3.2 miles
Missouri · spring creek
3.2 miles
October on the hatch chart — names and sizes, not a catch report.
Filled months are when that insect is on the chart. Best months for this river are lit.
Swipe months to stay on the year
| Insect | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midge (Chironomidae) | ||||||||||||
| Little Black Stonefly | ||||||||||||
| Blue-winged Olive (Baetis) | ||||||||||||
| Little Black Caddis / Grannom | ||||||||||||
| Sulphur / Pale Evening Dun | ||||||||||||
| Caddis (Trichoptera) | ||||||||||||
| Yellow Sally | ||||||||||||
| Terrestrials (ants, beetles, hoppers) | ||||||||||||
| Terrestrials (hoppers, ants, beetles) | ||||||||||||
| Trico (Tricorythodes) | ||||||||||||
| Autumn Sedge / Caddis |
Hatch-chart nymphs, dries, and streamers for this river. Not a crowdsourced catch report.
Open the Barren Fork Creek fly list →2 listed points. Map is Vellum land and Teal water — a desk chart, not a satellite.
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MDC Blue Ribbon upstream boundary. Public county road crossing on Sunklands Conservation Area. Small spring creek; wade downstream toward Twin Springs and Sinking Creek.
Missouri State Park parking and river access at Sinking Creek. Barren Fork's Blue Ribbon water ends at this confluence. Stay on park and MDC public land.
Missouri Department of Conservation Blue Ribbon Trout Area, County Road A-D to Sinking Creek (3.2 miles), Shannon County. Flies and artificial lures only. Soft plastic, natural, and scented baits are prohibited when fishing for any species. Daily limit 1 trout, minimum 18 inches. Gigging, bowfishing, and atlatls prohibited; fish taken by those methods may not be possessed on these waters or their banks. Porous-soled waders prohibited in Shannon County. Missouri fishing permit required; trout permit required to keep trout. Confirm the current MDC Wildlife Code and special waterbody proclamation before fishing.
Verify with Verify with the local fish and wildlife agency. Retrieved 2026-08-31. Seasons and gear rules change.
Missouri Department of Conservation manages 3.2 miles of Barren Fork Creek, from County Road A-D to Sinking Creek, as a Blue Ribbon Trout Area. Shannon County bans porous-soled waders. Flies and artificial lures only. Soft plastics, natural bait, and scented bait are illegal for every species. Daily limit is one trout at least 18 inches. Gigging, bowfishing, and atlatls are closed. The fish are wild rainbow trout in a small spring creek. Public water is on Sunklands Conservation Area. County Road A-D is the upstream line. Echo Bluff State Park sits at the Sinking Creek confluence. Midges cover winter. Little black stoneflies hatch in March. Caddis and sulphurs show in May. Ants and hoppers take over after June. Confirm the current MDC Wildlife Code before you fish.
If something here is thin or wrong, add what you know. It goes to review before it publishes.
Contribute to this riverNo USGS site is linked to Barren Fork Creek. We do not invent a site id or guess a flow.
