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Missouri River Fishing Report – 3/12
REPORTS: When the sun hasn’t been blazing, (mornings and evenings if there are no clouds), it’s been good surface hunting over here. Lots of different things working in all disciplines – nymphs, streamers and on some days – dry flies. The nymphing has been silly. Pink or red nymphs are king. Scuds, Ray Charles and…
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Clarkfork Fishing Report 3/10
The Clark Fork has A LOT of bank ice. Be very careful. With that said, what little open water you can find on these warmer days is well worth fishing and can be a big indicator of a warm water seep. These springs are the favored lies of big trout look for in these winter…
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New 2014 Product
Colder than all get out here in Montana right now, but the season will be on us shortly. Got new preseason shipments from Fishpond and Simms. The new Fishpond nets and Simms packs are particularly well put together. www.kingfisherflyshop.com New product showing daily
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Sunny Day in January
What do you do with a spectacular day in January – take a six year old ice fishing. Ice fishing with kids normally involves Dad boring lots of holes for bored kids and not catching much – we actually caught some stuff this time. Leo with the big fish of the day Only a six…
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Missouri Report – 10/31
It’s fishing, imagine that! With a water temperature of about 49 degrees, the fish are still really active and just waiting on the hatches. When it’s not blowing over here, the dryfly fishing with baetis has been good and should only get better as the hatch intensifies. Nymphs are an easy way to feed active…
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Clark Fork Report – 11/7
While it’s chilly out here these days, there is still some good fishing to be had and the best part is, you don’t have to get out there until about the crack of noon to get it done. While the dryfly action is now limited to only a couple of hours “heat” of the day,…
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Rock Creek – 11/7
Getting sleepy up here as winter starts coming around the bend. There is still some decent dryfly action on the upper 1/3 of the creek but it’s gotten much less consistent day to day. Nymphs are your best bet no matter where you find yourself up here these days and smaller generic mayfly patterns like…
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Bitterroot Report – 11/7
While there won’t be big bugs coming off midday, there will still be pretty decent and predictable midday dryfly action on baetis and/or midges rain or shine. Before and after this dryfly window, you’ll want to be focusing your efforts subsurface just like you do in early spring. Egg patterns, red San Juans , copper…
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Blackfoot Report – 11/7
Water temps are falling dramatically on all the local rivers and for the most part, subsurface will be the deal – at least on the Blackfoot. In addition to having to spend much more time underneath to get hooked up, your tactics there need to change a bit too. As water temps fall below about…
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Missouri Report – 10/25
The Mo is one of my favorite fall rivers. It’s just wonderful country to be playing in while the season changes around you. Quiet current seams, delicate dries and big fish in shallow waters – what’s not to like about this?? If you’re a devotee of big ugly stuff instead, the streamer fishing over here…