The rain keeps falling, the waters keep rising, the bugs keep hatching and believe it or not the fish keep eating!

It’s been a soggy few days here but the sky is brightening as I write and it sounds like drier weather is on the way.

The Little Prickly Pear and the Dearborn are running very high and pumping a fair amount of muddy water into the system. The Missouri flows have come up a bit but are currently being held at 14,400 CFS. The weather forecast for later this week and into next week looks favorable for a return to reductions in flows.

We are under a Flood Warning until 11:00 AM tomorrow but hopefully we’ve seen the worst of it. Remember – Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Rising waters west of the divide have prompted yet another migration to the MO’ which, as is so often the case in these scenarios, is the only fishable water to be found. Expect summertime traffic…tis the season.

PMD’s have been popping daily and the fish are hungry for them. The return of the stain from the LPP and Dearborn should bring the Dirt Snake back into play for the next few days and the much talked about sow bugs have yet to exit play this season. Keep those PMD nymphs in the mix as well.

While you  could continue to chase the bobber as you seek out bugs and rising fish this is also an excellent opportunity to break out that streamer stick. Overcast skies and mud lines…conditions don’t get much better than this for throwing the big bugs. We’ve heard some reports of off the charts streamer action and have also heard from some that it’s been a bust but it’s all site specific. As with all disciplines, streamer fishing requires you to be in the right place at the right time with the right bugs. As far as I’m concerned the best way to increase your odds of having an excellent streamer experience is to pick a moderately lengthy stretch of water to float and commit to throwing streamers all day long. Just because it’s slow for the first hour or two it doesn’t mean it isn’t going to turn on around the next bend so keep at it!

With LPP and Dearborn puking mud (Dearborn 9710 CFS) you’ll probably want to stay high and river right for the time being but when that left side starts to clear it could be epic.

The sun returns tomorrow afternoon and it sounds like it’s going to stick around just in time for the first day of summer which is Thursday.

The bugs are here, the fish are here and the long-time regulars have begun to take up residence at Wolf Creek Angler. Soggy days aside, Summer has arrived in Wolf Creek.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!