Missouri River Fishing Report for 05.22.16 Flows below Holter Dam: 5680 CFS (“normally” 5700). Water temp about 51F Fishing continues to be solid this second half of May! The nymphing can be good to downright silly at times. There are enough noses up now to keep the attention of the DFO guys but as, usual, some.. read more →
Flows below Holter Dam: 3750 CFS (normally 4850). Water temp about 42F First off, both shops are off and running for the 2016 season! Our Craig store opened officially for the season last week. Please stop by for shuttles, flies, gear or to gab over a cup of free coffee. Ben is our main man in.. read more →
Late Autumn is here with an exclamation point! The mornings are at or below freezing, it “warms” up to the 40’s and 50’s in the afternoon and the wind blows steady. Sounds like steelhead weather to me! (More on that in a future post!) Why would you fish to the MO in mid-November? It’s not.. read more →
Been a great few days of fishing here in Central Montana lots of people out all over drowning some bugs, and in my case watching some beautiful Westslope Cutthroats rise on some large, leggy foam flies. Check the On the Road Report for more on that. For the time being we’ll talk some more local.. read more →
According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the Northwest is supposed to experience above-normal temperatures this Winter. Although we are currently average in most of our regions for snowpack across the State according to today’s SNOWTEL Report by the Natural Resources Conservation service (NRCS), after a two-day hiatus Montana is again experiencing the more Spring-like temperatures and.. read more →
Flows Below Holter: 5030 cfs (normally 4800) …. Water Temperature: ….35 Flows Below Hauser: 5190 cfs (normally 3670) …. Water Temperature: low to mid 30’s…. Looks like another unseasonably warm week ahead for all you fine folks is central Montana. Weather pushing into the mid to high 50s from Helena to Wolf Creek and west over the divide.. read more →
Flows Below Holter: 4800 cfs (normally 4900)…. Water Temperature: 34° F…. Flows Below Hauser: 4930 cfs (normally 3720)…. Water Temperature: low to mid 30’s…. Crazy warm and beautiful weather (for January) the past few days has made for some pretty sweet conditions to get out and wet a line. The fishing on the MO has been pretty good.. read more →
Flows Below Holter: 4860 cfs…. Water Temperature: 33.8° F…. Flows Below Hauser: 5120 cfs…. Water Temperature: COLD…. Fingers crossed for the week ahead. If the weather man is right, it could be the break lots of use have been waiting for! Kick cabin fever in the gonads and get out there people! Looking like temps peaking this weekend.. read more →
Flows: 4670 cfs…. Water Temperature: 34.2° F…. Freezing Fog..that’s what its like in Helena today, but the Live Web Cam shows some sun hitting the MO’. This weekend temps were just right for some good Winter fishing. The kids and I tried ice fishing for the first time on Spring Meadow Lake, while Ben, our new employee, and Chris floated the MO’… read more →
Flows: 4380 cfs…. Water Temperature: 44.4° F…. Baby it’s been coooold outside! I guess last week’s cooler temps are what we get for complaining about our long, warm Fall. Things are supposed to heat up this week. Thank you–I’ll take thirty degrees over single digits. This weekend doesn’t look too bad either if you can’t get out this.. read more →
