REPORTS: The Clark Fork is dropping and the clarity is coming back. Our best fishing has been in back channels and down stream from the mouths of tributaries. The flow here in town is hanging at 4700 cfs, and looks like it will continue to drop with the cooler weather we’re getting. If you head…

The Bitterroot has stabilized and is holding a flow around 2400 cfs here in town. With the possibility of rain today, the top water action is going to be hard to find. Your best luck is going to be with deep tandem nymph rigs and streamers. If you can find where a tributary dumps in,…

If you head up the Blackfoot, Dark streamers and deep heavy nymph rigs are working best. Placing a San Juan worm behind an egg pattern can be deadly this time of year, especially when fished just down stream of where a tributary dumps in. Big black Stonefly nymphs, pheasant tails, red copper johns and hares…

REPORTS: When the sun hasn’t been blazing, (mornings and evenings if there are no clouds), it’s been good surface hunting over here. Lots of different things working in all disciplines – nymphs, streamers and on some days – dry flies. The nymphing has been silly. Pink or red nymphs are king. Scuds, Ray Charles and…

If you don’t mind indicator nymphing, you’ll be happy fishing the creek these days. Still right on the edge of dryfly potential, but not there quite yet. Tandem nymph rigs utilizing a variety of options such as egg patterns, smaller George’s brown stones, double beads, Montana nymphs will cover you for stoneflies. Standard hare’s ears,…

With the warmer weather we had last week, the Bitterroot bumped up quite a bit but is stabilizing fast. With the clarity coming back, you can expect the fish to be ready to play ball in the coming days. the flows are hanging around 2300 cfs here in town, which is still a little high…

REPORTS: When the sun hasn’t been blazing, (mornings and evenings if there are no clouds), it’s been good surface hunting over here. Lots of different things working in all disciplines – nymphs, streamers and on some days – dry flies. The nymphing has been silly. Pink or red nymphs are king. Scuds, Ray Charles and…

The Blackfoot is slowly heating up, the flows are stabilizing, and the clarity is coming back. The flow just above town is sitting around 1300 cfs, which is still high, but not unmanageable. If you head up the Blackfoot, Dark streamers and deep heavy double nymph rigs are working best. Placing a San Juan worm…

If you don’t mind indicator nymphing, you’ll be happy fishing the creek these days. Still right on the edge of dryfly potential, but not there quite yet. Tandem nymph rigs utilizing a variety of options such as egg patterns, smaller George’s brown stones, double beads, Montana nymphs will cover you for stoneflies. Standard hare’s ears,…