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!!

It’s off to the races for the Clark Fork.  The flow above town is on its way to 9000 cfs and doesn’t look like it’s going to stop growing for a bit.  The fishing through town will be dangerous and poor and probably not worth it. If you’re heading east towards warm springs you’ve got a couple of options including beavertail pond, Georgetown lake and the ponds at warm springs.  If you’re heading to a still wate, using scuds, pheasant tails or San Juan worms under an indicator works very well.  If you plan on fishing the upper most reaches of the Clark Fork use smaller sized black or olive buggers or a smaller sculpin pattern.

If you own and iPad 1 or 2, we have 6 MFC original iPad covers to give away. The first people through the door get’em!!! If you come in with a kingfisher tattoo on your forehead you can have two!!!

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.