Mark;

Can't help you on the insect ID. I was on the Missouri (for the first
time) for 10 days on two different trips in July. If this is your home
river
I envy the hell out of you. Big water; great hatches; (Tricos when I was
there); wonderful wading opportunities; and big, tough, hard charging
Bows
that took us to the backing more in one hour than we experience in 5
*years
here in Maine. . If I could fish the Missouri every day of the open
season
I'd die a very happy camper.

It was *tough*; technical fishing when we were there...but I loved
every
minute of it. What a great river...can't wait to get back there.

Dave M


Hi dave
Glad you enjoyed yourself! It is a great river tho it seems to
be on the low side of the trough right now. A couple years ago
there were like 5000 fish per mile most in the 16-20 class. Pretty
amazing ! Double digit days were common and you could almost always
count on going home with a sore arm. But it is becoming a more
technical river and there s more smaller fish now too, which is a good
thing considering the impact whirling disease could be having. I think
if most of the pelicans could be discretely eliminated it would
improve things also. I think the fish are learning not to put their
heads up in any kind of regular feeding pattern.

When you come back give me a yell be happy to fish with you and
show you some spots I enjoy. APril can be a great time too, no one
on the river and fish are not as wary tho weather can be an iffy
thing.... MT