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  • Clark Fork River Fishing Report – 8/24

    Clark Fork River Fishing Report – 8/24

    The Clark Fork has bumped considerably from the rain, as is evidenced by the mudslide that occurred on Friday near Marshall Creek. The combination of the slide and the rain has muddied up the water a lot, especially through town. If the Clark Fork is what you want to do, lower is probably where you…

  • Clark Fork River Fishing Report – 8/23

    Clark Fork River Fishing Report – 8/23

    The upper Clark Fork has bumped considerably from the rain, as is evidenced by the mudslide that occurred yesterday near Marshall Creek. It’s unclear what complications, if any, come from the slide, but we’ll know by later today. For dries, use elk hair and Goddard caddis’ in the evening, tricos, PMDs and PEDs, attractor patterns,…

  • Blackfoot River Fishing Report – 8/23

    Blackfoot River Fishing Report – 8/23

           You’re getting wet today, there’s just no way around it. That’s not a guaranteed turn-off for the fish, but with the amount of rain we’ve seen in the last few days, clarity could become a problem. Now is the time to bust out those streamers you’ve been wanting to soak. For dries…

  • Bitterroot Fishing Report – 8/23

    Bitterroot Fishing Report – 8/23

    The Bitterroot continues to puzzle this summer, and the flow bump from the rain might not help anything. Standard summer stuff, tricos in the lower end, figure it out if you can; we’ve had trouble. For dries, use PMDs, Small baetis, purple hazes, tricos, drakes, yellow sallies, caddis, Golden stones, hoppers, and other attractor patterns.…

  • Rock Creek Fishing Report – 8/23

    Rock Creek Fishing Report – 8/23

      Rain, and more rain in store for Rock Creek. This shouldn’t deter you if you’re itchin’ for fishin’, but understand that flows will bump, and muddy waters could be a factor. Stick with the standard summer menu, but move the streamers to the top of your box. For dry flies, use chubby Chernobyls, stimulators,…

  • Missouri River Fishing Report – 8/23

    Missouri River Fishing Report – 8/23

        Hoot Owl Restrictions have been put in place for the Dearborn, Smith, and Sun rivers.   The trico hatches on the Missouri right now are consistently good, and the hopper fishing has been turning out numbers and size. The nymphing has been next to terrible as of late, but should pick up in…

  • Missouri River Fishing Report – 8/21

    Missouri River Fishing Report – 8/21

      Hoot Owl Restrictions have been put in place for the Dearborn, Smith, and Sun rivers.   Tricos are still your best bet for escaping the weeds and algae, but hoppers are just getting started as well.  Evenings and mornings are going to be your most consistent dry fly fishing, but hooking up mid day…

  • Blackfoot River Fishing Report – 8/21

    Blackfoot River Fishing Report – 8/21

        Bring your rain jacket today, you could need it.  With today’s cloud cover you should expect some pretty decent mayfly hatches to come off and not just in the morning.  Hopper dropper rigs will be your next best bet until you start to see the dry fly fishing heat up.  Streamers can be…

  • Rock Creek Fishing Report – 8/21

    Rock Creek Fishing Report – 8/21

        With the weather on tap, be prepared for rain today.  Otherwise, be prepared for some pretty decent dry fly action today.  You should see some pretty good numbers of mayflies coming off if the weather will permit.  Using a dry/dropper rig or a streamer would be good starter until you see fish chowing…

  • Clark Fork River Fishing Report – 8/21

    Clark Fork River Fishing Report – 8/21

      The Clark Fork is going to be a decent option today with the weather we have on tap.  Bring some baetis’, chubby patterns and a rain coat just in case.  The bump in flows that we have seen hasn’t had any detriment to the fishing, but we’ll see how much rain we get this…