Bitteroot Fishing Report – 4/29

Blackfoot River Float trips

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The Bitteroot has been dropping due to the cooler weather we have been having. If you’re heading out this way, deep nymph rigs have been the best option with supermans, pheasant tails, San Juan worms, Double beaded stones, Pat’s rubber legs, jigstones, or bread crusts. You may see a few bugs popping so, bring some big D&D cripples, purple hazes, march browns, carnage drakes, and low riding skwala patterns just in case. When the flows start to come up like they are, the fish tend to seek refuge in back channels and towards the banks. So, keep your rigs close to the shoreline. If your going to fish the back channels be sure that they are actual back channels and not a tributary. The tributaries are still closed till the 3rd Saturday in May.

 

 

HATCHES/Flies: midges, baetis, March browns, grey drakes, skwalas

 

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