Craig / Cascade
Missouri River
Live Conditions
Missouri River — Near Toston
7-Day Flow
→ Stable
24-Hr Pressure
26.34 inHg · → High/stable
Local Weather
Tough conditions — fish deep
Today
🌫️Foggy
65° / 46°
Tomorrow
☁️Overcast
74° / 41°
Fri
☁️Overcast
77° / 53°
Sat
☁️Overcast
69° / 54°
Cold front incoming — go deep with nymphs, surface activity likely slow.
Weather by Open-Meteo · No API key · Updated every 30 min
What should I fish today?
⚡ AIAI-powered recommendation using today's live flow, temperature, and hatch data.
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Time of Day
Using: 1,830 CFS · 60.6°F · Tricos continue early month. BWOs returning on cloudy days
What should I pack?
Rod, flies, tippet, and safety gear specific to today's Missouri River conditions.
🪰 Hatch Calendar
Missouri River · September · Early Fall
🟢 Active now at 60.6°F water
🟡 Approaching — within 5°F of trigger range
Select month
Tricos continue early month. BWOs returning on cloudy days (size 18-20). PMDs tapering. Hoppers still effective. Cooling water, active fish, less pressure after Labor Day.
🟢 Active · 🟡 Approaching · ⚪ Seasonal only
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About Missouri River
Big-water tailwater below Holter Dam — Montana's most consistent year-round fishery for trophy rainbows and browns. Stable flows, prolific hatches, and miles of wadeable riffles between Craig and Cascade.
Regulations
Catch-and-release only in the wild trout section below Holter Dam, with artificial lures only in designated stretches. Montana fishing license required. Verify current regs at fwp.mt.gov before fishing.
Learn More
Guides to help you fish Missouri River with more confidence.
Montana Fishing Regulations for Fly Anglers
Montana's Conservation License prerequisite and AIS pass, the third-Saturday-in-May to November 30 general stream season, blue-ribbon special regs on…
Trout Species of Montana
Montana's six salmonids and how to tell a harvestable brown from a release-required cutthroat or a protected bull trout. Missouri and Yellowstone…
Seasonal Guide to Montana Fly Fishing
Montana rivers are a completely different game each season — Salmonfly in late May, PMD and caddis in July, technical Trico on the Missouri in…