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)

Blue Ford Bronco: with the last two digits of the license plate being… 58

Drive your rig down to the shop and pick up your bugs!  Thanks for being a Kingfisher customer.

The flows on the Clark Fork have stabilized after the push of water we had the last couple of days.  The clarity is still a little off, but the fishing will be decent.  There has been more insect action mid-day on top, and the fish are starting to look up for them.  The lower river is starting to see some skwalas and March browns on top with the warmer weather.  Using a dry-dropper rig will be your best bet.  A size 10 or 12 low riding skwala with a dark bodied stone fly about 18 inches underneath is a good bet.  If you’re looking to hook some toads today, using a big black and yellow streamer fished close to the banks will get some chases.  If the fish start keying in on the March browns, a size 14 or 16 purple haze or parachute adams is an excellent choice.  your nymphs for the day are a pheasant tail, black bodied stone flies, pat’s rubber leg and a San Juan Worm.  Fishing them deep and tight to the banks in tandem will work best.

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.