Hoot Owl restrictions are now in place for the entire Bitterroot river.  This means that no fishing is allowed between the hours of  2 P.M. and midnight. Due to the cool nights, the lower river which has been topping out at about 70 degrees every day is fishing the best early, while the upper reaches…

The Blackfoot had a high temperature of 66 degrees yesterday – the same as the Missouri below Holter Dam.  Not bad.  The cool nights have been making for big swings in water temps these days and that means it’s taking the rivers awhile to wake up.  No longer can you hit the water at 5:30…

REPORT: The creek is seeing about a 10 degree temperature shift in the course of the day lately.  This means that the water’s actually needing to warm up a bit (how’s that for ironic) before the fishing truly gets going.  The best dryfly action will begin around 11 and keep going clear into mid evening…

REPORT: Good stuff on the creek even though the blazing heat we’ve been enduring. Things should only improve as the daytime highs get back into the normal and below normal range with a bit of rain thrown in just for fun. The best fishing these days continues to be on the upper 1/2 of the…

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…

Tricos, caddis and some PMDs are the main fare over here these days although smaller hoppers are taking fish for us too.  The crowds have peeled off a bit due to the heat wave and the excessive algae bloom, but diehards are still getting it done! Fishing subsurface with anything is tough these days due…

Hoot Owl restrictions are now in place for the entire Bitterroot river.  This means that no fishing is allowed between the hours of  2 P.M. and midnight. The uppermost ‘root is still staying very cool and even the lower river near Missoula topped out with a water temp of 68 degrees yesterday.  Nice to have…

Mandatory Drought Closure – 2 PM to Midnight Hoot owl restrictions will go into effect 07/25/13 for the Clark Fork River from Perkins Lane Bridge near Warm Springs to Flint Creek. There will be no fishing on this stretch of the river from 2pm to midnight until further notice. Mandatory Drought Closure – 2 PM…

Mandatory Drought Closure – 2 PM to Midnight Hoot owl restrictions will go into effect 07/25/13 for the Clark Fork River from Perkins Lane Bridge near Warm Springs to Flint Creek. There will be no fishing on this stretch of the river from 2pm to midnight until further notice. Mandatory Drought Closure – 2 PM…

Hoot Owl restrictions are now in place for the entire Bitterroot river.  This means that no fishing is allowed between the hours of  2 P.M. and midnight. More of the same with the lower river near Missoula consistently running temperatures in the danger zone while the upper Bitterroot continues to be some of the coldest…