I was fortunate enough to experience the “Might Mo’ this past weekend. I floated Stickney to MT Palace both days. Saturday was a great dry fly fishing day. Overcast conditions most of the day. Not to mention the pleasant weather with no wind. Midges were everywhere. The blue wing olives showed up early and lingered through out the day. Biot Adams, BWO Cripples, BWO thorax duns, BWO captive duns, and BWO emergers were in the arsenal. This Missouri is unique and technical. Sunday was a very difficult day. With the success I had on Saturday I was excited to nymph the same section that I had dry fly fished the day before. With the bright sun and warming conditions I tried plenty of different nymph patterns. Even though we picked up a fish here and there we had to work at it. Zebra midges, lightning bugs, juju baetis/midges, the worm, and barrs emerger were apart of the tactics used. With the increased temperature the Dearborn had come up and became a little off color. It will be interesting to see this weeks weather and what it will do to the surrounding tributaries.
