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Missouri River Fishing Report – 8/26
Hoot Owl Restrictions have been put in place for the Dearborn, Smith, and Sun rivers. Tricos in the morning, hoppers in the afternoon. That’s your schedule for success over here at the moment. The caddis have been relatively absent, and the nymphing is a poor choice, if only for the algae…
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The Good Stuff
Harrison has been coming into the shop all summer long. He’s becoming a full-blown fishing addict, and is a hound for new tricks and tips. It’s clearly paying off. Just take a look at the killer brown he caught recently. Oh yeah, his dad, Stewart, caught one as well.
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Blackfoot River Fishing Report – 8/24
The Blackfoot has spiked due to the rain, albeit the least of the local rivers. Now is the time to bust out those streamers you’ve been wanting to soak. For dries use big PMDs, BWOs, elk hair caddis, hoppers, Chernobyls, Stimulators, Rogue stones, half downs, bullet heads, parachute adams, and purple hazes. For…
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Missouri River Fishing Report – 8/24
Hoot Owl Restrictions have been put in place for the Dearborn, Smith, and Sun rivers. The Missouri is also getting a rise from the rain. It’s usually less dramatic over here, due to the dam control, so it’s not something to be too worried about. The trico hatches on the Missouri right…
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Rock Creek Fishing Report – 8/24
Rock has seen a large spike in flows. Dramatic changes like that usually don’t mean good things for the fishing, but a hot streamer or two could make the day for you. For dry flies, use chubby Chernobyls, stimulators, PMDs, BWOs, bullet head stones, half downs, parachute adams, purple hazes, elk hair caddis, and…
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Bitterroot Fishing Report – 8/24
It looks like the rain has done its dirty work up on the Bitterroot, which has bumped at least a couple hundred cfs. This will only add to the difficulty of the Bitterroot, which has been set at a higher level than other local rivers for the summer. For dries, use PMDs, Small baetis, purple…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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.…