Looks like a bit of wind on tap for today, but by Missouri standards, it’s not a day killer.  Your best bet over here is still the tandem nymph setup as we await the more robust hatches of October to arrive.  That being said, there are still fish will to take generic mayfly offerings and…

It’s fast becoming a fall menu for the Bitterroot fatties.  With baetis, mahoganies and fall drakes all coming off up here right now, darker bodied mayflies ranging from size 12 cripples and button emergers to small parachute Adams/purple haze stuff in 16s to 20s are working well.  We’re also seeing enough of the big fall…

The flow on the Blackfoot this morning is 561cfs and fishing it has been fishing well.  The river has been a bit moody in the suddenly cooler weather, especially on top, but you can generally find the bite with some searching.  Some days it’s as simple as a #12 or 14 royal Wulff and the…

The Blackfoot is running 488 cfs this morning and fishing well.  The cloud cover should do good things for you as some of the fall hatches begin to show up for real.  There are October caddis, drakes some mahoganies and still a bevy of terrestrials like hoppers, bees and ants.  The dryfly fishing is taking…

  The Bitterroot continues to run well below the 25th percentile mark with one of the most “vulnerable wetted perimeter” profiles of all the area rivers.  The cooler nights and daytime highs have lowered water temps into the 50s now, down from lower river daytime water temps that hovered around 68 to 70 degrees most…

It’s beginning to feel a lot like fall up here these days.  The best dryfly fishing is now firmly midday although you can still catch some fish on dries early and late.  The big fall mayflies have begun to show up along with some mahoganies and October caddis.  Our best bugs still haven’t changed though,…

Ohhhhhh . . . .it looks like a happy place over here today!  Clouds and not much wind to speak of should make for some very good end of summer/beginning of fall Missouri fishing!  While the best numbers continue to be subsurface with nymphs, the streamers have gotten much more productive and are taking BIG…

Looks like a perfect fall Clark Fork day is on tap today!  The dryfly fishing has picked up considerably in recent days with fish rising to a variety of dries and hitting streamers much more consistently.   Slow moving streamers in black, olive or brown have been working for us right out of the chute and…

On Aug. 5th, the Blackfoot and all its tributaries closed to fishing on the recommendation to FWP by the Blackfoot Challenge/Irrigation District as levels fell below 500 cfs., a drought response plan “trigger level”.  (http://blackfootchallenge.org/Articles/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Blackfoot-Drought-Response-Plan-Revised_April-2013.pdf). This year, according to Gary Burnett, executive director of the Challenge,  “presented something of a phenomenon as water temperatures remained…

On Aug. 5th, the Blackfoot and all its tributaries closed to fishing on the recommendation to FWP by the Blackfoot Challenge/Irrigation District as levels fell below 500 cfs.  This is one of the “trigger levels” written into the drought response plan (http://blackfootchallenge.org/Articles/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Blackfoot-Drought-Response-Plan-Revised_April-2013.pdf) wherein actions begin to take place at 700 cfs.  These actions can mean…