Weekend Update Mo River Fishing Report 5.12.22

Good rain today. Ended as we are writing his fishing report, but did give us a nice soak today. More please as we move through the remainder of the month.

Flows 3200cfs

Water temps 48F

Dry Fly Front: BWOs. Midge. Occasional March Browns. Cripples, emerges, and duns. Try duns last.

The Bobber Gang: Split or not. 2′-6′ from bobber to fly. Sow, scud, worm, large PT up top. Smaller PT derivation below or Zebra or sow.

Bugger Chuckers: Still ont he flashy front. Rusty Trombone, Goldie, R2R or Sparkle Minnow, Kreelex, Lil Kim, Red Delicious, Superflash Zonker, Skiddish Smolt, Shock and Awe, Foxy Clouser, Fruit Roll-up…

The Dearborn River was floatable this past week for 3 days. Currently the flows are at 200cfs. The Dearborn does not open for fishing until 5/21. Watch the gauge and head on out when it reaches beyond the 250cfs mark.

Lodging available locally at Craig Trout Camp and all over the river at CraigLodging.com

Izaak’s Restaurant Open Wednesday thru Sunday 4-9

Montana Red’s Food Truck Thursday thru Sunday 4-7 and lunch on Saturday.

Shotgun Annie’s nightly as well as the Missouri River Inn at Prewitt Creek for bar type fare.