It looks like the rain has done its dirty work up on the Bitterroot, which has bumped at least a couple hundred cfs. This will only add to the difficulty of the Bitterroot, which has been set at a higher level than other local rivers for the summer. For dries, use PMDs, Small baetis, purple hazes, tricos, drakes, yellow sallies, caddis, Golden stones, hoppers, and other attractor patterns. For nymphs, use pheasant tails, caddis pupae, mayflies, small micro stones and Pat’s rubber legs. For Streamers use dark bodied buggers and sculpin patterns.

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HATCHES/Flies: Tricos, PMDs, caddis, yellow sallies, hoppers. Dark, heavy nymphs for subsurface. JJ’s specials, articulated streamers, bead-head woolly buggers.

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