REPORT: The heat has been with us long enough now that the fatties are getting semi- acclimated.  The midday fishing has returned to a respectable level of consistency even if it’s not what it was 2 weeks ago.  It can be in a hurry, though, with ANY kind of cloud cover.  PMDs and ants have…

The flow near Bonner is 1290 this morning compared with 1820 a year ago.  If you hit the river at daybreak and get off by about noon, you’ll be able to drift the lower river free of tube lemmings; the fishing’s been good early!  If you’re planning on being out on the water all day,…

REPORT: It’s midsummer fishing on the creek which means LOTS of stuff in your fly box will work.  Everything from PMDs to caddis to hoppers will have the fish looking up.  The nymphing is very solid too but by and large, unnecessary since good topwater action begins about 10:00 a.m.  The 393 cfs flow rate…

The moderating daytime highs are helping to keep the fish looking up a bit more and with tricos in full swing right now and good afternoon caddis activity to boot, your prospects are pretty good.  The best dryfly action right now is early trio stuff, then again in the evening when the caddis do their…

Probably one of your best midday fishing options these days, and the morning and evening fishing is very good.  Like the Blackfoot, Rock Creek has more riffles and faster water than the ‘root or Clark Fork allowing the fish more protection from direct sunlight (fish do sunburn you know!) and predators.  The hatches are good…

Looks like the typical summer day of fishing up on the Blackfoot today. Nothing really new going on up here with decent fishing all day long. The fish are rising to PMDs early, attractors and terrestrials midday and caddis in the evenings.  Pulling streamers through the SHALLOW tail-outs of pools has been very effective for…

REPORT: If the heat keeps up as predicted, the decent midday fishing we’re having now will become a fond memory, get it while you can.   The evening caddis hatch remains consistent and is providing some of the best fishing of the day.  PMDs and opportunistic feeding on attractors will keep the surface action pretty good…

81 degrees today instead of 101 will feel damn near chilly!  It’ll help your fishing, too, by slowing down the water temperature increases.  Flows area wide continue to plummet and most of the rivers are peaking in the high 60 degree range these days. The upper and lower river is fishing pretty well midday, for…

There are good hatches of PMDs, caddis and hoppers and the fish are eating all of them.  The blazing midday sun won’t help your topwater prospects that much, but there will still be fish looking here and there.  The best dryfly action right now is early in the day and then again in the evening…

Yes, the shop is open today . . . . .The heat is definitely catching up with us now as flows continuing to fall and water temps creep upward.  Last year, water temps started becoming an issue around the 16th of July and this year, the rivers are running about 1/2 the volume of last…