Hooked up on The Mo. |
The Missouri river is known for technical match the hatch fishing both on top and subsurface but with the high water the technical fishing is out the window replaced by "double worm ' rigs and lots of lead, call it food source food source matching.
Across the West the San Juan Worm kicks fin on most of the fabled tailwaters .From Alberta's Bow River to Arizona's Lee's Ferry, anglers fish a variety of patterns that imitate both earth worms or aquatic worms .When I first started my guiding career on the Bow River The worm was a big hit and still is, to the point that few anglers wanted to switch to other flies or tactics.My observations are that the worm works best during high water, the bigger the better for good reason as naturals are being washed in the river,as the rivers drop then smaller patterns seem to work best .During high water worming usually the trout caught puke up a bunch of worms before they are released ,proving that the San Juan Worm is matching something.This past week on the Missouri the fish where piping it , and in a variety of colors including ,brown ,orange ,pink and red .
Although some anglers don't want to lower(?) themselves to fishing the San Juan Worm , it can make the difference between some fish caught and a lot of fish caught.When the trout are on it , they are all over it in a big way .
A hefty worm eating rainbow |
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