Missouri River, MT
below craig
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 2:00 to 6:00
- Best Fishing Time
- 3:00 to 4:00
- Rating
- Good
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- 49.0°F
- Water Clarity
- Clear - 5'+ visibility
- Water Level
- 3750 below holte
- User
- Troy Blandford
Fish Caught
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15" | #18 Black Zebra Midge | |
| 1 | 16" | #16 Orange Buzzball | |
| 1 | 15" | Dark Brown RS2 | |
| 3 | 15.33" |
Mountain Whitefish
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 15" | #18 Mirage Midge | |
| 1 | 15" | #16 Orange Buzzball | |
| 1 | 15" | Dark Brown RS2 | |
| 1 | 15" | #18 Black Zebra Midge | |
| 5 | 15" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly Cloudy | X | X | |
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | X | |
| Wind | |||
| Very Light - <5 knots | X | ||
| Light - 5 to 10 knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- - / -
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 7% Full (Waxing crescent)
Other Patterns Tried
No other pattern information for this outing.
Hatches
No hatch information for this outing.
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
Dave AmmanWaypoints
No waypoints were saved with this outing.
Notes
Some BWOs and a few caddis. Small nymph dropped about a foot behind a small buzzball seemed to work. The dry worked occasionally but most fish were on the dropper. Most of my nymphs (16s) were a little too big....18-20s were needed.
Lost several other fish.
Stomach pump revealed mostly midges, a few bwo nymphs, and a sow bug. Zebra midge worked well...think a zebra midge tied with an emerger wing would have knocked them dead b/c it would have looked like both the midge and the bwo....think an RS2, in the right size, would have worked great...the one I was using was a size or two too big.