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Missouri River Fishing Report Updated as of 6/13/09

Missouri River Brown

Missouri River is flowing about 5420 CFS, Water Temp. 55. The river is going down and the dry fly fishing is on. We have Caddis and PMD's, we are also seeing some Drakes on the lower river and as the river goes down the fishing will get nothing but better. The nymphing and streamer fishing is also doing good.

Dries that are working best are: 

Parachute Ext. Body PMD Size 14 & 16
Brook's Sprout PMD Size 14 & 16
Snowshoe Dun PMD Size 16 & 16
Elk Hair Caddis Size 12 to 16
Bloom's Parachute Caddis Size 12 to 16
Yeager Neversink Caddis Size 14 & 16
Para Wulff Purple Size 12 to 18
Mr. Rapidan Para Wulff Size 10 & 12

Nymphs & Buggers that are working best are:

Copper Lighting Size 14 & 16
Quasimodo Pheasant Tail Size 16 &18
Lighting Bug Silver Size 14 & 16
Little Pink Lighting Size 16
Pink Scud Size 12
Brown Krystal Bugger Size 4 & 6
Trick or Treat Size 4 & 6
Foxy Rabbit Size 2
3-D Everglades Streamer

The Bureau of Reclamation plan for The Missouri River for 2009

As of the frist part of April the snow pack for the Missouri was 107% of normal snow pack with good moisture content. Canyon Ferry is 80% full, 1.95 ft higher than the Bureau of Reclamation would like. Because of this we will see flows over 5,000cfs from now though June. We are likely to see flow from 8,000 to 10,000 as the run off come off in late May though June ( if we get more spring snow and/or rain these flows will go up ). The Bureau of Reclamation would like to run the river at about 5,000 for the rest of the summer.

The Missouri River fish count for 2009 is looking very good, with Craig Stretch Rainbows 2897 and Browns 1126, Cascade Stretch Rainbows 1688 and Browns 490.

Smith River Fishing Report Updated 6/13/09

The Smith River is flowing 407 today and water temp is 52. The river is going down and starting to fish very well. Streamers and nymphs are working well, but we are starting to get fish on dries.

Dries that are working well are:

Henry's Fork Salmon Fly Size 4 & 6
Designated Hitter Salmon Fly Size 6
Giant Rogue Foam Stone Size 4 & 6
B/C Dropper Salmon Fly Size 6 & 8

Buggers and Nymphs that are working well are:

Trick or Treat Bugger Size 4 & 6
Brown Krystal Bugger Size 4 & 6
Brown Beadhead Bugger Size 4 & 6
Elect. Bugger Size 4 & 6
JJ Special Bugger Size 4 & 6 Bitch Creeks Size 4 to 8
Silver or Copper Lighting Bugs Size 14 & 16
San Juan Worms Size 6