REPORT:
It’s been good stuff on the river lately provided you’ve been way up high or way down low. The mid river floats and wading opportunities have varied from sleepy to spectacular just depending on the day. High and low have provided MUCH better consistency the past week. TONS of the mid sized yellow/orange stoneflies on the uppermost sections of the Clark recently and the fish have been on them voraciously. The lower river is seeing good numbers of goldens, drakes and evening caddis. On overcast days, the dark streamers have been punishing the fatties too. If the wind doesn’t pound you today on the lower river, there’s definitely opportunities to be had! The fish down below Missoula (Forest Grove/Superior/St Regis) have been working the surface ravenously for goldens and drakes. The uppermost river is also fishing very well on top and giving up excellent streamer action too.
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HATCHES: Salmonflies, drakes, caddis, even a few hoppers on the warm afternoons.
FLIES: Big button emergers or parachute patterns, standard stonefly attractor junk with 18″ droppers. Big prince nymphs, Peacock double beads, Griffith’s gnats and zebra midges on sunny days, slow moving crystal buggers or bunny junk in #8s that’re peach or yellow, double dutch skwala, size 18 adams or purple haze.
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