Oh Boy! What a weekend ahead!
Looking pretty fishy out there the week ahead.
Cold and snowy too.
So you get to choose. Go out in the severe cold temps, fight the wind, and not see another angler.
And get into some late October winter weather…
Probably get into a good bite. The water temps are perfect. The bugs are hatching. The swing bite is good. The nymph bite is sick! The streamer fishing has been creating opportunities all day long.
Or take the weekend off and come outside after the storm cycle has passed.
Some guide trips have moved their dates to later in the month or November. Others have not, gathering courage to head out into the Missouri River with high hopes, low air temps, and warm gloves.
Speaking of gloves. stop by the shop and pick up some discontinued glove deals that will have you getting a couple pairs! One for your wife? Or two?
Izaak’s will try to stay open thru Halloween! So if you want more smoked goods, and we here at the shop certainly do, you oughtta get over there for some good grub soon!
The remainder of the food outlets that will be open thru the rest of the month. A quick update from Shotgun Annie’s in WC is open thru the remainder of the month. Cooking till 8pm nightly and breakfast on the weekend days Saturday and Sunday. Taco Shack in Craig Closed. Trout Shop closed. Cascade Bars open all winter
The shop open daily at 8am. We are not terribly afraid of this weather. We live here. We gotta endure it! And enjoy it! Stop in for a warm up, a suggestion, a good conversation about 2HTROUT gear and technique, dry fly spots in the wind lee, and of course always the only fly shop in Craig with WI-FI, the only fly shop in Craig with cell phone service, sale items, gloves, hats, socks, waders, jackets, ranger, hand warmers…
This Afternoon
Rain likely before 5pm, then rain and snow. High near 42. West southwest wind 9 to 16 mph becoming north northwest. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight
Snow, mainly before midnight. Patchy blowing snow. Low around 16. North northwest wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22. North northwest wind 7 to 14 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 7. Wind chill values as low as zero. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable.
Friday
A 50 percent chance of snow after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26. Calm wind becoming north northeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Friday Night
Snow. Low around 10. North northeast wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.
Saturday
Snow. High near 17. North wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Saturday Night
A chance of snow, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 2. North wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with a high near 18.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -1.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 25.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 11.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 35.
This is an extraordinarily beautiful and evocative photograph. Thanks for posting it.
Thanks James. Love that one too. From the Craig Bridge.
Like a Russel Chatham print! I feel like I have made that comment about other photos featured on the blog… Might be the photographers style, or just the western landscape soaked in seasonal moods and weather. Either way, I like it!
Oh Boy records. Do not forget John Prine.