Little Missouri Fly Fishing

Got plans to attend it.
Hope to see y'all there,and make some new friends.

Happy to say that the guys from the gang from the Ark La Tex Ok "ALTO" Fly Tiers is resurrecting the Little Mo Fly Fishing Festival!

This coming January 31 - February 2

We had the last one five years ago, pre Covid (and assorted other reasons), but it looks like it's on!

Well done Mike Hawkins and ALTO! Hope it goes according to plan! 😎

You cannot view this attachment.. Here is a copy of the festival notice I was given.

Was notified yesterday that the ALTO fly tyers plan to hold a festival here at the municipal building, Jan 31 - Feb 2. I think it's awesome that someone is picking up the baton on this festival!!  I've sent Jeff a picture of the announcement so that he can post it here. 

River still running full at 2200 cfs .  Would be nice if the Corp would cooperate and shut down the flow in time for the January 31st festival.

They are still running the bunger valve at "a full river" so you can't wade it and it's nearly un fishable. I've seen no sigh of any fish being stocked since last Decembers stocking. The good news is there is no methane smell like before and the water is reasonable clear. The lake is at 547.14 this morning, it is finally coming down now that most of the water has come down from Langley, which makes Albert Pike now fishable.

Haven't heard any more "rumors" about when work will start on the dam or how far down they intend to pull the lake. At this full pool, they will only get about 1/2 foot per day off the lake. Therefore IF the target level happened to be a 530 foot pool level, it would be at least another 34 days of bunger running!!😬😬☹️☹️. But who knows, they could stop bungering tomorrow 🤣🤣🥴.

Happy New Year to all and I'll keep you posted unless Jeff runs me off this year.

Was advised that Albert Pike was stocked again the first week of December. Fish came from the Greers ferry national fish hatchery. Don't know what size they might have been since they didn't come from the Jim Henkley hatchery at the spring river.

As of 12:00 noon on the 31 of December, the bunger is still wide open. They haven't pull the lake down any since there is more water coming in from Langley than there is going out to Camden!! 

Thanks for the river reports this past year, Mike.  You definitely saved us some frustrating travels. Unfortunately, we were unable to take advantage of the favorable conditions in December. We have resolved to do better in '25 when river flows permit "old folks" wading.
SEARKJim

BIG thanks, Mike for the update!  It sure helps us out of town'ers to get your updates on river conditions.  You are very much appreciated.
It was good seeing you this past week.

Thanks Mike for the update.  Do you know if they have done any stocking at Albert Pike yet?  We really appreciate your posts and information on the river.

At 8:30 am on 30 December (just 10 minutes ago) the Corp fully opened the bunger valve! The river is not wadeable for fishing!  The lake is currently at 548.88, into flood pool, and Langley is at 4.82 which for me is also not fishable. This MAY be the big pull down so work can begin on the generator trash racks, time will tell. As I sit here watching, the river keeps getting higher and higher!!😬😬. Hope they don't over do it!!!😬😬.

The fishing was really good the past few weeks. Hope you got to enjoy the minimal flow we had on the river. I liked it that way, you could get a good drift on your fly. Was more like river trout fishing rather than pond fishing.