The Blackfoot is running 731 cfs this morning and the river near Bonner had a high temperature yesterday of 65 degrees. Nice to finally have some cool down! It’ll probably take a bit longer for the river to begin fishing in today’s cloud cover, but it should be very good starting around 10:30. The lower river has been giving up LOTS of little fish while the majority of the fatties we’ve been seeing have been mid river or higher. White or tan spruce moths are a focus river-wide at this point. Expect to see many more fish delicately sipping PMDs today too. This 2nd day of clouds could do very good things for your big fish streamer prospects as well. Stick to darker bodied stuff with a near dead-drift retrieve and see what happens.
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HATCHES: caddis, PMDs, yellow sallies, hoppers and spruce moths – terrestrials in general
PATTERNS: golden stones in sizes 12 to 14. Attractor stuff in a size 8 or 10, elk hair or other caddis in a 12 or 14. Batman/ p-tail or red San Juan nymph rigs.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: If you’re heading up the Blackfoot, you’ll have company these days, even hitting the water at daybreak.