Spring Fed · Limestone · Missouri, US

Crane Creek

Crane Creek terrain map
Today · About as good as it gets
Czech Nymph
Forecast · Today
About as good as it gets
On the feed top to bottom — start on the rises with a dry, drop a nymph if they stay down.
90% projected
Today's fly
Czech Nymph
Czech Nymph
Conditions on the water · Today
Proxy gauge
Level
Falling
Proxy
via North Fork of the White River (upper)
Water temp16.0°C
ClaritySlightly coloured
Weather9°C
WindN 9 km/h
Pressure1036 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from North Fork of the White River (upper). The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Rainbow Trout
Ideal
16°C est.ideal 10–18°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Rainbow Trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Good — water temperature is working for you, but time of day is the limiting factor today.
Likely species
Mayflies
Chironomids
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 7 Uhr

12 Uhr(now) — Eastern Blue-Winged Olive

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 22%

Peak activity at 7 Uhr — Trico (Eastern) (Trico (Eastern))

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Through the year
0–3 scale · October highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
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SulphurHatch
2
3
2
Trico (Eastern)Hatch
2
3
3
2
Eastern Blue-Winged OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Eastern Summer BWO (Drunella)Hatch
2
3
3
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Fly box · Rainbow Trout
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Missouri Trout Permit required; conservation-minded special regulations protect the wild McCloud-strain rainbows — verify current Crane Creek rules against MDC
  • Barbless hooks, gentle handling and catch-and-release are the ethic of the place
  • No trophy framing.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 3
Roaring River (Missouri State Park)
43 km
82
Rainbow trout
Lake Taneycomo below Table Rock Dam
44 km
84
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
Beaver Tailwater
60 km
79
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
Water quality · US Clean Water Act
  • Aquatic life: Impaired
What this classification means

EPA ATTAINS assessment unit 'Crane Cr.' (MO_2382.00), 2022 Integrated Report. Aquatic Life use: Not Supporting. Listed impairment causes: Cause Unknown Impaired Biota. This is a Clean Water Act assessment-unit classification (the US analogue of WFD), not a live reading.

Status is for the Clean Water Act assessment unit covering this reach.

EPA ATTAINS (Clean Water Act) · MO_2382.00

The full read · show the working · for Rainbow Trout · confidence 75%
How the 78 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure75 × 7%5.3
Insect activity55 × 12%6.6
Conditions total= 78
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via North Fork of the White River (upper)proxy
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 January → 31 December
Related guides
Chalkstream Playbooklimestone spring creek — same tacticsEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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