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WCA Events Update

May is going to be a busy month on the Missouri. An early spring has kick started the 2015 season. Lots of folks around already and a bunch of stuff going on in addition to great fishing on the MO. Here’s what’s happening the next few weeks in and around Wolf Creek Montana.

Friday May 15th. Ales For Trails – Pioneer Park in Helena from 5 – 9 PM. Helena Ales for Trails is about contributing to the common good in Helena by raising funds for the Helena trail system. This year’s event will benefit Centennial Trail which is a paved non-vehicle path that will connect Spring Meadow Lake to East Helena.

This year will feature 40+ beer varieties from up to 15 different craft breweries. Participants will also have the opportunity to taste cider and wine. Live music by David Casey and Kate Plummer.

Saturday, May 16th. 9th Annual Craig Caddis Festival. 4 pm – ?? Barbeque Contest, Parade, Kids Activities, Silent Auction, Raffle, Live Music and all-around shenanigans in Craig Montana with proceeds going to support the Craig Volunteer Fire Department. We’ve decided to pass on the barbeque contest portion of the event this year but we are donating items for the auction and we will be around enjoying the festivities.

Saturday, May 16th. Montana 2015 General Fishing Season Opener. Get out and fish the creeks. We can’t wait!

Not the Dub C A Soiree – but cool anyways.

Saturday, May 23rd. The Inaugural Dub C A Soiree – Wolf Creek Angler, Wolf Creek Montana.

Come join us as we usher in another great season on the Missouri River with the Inaugural WCA Soiree. Great deals in the shop all day, food and fun and live music from Helena’s Sleeping Giants starting at 5 pm. You don’t want to miss this one. Limited lodging still available. Book yours today.

In addition to these big weekend events May will be a busy time at Wolf Creek Angler with crowds descending upon the region to fish our world-famous river. It should be prime time for streamer fishing and dry fly fishing will definitely be drawing a crowd. May is definitely a favorite month amongst the fly shop contingent as we enjoy spectacular fishing coupled with relative peace and solitude – the calm before the storm of the summer season.

We hope you join us for all of these events and great fishing on the Missouri River.

By Jason Orzechowski|2016-10-25T16:15:54-06:00April 30th, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Craig Caddis Festival, dry fly fishing, Dub C A Soiree, fly fishing, Helena Ales for Trails, Missouri River, Montana, running line, Streamer Fishing, Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek Angler|0 Comments

Two Days Left…

Dry Fly Eat on the Missouri – photo by Wolf Creek Angler

Just two days remain to take advantage of our $300 spring special guide trips and winter lodging rates. The screaming deals come to an end on Thursday.
Good to great fishing continues depending on the day with midges and baetis aplenty and if you are lucky enough to have cloud cover you may just have the best dry fly fishing day you’ve ever had…or not.

The bugs are around on the sunny days as well but the fish eating them…not so much. Wade anglers are loving the sub 4K flows and are consistently having good days. Most of the tough day reports we’ve heard have been from the boat guys and usually the ones doing the Dam to Craig stretch. Our advice? Keep at it. Change bugs, change depths, change the water you are fishing, add weight and go deep, remove weight and go shallow. The fish are there, you just need to find them. Some are doing well with a shorter rig and no weight, others are going 10′ ish overall length with a bb or two and finding fish that way. Typically we’re thinking deep on these bright and sunny days but that isn’t always the case.

Shorten your float and work the water, that’s the best way to figure it out. I’m notoriously doing longer floats than I should, a product of my streamer chucking past, but if you aren’t throwing streamers the shorter floats make sense. You can spend time working the nymphing runs until you find the fish and you’ve got plenty of time to fish to any pods of rising fish you come across. If you try picking things apart this way on a 10 or 12 mile float you will almost always end up pushing through good water to get to the takeout at a reasonable time.

Hot flies? Olive WD-40’s, LGM’s, S & M’s, Two Bit Hookers, Dark Peep Shows, Magic Fly BWO, Hot Belly PT, MicroMays, Military Mays, Poxyback Baetis, beadless Zebras, Angel Case Emergers and miscellaneous sow bugs. Effective baetis dries are all over the map but I will say we’ve seen a run on CDC BWO’s and CDC Oliver Emergers over the past few days.

The only streamer reports I’ve heard as of late haven’t been very good but that’s no reason not to throw them. As that water continues to warm up it should result in some great streamer action. We’ve just replenished our Sparkle Minnow supply and we finally got in some more of Craven’s Dirty Hippy Rainbow. My go-to continues to be the tan Circus Peanut. Come by and check out our ever-increasing streamer selection.

It’s another busy week of lodging at WCA. We’ve got just two units left for the weekend so call soon if you need a room or a boat or a guide trip or all of the above. Open daily at 7:30 AM for all of your Missouri River fly fishing needs.

By Jason Orzechowski|2016-10-25T16:15:54-06:00April 28th, 2015|Categories: Fishing Report|Tags: $300 Missouri River Guide Trips, dry fly fishing, fly fishing, Missouri River, running line, Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek Angler|0 Comments

A Great Season in the works at WCA

Wolf Creek MT’s fly fishing destination

Following an encouraging first winter of business the spring season is ramping up and if these first weeks are any indication, it’s going to be an awesome second season for Wolf Creek Angler.

We kicked off the season with the tremendous honor of being featured in The Drake Magazine Online Fly Shop Friday segment. http://www.drakemag.com/featured-content/flyshop-friday/1378-wolf-creek-angler-fly-shop-on-the-missouri-river.html

Since then things have been abuzz as we’ve been busy filling the shop with a bunch of new gear and making improvements around the property all with the intent of making Wolf Creek Angler everything you would expect your Missouri River Fly Shop to be.

Lodging is way up, guide trips are way up and we have not been disappointed in the retail business we’ve been doing so far this spring.
While we have been busy making improvments we know you will appreciate there are so many other things we want to do and there is simply no way we can do them all at once. The good news is that you can expect to see big changes and big improvements every season as WCA grows into our long term vision, always working toward realizing the huge potential we know we have. We are not about status quo, we are dedicated to continuous improvement on all levels and we’re thrilled to have so many on board and along for the ride.

It’s been a fishy couple of weeks here on the MO with bugs a plenty and while we will obvioiusly be keeping a close eye on the water situation we are optimistic that we’re going to continue to see a spectacular 2015. Baetis were scarce last season both in the spring and the fall so we couldn’t be happier with the way things are shaping up for 2015. Having all of our lodging open and having no vacancies mid week in April is such a thrill and talking with a bunch of happy anglers is a great way to start any day.

See you soon at Wolf Creek Angler.

By Jason Orzechowski|2016-10-25T16:15:54-06:00April 23rd, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Mid Week Fishing Report

Warm and sunny spring days have limited the dry fly fishing opportunities for the past couple of days but it looks like we could be in for a great baetis weekend with cloud cover and a chance of rain and/or snow each day.

Nymphing has been good river-wide though the best reports we’re hearing are from Craig down. Green Machines and S & M’s have been the most popular nymphs by far leaving our bins this week but why limit yourself to two patterns? We’ve got bins and bins stuffed full of bugs that will get it done. Take some time and peruse our selection, LGM’s and S & M’s are great but there’s a bunch of other stuff that you should be trying and who knows, you may just stumble upon the next big thing.

When you find that bug you think is cool and you fish it and it happens to work it definitely builds your confidence. One of my go-to nymphs is Mason’s Peep Show. I was introduced to the Peep Show by a fishing buddy several years ago and I’ve always done well with it so I use it a lot. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had clients come into the shop to load up on them after a guide trip. Sometimes they find success with it, sometimes they dont. I think it’s a great bug – I’ve got friends who are excellent guides who hate it – it’s all personal preference.

Bottom line – we’ve got well over 100,000 flies not including a bunch of cool streamers. There are a lot of patterns besides S & M’s and Little Green Machines that will crush fish on the Missouri. Last season there was a few weeks where Two Bit Hookers were reportedly the hottest bug around. We didn’t have them. We do now. Guys would come in and ask for them and turn around and leave when we told them we didn’t have them – apparently when it’s a Two Bit Hooker you desire nothing else will do!

Stop in and check out our fly selection, we are confident you won’t be disappointed.

Lodging is full tonight and busy through the weekend. We did have one cancellation for Friday and Saturday so we do have one cabin available for the weekend. We’re busy with spring special guide trips this week but have plenty of guides around if you are interested in taking advantage of this great deal before it’s too late. It’s the last weekend for spring special rates and discounted lodging. Book your trips and rooms now!

The days are getting longer, the bugs are plentiful and the pulse is starting to return to Wolf Creek and Craig Montana.

See you in the shop and on the water.

By Jason Orzechowski|2016-10-25T16:15:54-06:00April 22nd, 2015|Categories: Fishing Report|Tags: $300 Missouri River Guide Trips, dry fly fishing, fly fishing, green machine, Missouri River, Montana, running line, Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek Angler|0 Comments

The Week Ahead

Are there any bugs you ask? Ummm….just a few! photo by Luke Koerten

By all accounts from the past several days it’s GAME ON on the Missouri right now. Unfortunately the only bugs I’ve seen recently are the ones in our fly bins but I hope to rectify this situtation soon. I’ve been hearing good reports from all of our guides and our guests are raving as well, one calling his Saturday afternoon outing “the best dry fly day he’s had in years”.

Plenty of dry fly action on baetis and midges river-wide and if it’s nymphing you prefer it’s happening right now! I’m still hearing the occasional complaints of tough days from those fishing the top section but it’s been lights out in the middle and lower sections so spread out and have at it. Best selling bugs over the past couple of days have been Hogan’s S & M, LGM’s , MicroMay in Olive, firebead soft hackle sow, hot belly PT in purple, Purple phase loop wing, BWO Flash Cripple, BWO Drown Spinner, DOA Cripple Baetis, 2 Bit Hooker in Red, Kyle’s Superflash PT in Olive, Circus Peanut, Polar Leech, Sparkle Minnow, Beadless Zebra Midge in Black and a bunch of other baetis stuff. We’ve got the bugs you want and the bugs you need and many many more. Come check out our selection, we’re confident you won’t be disappointed.

Bins full of BWO’s at Wolf Creek Angler

Weather wise we’re looking at sunny warm days through Thursday, possibly reaching near 80 on Wednesday. A 50 percent chance of rain on Friday may mean a better bwo day but the bottom line is that you really couldn’t pick a better week to come hit the MO. The weather is great, the bugs are plentiful, the fish are happy and hungry…what more could you ask for?

Remember our $300 spring special guide trips and our discounted lodging rates run through the end of April so time is running out. You’ve got 10 days left to make it happen so don’t put it off any longer. Give us a call at the shop today and book your Missouri River trip of a lifetime. It’s the best fishing we’ve seen this year and traffic remains relatively light, especially during the week.

Flows are holding around 3800 with water temps around 45. The lower water means more access for the wade anglers and less navigable water for boats and the increased potential for conflicts. Please be courteous to your fellow anglers whether wading or floating and try to give each other as much room as possible. There are miles and miles of water and there are fish everywhere. There is no reason to crowd each other.

Lodging is filling quickly for the coming weeks. We’ve got plenty of availability tonight and tomorrow but things start to become scarce starting on Wednesday. A couple of rooms remain for the weekend -they will likely be gone by the end of the day.

By Jason Orzechowski|2016-10-25T16:15:54-06:00April 20th, 2015|Categories: Fishing Report|Tags: $300 Missouri River Guide Trips, dry fly fishing, Missouri River, Montana, running line, Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek Angler|0 Comments

Full Swing

The season is definitely in full swing here in Wolf Creek. Guide trips out daily, all lodging units open and most occupied (at least for the weekend), and a shop filled with all kinds of cool new stuff including over a thousand dozen new bugs and a bunch of new logo gear. We’ve had some crazy busy mornings and enough traffic throughout the days that it’s obvious the word is out.

With affordable lodging, a great guide staff and a first rate fly shop located just minutes from Holter Dam and Wolf Creek Bridge, Wolf Creek Angler is your base camp for Missouri River Fly Fishing. Start your day at WCA. Shuttles, RO drift boat rentals, a great fly selection, all the tools and accessories you need, clothing and gear for all weather conditions and what some have called the best cup of coffee in Wolf Creek.

Lots of boats below Craig today with the top section reportedly back to her moody ways as of yesterday. Slow was the collective description from the dam to Craig but it could very well be a completely different story on this dreary wet day which, by the way, we are very happy to see. The powers that be continue to scale back the flow predictions for the season which has led to quite an increase in flow related call volume. I’m sticking with what I’ve said all along related to flow predictions which is that I’m not going to make any. We will leave it to the “experts” to make those predictions and leave it to mother nature to make the final call. That being said we’re happy to see spring days like this and if I wasn’t in the shop all day I’d be more than happy to fish on a day like this. Streamers anyone?

Partly cloudy skies and a high of 58 on tap for tomorrow. Sunny and warm for the first part of next week with highs possibly reaching the mid 70’s by Wednesday before we see another chance for rain late next week. Whatever the weather, the fishing should be fine.

By Jason Orzechowski|2016-10-25T16:15:54-06:00April 18th, 2015|Categories: Fishing Report, Uncategorized|Tags: Fishpond, Hydroflask, Missouri River, running line, simms, Umpqua, Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek Angler|0 Comments

Weekend Outlook 4/17/15

Doubled Up time on the MO.

Beach weather expected today with sunny skies and a high of 71. Winds south at 5-10 mph. A perfect day for a float and while the sun might not make for ideal fishing conditions it’s tough to complain about a 70+ degree sunny day in mid-April.

Saturday will be a little more spring-like with steady light rain in the morning and showers continuing into the afternoon with highs in the low to mid 50’s. Intervals of clouds and sun on Sunday with highs near 60. Sounds to us like three perfect days to spend on the Missouri.

Traffic remains pretty light out there despite the fact that fishing has been consistently good all week. Dam to Craig had been fickle last week but seems to be improving. We had several trips through there the last couple of days and they did very well with the fish preferrring the smorgasbord approach to any one pattern in particular. Nothing new to report on specific patterns – sounds like a little bit of everything is working. Sowbugs, Rainbow Czechs, SJW’s, Military Mays, S & M’s, LGM’s, BWO Magic Flies, Hot Belly PT’s and on and on. Stop by the shop and we’ll get you set up with any and all of the above and more.

There were a bunch of BWO’s around yesterday along with the piles of midges we’ve been seeing daily but not much in the way of fish up, at least during the early to mid afternoon save for a few small pods where you would expect to find them.

We devoted a good couple of hours to throwing streamers yesterday and didn’t have a lot of action which wasn’t a big surprise in the bright sun but we did manage to move a few good fish regardless. We tried a bunch of different bugs and only got them to move on one of them. We threw polar leeches, smolts, sparkle minnows, circus peanuts, kreelex, rattlesnakes, buggers and more in a bunch of different colors – stop by the shop and we’ll let you know which one worked. We’ve got plenty of all of them and tomorrow just might be the day to throw them.

Discounted lodging and $300 spring special guide trips available through the end of the month. Book yours today.

By Jason Orzechowski|2016-10-25T16:15:54-06:00April 17th, 2015|Categories: Fishing Report|Tags: $300 Missouri River Guide Trips, Circus Peanut, Kreelex, Missouri River, running line, sparkle minnow, Streamer Fishing, Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek Angler|0 Comments

Mid Week Missouri River Fishing Report 4/15/15

Cooler, cloudier weather yesterday and today has ushered in some solid nymphing action and some prime conditions for streamer fishing.

It sounds like Holter to Craig was the section yesterday with fish congregating in most of the go-to spots. From what we’ve heard the fish are not consistently eating anything in particular so you may have to switch it up often to get them to go. Rainbow Czechs, S & M’s, Hot Bead worms, Military Mays, Green Machines, Sow Bugs, PT’s, Zebras…they are all getting eaten so don’t be afraid to change bugs often.

Streamer action continues to be hit or miss but it’s definitely worth the effort in our humble opinion. Dry fly fishing has been good with a fair amount of BWO’s around and plenty of midges. We saw a lot of fish up in the canyon section on Monday and landed a few on the Parachute Adams/midge rig and even got a couple to go on the bigger bugs.

Sunny skies return tomorrow and Friday with highs back in the mid to high 60’s. Why not use that tax refund and book yourself a $300 Spring Special Guide Trip on the Missouri, you only have 15 days left before regular season rates return on both guide trips and lodging.

Stop by Wolf Creek Angler on your way to the river for everything you need for your day on the Missouri. The hardest working guides on the river, lodging, shuttles, RO drift boat rentals, all-conditions gear from KAST Extreme Fishing Gear, hand warmers, gloves and hats from Outdoor Research and of course the recently expanded largest selection of Missouri River flies ever assembled under one roof in Wolf Creek Montana.
See you in the shop and on the water.

By Jason Orzechowski|2016-10-25T16:15:55-06:00April 15th, 2015|Categories: Fishing Report|Tags: $300 Missouri River Guide Trips, dry fly fishing, Kast Gear, Missouri River, Missouri River Spring Special Guide Rates, Outdoor Research, RO Drift Boats, running line, Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek Angler|0 Comments

The Week Ahead

A day of firsts for Tara. First trout EVER including a couple of nice bows and this brown.

It looks like today will be the nicest day of the week with mostly sunny skies and a high near 70. The breeziness continues with South wind 8-15, gusting to 22.

A good chance of rain tomorrow and maybe even some snow on Wednesday with more seasonable temps hanging in the high 40’s and low 50’s, back into the 60’s by Thursday and Friday.

The action remained solid over the weekend with plenty of fish showing interest in nymphs and dries alike. We haven’t heard too much on the streamer front but a couple of cloudy days this week with water temps in the low 40’s could make for some pretty good action. We’ve got a bunch of new streamers in the bins, come by and check them out.

Rainbow Czechs, Military Mays, Pink Amex, Red 2 Bit Hookers, S & M’s and Tailwater Sows have all been effective nymphing patterns but the Little Green Machine has once again become the go-to fly on the river. We’ve got bins full of all of them. Short leashing the faster shallow water has been very effective the past few days but there are still fish in the slow deep stuff as well. It’s the Missouri – the fish are EVERYWHERE!

There have been a few BWO’s around and fish are being caught on emergers and cripples as well as the midge stuff. Keep throwing the clusters (Griffiths gnats/buzzballs etc). We haven’t been getting too crazy with trying BWO patterns yet but we’ve got a bunch of them and it certainly wouldn’t be a bad call. If you want to keep it simple a Hi Vis Parachute Adams trailed with a Griffiths Gnat is a great option. Come on in for all the flies you need including some “top secret” bugs which have been on fire.

We’ve got all of our lodging open now and while things are starting to fill up we’ve got plenty of rooms available this week and into the weekend. $99 gets you a cabin or bungalow with full kitchen through the end of April. Motel rooms also available at $60/single and $69/double. Don’t forget $300 Spring Special Missouri River full day guide trips through the end of the month. We’ve got a lot of trips out this week, would love to have more. Give us a call and book yours today. Guides are standing by at the ready.

Dan with a MO River cookie cutter

By Jason Orzechowski|2016-10-25T16:15:55-06:00April 13th, 2015|Categories: Fishing Report|Tags: $300 Missouri River Guide Trips, brown trout, green machine, Missouri River, Missouri River Spring Special Guide Rates, running line, Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek Angler|0 Comments

Mid Week Missouri River Fishing Report

Spring is beginning to show itself on the MO. Photo by Wolf Creek Angler

Spring is in bloom on the Missouri! It’s one of my favorite times of year when the drab winter landscape begins to take on the green hues of summer and as the warm spring sun starts to coax the buds into bloom it also warms the water bringing forth spring bug hatches and ushering in the dry fly fishing for which the Missouri is world-famous.
We’ve heard enough reports of BWO’s over the past week that is seems we are in for an early season and following the absence of bugs last fall hopes are high that it will be a good one. It really is an amazing time to fish the Missouri. I can’t think of a better way to spend a spring day than nymphing or throwing streamers while seeking heads. It’s all effective this time of year and when you do find those pods of rising fish you won’t have a better opportunity this season to fool them as they have yet to be educated by the masses. Dry fly fishing on the Missouri can be extremely technical and should always be treated accordingly but that being said, if there is ever a time a less-than-perfect presentation is not an absolute necessity….this is it.

It’s going to be on the sunny side today which isn’t the ideal but it looks like a chance of rain and snow showers each day for the rest of the week which would be perfect. Book your $300 spring special guide trips and discounted lodging today and take advantage of the spring solitude.

By Jason Orzechowski|2016-10-25T16:15:55-06:00April 8th, 2015|Categories: Fishing Report|0 Comments

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