April 26, 2023 Missouri River Fishing Report
Date: 04/26/2023
Posted by: Toby SwankCurrent Conditions
This week has seen a mixed bag of conditions ranging from cold and wet to warm and windy. We had good dry fly fishing on BWO patterns in the middle stretches of the Holter Dam to Cascade on Tuesday, which was a mild, cloudy day.
Nymphing continues to be the mainstay, however, and I have found that sowbug combinations are the most consistent producers. I have started to get more fish on small black Perdigons and Zebra Midges fished below a sowbug in the seams and back eddies.
We had a good rain up here on 4/24, this brought some of the smaller tributaries up a bit and put a little bit of color into the lower river which currently is only affecting very short stretches of the river. The flows coming out of Holter are coming up a few hundred a day - right now - so expect to see some debris floating and concentrating in the recirculating holes along cliff walls.
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Recommended Flies
Tailwater Sowbug Jig
Black Zebra Midge
Red San Juan Worm
Butano Lite Brite Perdigon
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