The Kingfisher Fly Shop

It’s kind of a catch as catch can affair up here right now with the seasonal shift in full swing.  Not a ton of aquatic insect adults around at this point although there are still good numbers of terrestrials like ants, bees, hoppers and even some spruce moths.  The fish have still been willing to…

Rock Creek just keeps chugging along like it has since EARLY spring this year.  Good fishing pretty much all day long although the fish have gotten quite a bit more selective recently.  Expect to see this change a bit in your favor as the cooler weather moves in with some clouds and the fatties feel…

The Hoot Owl restrictions on the entire Bitterroot have been lifted. The flow is 321 near Darby, 226 mid river and 470 in the lower flats. It’s definitely a better wade fishing option now, in general, than a floating option although there are still any number of areas that have enough water to float. Today…

It hasn’t been easy over here lately in the last gasp of summer heat and sun.  There has been some decent morning fishing on the tricos and some opportunistic hopper and nymph gobbling midday, but we are certainly ready for some clouds and a cool down.  For now, we’re getting some fish on some of…

  TricThe weather looks to finally be moving in our favor.  Along with the major cool down in the forecast should come the start of some of the fall hatches and more consistent daytime fishing.  While the Clark has been fishing well section to section on a hit and miss basis, the blazing sun certainly…

Tricos are still the name of the game early in the day, and if there’s cloud cover, the midday fishing’s been pretty good too.  Unfortunately, it looks like sun, hot temps and some wind could put a damper on things over the next few days.  Fishing small soft hackles or sparse midge subsurface patterns underneath…

Happy cloud cover in store . . not so happy lightening! Fall is finally coming – maybe.  The nymphing over here has gotten to be less frustrating with the algae moving out and the clouds have the fish looking up during what was pretty much a midday slow down even a week or two ago. …

The Hoot Owl restrictions on the entire Bitterroot have been lifted. FWP will be electroshocking Hannon to Darby the 9th, 10, and 11th. There is still some floatable water on the ‘root these days, but it has become a VERY good wade fishing opportunity just because there is so much water up here right now…

The considerably cooler water temps on the Clark have improved the consistency of the fishing pretty dramatically.  Tricos are still the name of the game early in the day, but the midday fishing is much improved under the clouds and even in the sunny breaks between cloud cover.  Fishing small soft hackles or sparse midge…

Like all the rivers in the area, the clouds and cooler nights are dropping water temps pretty dramatically – enough so that it’s taking a bit in the mornings for things to warm up enough to get the fish looking up.  Yesterday’s high water temperature near Clinton was 60.5 degrees and the fishing was tough…