on the quiet side today as far as anglers go which is generally the case on the 4th of July which is traditionally a big rec day on the MO’.

Celebrate Freedom today and celebrate the long-awaited arrival of hot sunny summer days and cold clean fishy water.

Wishing you all a Happy Fourth from all of us at WCA. We are so blessed to live in this great nation and we owe all of you a huge debt of gratitude for making it possible for us  to do what we do for a living.

Cheers!