Spring Fed · Limestone · Missouri, US

Eleven Point River

Two canoes with paddlers moving down the clear, forested Eleven Point River in the Missouri Ozarks.
Today · Not the day for it
Pink Shrimp
Forecast · Today
Not the day for it
Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
45% projected
Today's fly
Pink Shrimp
Pink Shrimp
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.63 m
Lifting fast
Water temp16.5°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather11°C
WindN 14 km/h
Pressure1034 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Rainbow Trout
Ideal
17°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
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Likely species
Mayflies
Chironomids
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 07:00

Peak activity at 07:00 — 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
2
2
2
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1
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 to possess trout; the Greer Spring branch and the river below carry a trout-management zone with specific gear/length rules — verify the exact zone, dates and tackle rules against current MDC rules
  • A National Scenic River — respect the corridor.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 1
Spring River (Mammoth Spring)
40 km
83
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Two canoes with paddlers moving down the clear, forested Eleven Point River in the Missouri Ozarks.
    ElevenPointRiver-MarkTwain-001
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality · US Clean Water Act
  • Aquatic life: Not assessed
  • Fish consumption: Impaired
What this classification means

Fish consumption: Consumption advisory (Mercury) — fish for sport, not the table.

EPA ATTAINS assessment unit 'Eleven Point R.' (MO_2597.00), 2022 Integrated Report. Aquatic Life use: Insufficient Information. Listed impairment causes: Mercury. 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_2597.00

The full read · show the working · for Rainbow Trout · confidence 90%
How the 80 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure75 × 7%5.3
Insect activity55 × 12%6.6
Conditions total= 80
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
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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