What are your favorite flies for the Mo in July?
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Sounds like you are looking forward to some match-the-hatch fishing. Depending upon weather, flows, etc. early July can mean PMD's and/or caddis. In a typical year caddis really get going in mid-July. Watch the flow and read the reports to stay up to date, but be prepared for both. For the caddis, #16 emergers in a tan, and low lying adults like x-caddis are great. Spent caddis patterns can be good mid-day. Its more about the presentation than the fly. Our most productive caddis over the years has been a fly we came up with almost 30 years ago on the Mo' that somewhat resembles a floating hare's ear. The key is to feed it down and across to the risers.
For PMD's, which can be a real %^$#ing pain anywhere, I'm partial to the patterns from my friends at Blue Ribbon Flies, like the Foam Emerger, Improved Sparkle Dun and DOA Cripple below.
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For PMD's, which can be a real %^$#ing pain anywhere, I'm partial to the patterns from my friends at Blue Ribbon Flies, like the Foam Emerger, Improved Sparkle Dun and DOA Cripple below.
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I'm really partial to the one that work well 
. Think small, long leaders, look for pods in slack water, and refer to post #2.
. Think small, long leaders, look for pods in slack water, and refer to post #2.
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Nice.Sounds like you are looking forward to some match-the-hatch fishing. Depending upon weather, flows, etc. early July can mean PMD's and/or caddis. In a typical year caddis really get going in mid-July. Watch the flow and read the reports to stay up to date, but be prepared for both. For the caddis, #16 emergers in a tan, and low lying adults like x-caddis are great. Spent caddis patterns can be good mid-day. Its more about the presentation than the fly. Our most productive caddis over the years has been a fly we came up with almost 30 years ago on the Mo' that somewhat resembles a floating hare's ear. The key is to feed it down and across to the risers.
For PMD's, which can be a real %^$#ing pain anywhere, I'm partial to the patterns from my friends at Blue Ribbon Flies, like the Foam Emerger, Improved Sparkle Dun and DOA Cripple below.
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If these are your ties.... I hate you.Sounds like you are looking forward to some match-the-hatch fishing. Depending upon weather, flows, etc. early July can mean PMD's and/or caddis. In a typical year caddis really get going in mid-July. Watch the flow and read the reports to stay up to date, but be prepared for both. For the caddis, #16 emergers in a tan, and low lying adults like x-caddis are great. Spent caddis patterns can be good mid-day. Its more about the presentation than the fly. Our most productive caddis over the years has been a fly we came up with almost 30 years ago on the Mo' that somewhat resembles a floating hare's ear. The key is to feed it down and across to the risers.
For PMD's, which can be a real %^$#ing pain anywhere, I'm partial to the patterns from my friends at Blue Ribbon Flies, like the Foam Emerger, Improved Sparkle Dun and DOA Cripple below.
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And the Spokane river, which if you know where to go and when, can yield some seriouslynice fish.
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What would they be for early July?
Yah, I kinda fudged there, sorry.
Great suggestions above, but there are two flies that I'd fish without fail on the Mo, and one I always have with me no matter where I go.
It's many, many years, and my buddy actually gets credit for figuring out the first one.
The first one I hate fishing because it's, well - a midge, size 20-22. Look for large "pods" trailing off of clumps of grass. Sit and watch for about 20-30 minutes. You'll see things you've never seen before. Huge bows and browns "gatoring" the mass clumps of midges.
Pick up on their "timing" of feeds, and toss you middle of a clump in the path of their feeding lane. More than likely, you won't land a single one of them, but hey...
The second is a must, a black ant. Not the big gawdy foam things that resemble nothing more than an art project gone wrong, but a simple black ant pattern, maybe a size of a Carpenter ant, and one with wings (even though the flying ant hatch will be long gone - they still work).
The third one - I tie an X Adams Parachute. Basically, it's just a Parachute Adams, with an X Caddis tail.
If you are a spring creek fisher, that's a HUGE plus! Those skills will be "tested" and refined. You'll get frustrated, but because you have that experience, you will okay in the end. I'm assuming you know what I mean. Give yourself some time to be amazed at the size of the fish in there.
Like a spring creek, be.....p...a...t...i...e...n...t
But I'm "preaching to the choir", right?
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Just tied a few "iris Caddis " something I have never fished but really like the looks of it. I used rockchuck for the head- good gaurd hairs!
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I've got an easy emerger I call Laser Larry. Basically a Sparkle Dun with silver Laser Dub for a wing. Floats great with Gink!
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LOL I wish! Those are from the BRF website.If these are your ties.... I hate you.
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Nice tie and a great pattern. Very effective on the Madison in July.
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^^^This is where it's at.
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Consider the Lafontaine Buzz Ball.
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The iris caddis can be great on flat water.
One of me best days on the MO came about just by watching a back eddy. There were a number of brows swimming around and feeding on something sub surface. I put on a small pt nymph cast it into the back eddy and gave it a short strip retrieve just like sea run fishing caught several nice fish that way..
I bet swinging some old classic wet flies would be a good way to spend the early mornings before the hatch.
One of me best days on the MO came about just by watching a back eddy. There were a number of brows swimming around and feeding on something sub surface. I put on a small pt nymph cast it into the back eddy and gave it a short strip retrieve just like sea run fishing caught several nice fish that way..
I bet swinging some old classic wet flies would be a good way to spend the early mornings before the hatch.
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Hey Rob!
I must employ this swinging ...if its effective it may be the only technique is use!! but, if the hatch is coming off, well then.....
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