REPORTS:
Beginning in April, once a week we will post a brief description of a rig we saw during the previous week that had one of our Kingfisher stickers on the window. When you recognize it as being your car described in our hatch report, stop into the shop and pick out 2 dozen nymphs or dries on us!!
This week’s winner of the two dozen free flies, just for having a Kingfisher sticker in his window, is a….. (drum roll)
Black Suburban: with the last two digits of the license plate being… 90
Drive your rig down to the shop and pick up your bugs! Thanks for being a Kingfisher customer.
The Clark Fork is Dropping at a nice steady pace and the clarity is improving right along with it. The Fishing is improving in the main river, but the best fishing is still being found in the back and side channels. With the warmer weather today you should see a window of dry fly fishing starting sometime after noon with March browns and skwalas. The upper river is a good option if you are wade fishing, and an even better one if you plan on streamer fishing. For streamers on the upper or lower river. Toss on a JJ’s special, olive or tan super buggers, sculpzillas, standard buggers or an articulated pattern. The nymphs on the menu for today are, pheasant tails, black bodied stone flies, pat’s rubber legs, San Juan Worms and little black micro stones.
Browns Lake is iced off, open and fishing well. However, the private land owners surrounding Browns Lake are now enforcing there NO trespass rights. All the bank fishing with the exception of the public land at the south and east sides of the lake is now closed to walking. We have provided a map showing the property lines and places to legally access the lake. The boundaries highlighted with green are open to the public.
HATCHES: midges, capnias
FLIES: Small prince nymphs, bacon and egg combos (San Juans in tandem with an egg patter), Griffith’s gnats and zebra midges on sunny days, slow moving or jigged rabbit streamers in front of sighted pike.
Other Info: The Kingfisher is the largest dealer of Simms Fishing Products in the Rocky Mountains.