The Bitteroot has dropped to 2460cfs at Bell Crossing. The fish are really starting to key in on skwalas and nemouras. March browns have been spotted here and there, but they are not out in any big numbers yet. Same story with baetis. March brown nymphs, San Juans, and skwala nymphs have been the ticket for subsurface. With the warm weather in the forecast, the fishing should pick up. Focus on working side channels and walking pace water. Remember to have long drifts with more mending rather that picking up and recasting.

Double dutch bugs, flush floater skwalas, royal chubbies, Amy’s ants in olive, and foamulators are all good choices for skwalas. For nemouras just sharpie up your smallest skwala pattern and you will be good. Underneath use pheasant tails, pearl green lightning bugs, San Juan worms, amber princes, Pat’s rubber legs, jigstones, and hare’s ear nymphs. Streamers have been working well in the down time between hatches with Aztec streamers , sparkle minnows, bighorn buggers, sculpzillas, and sex dungeons. The streamers have been fishing best with short strips off the banks.

HATCHES/Flies: Midges, skwalas, march browns, baetis, grey drakes A Review of the Winston Fly Rod

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