Mo Report: 11/17/2015

3130 CFS and 46 degrees below Holter

Good BWO conditions.  Not a lot of bugs.  Maybe more are coming.  There is a little time left.  Maybe the warm water to instant plummeting freeze that spoiled them last fall is carrying over.  There are still enough out there that some fish are finding and eating them every day though.  When it’s windy, you can often find collection zones near shore or within sheltered converging flows.

Midges are rolling pretty steady.  Fish are definitely eating them.  Larva, pupa, emergers and adults.

Good Nymphing conditions.  Plenty of options for your double nymph rig.  Czech, sow and scud fare is pretty solid.  You can drop your little midgling or BWO thingy off the back.  Or do what I do and just fish the one fly that’s working.  Once you figure it out, one good fly often works better.  Better drift.  Better control.  If it’s working, why add another one that’s just going to snag weeds and get in the way?

Weeds are clearing and they are definitely in the drift in many places, but conditions are starting to get swingy.  Some fish will absolutely eat on the swing, so it’s worth it if that’s how you want to fish.  Polar Minnows, Coffee’s, Clouser’s, Kreelex, Ish’s, Smoke N’ Mirrors, Montana Intruder and buggers. You will likely pick up some green every few casts.  No big deal.  Shake it off and cast again.  There he is.