Fall Colors are Popping in Wolf Creek Montana
Great fall weather and great fall fishing this weekend on the Missouri.
Mostly cloudy and calm this morning. The wind forecast has been dialed back to WNW around 10 mph with a chance for isolated showers throughout the day. It should make for another great streamer day and the dry fly fishing could get really good. You won’t know if you don’t go.
The traffic has been steady today but the river is far from crowded. It’s a perfect week to come out and do some fall fishing on the Missouri. We’ll see temps in the high 60’s and a lot more sunshine this week which isn’t exactly what we want from a fishing perspective but get out and enjoy it while it lasts. It won’t be long before we’re watching the snow fall and dreaming of warm sunny days.
It’s been somewhat of a mixed bag of fishing reports this week with some doing very well, most doing ok and a few having a tough go of it. The consensus seems to be that the dam has kind of shut down after a couple of stellar weeks. As is usually the case after a sustained period of heavy traffic the fish go on hiatus for a while but not to worry. They are still there and it will get good again, hopefully very soon.
In the meantime the water from Wolf Creek Bridge all the way down to Cascade has been productive so spread out and fish the water you like. We’ve been mixing it up each day with nymphs, streamers and dry flies when given the opportunity. Effective nymphs have been all over the board with a bunch of different bugs catching fish but no one in particular dominating the mix. Czechs, Sows, Mayfly nymphs, worms, the occasional cray….we’re using them all right now. Best bets include Olive Psycho Mays, Tungsten Rainbow Warriors, Purple Lightning Bugs, beadless Tailwater Sows, LGM’s, WD40’s, HI-Def Baetis, Tan UV Czechs, Split Case BWO’s, Brown 2 Bits, Olive Micromays, Docs October Caddis, Firebead Rays and Dark Peeps among many others.
We’re having success with a mid length rig generally fished without weight in the medium depth, medium fast to fast water but we’ve heard of folks doing well with both deep rigs and the short leash so fish the rig you like and seek out the water that makes sense.
Dry flies of choice this past week include Brooks Sprout Baetis, Wilcox’s Micromay BWO, Quickley’s Hackle Stacker BWO, Nyman’s DOA Cripple Baetis, Olive Parachute Adams, Buzzballs and the recently re-stocked, ever disappearing CDC Caddis emerger.
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