The Kingfisher Fly Shop

REPORT: Today’s flow near Clinton is 198 cfs compared with 267 cfs a year ago today.  Still an attractor/terrestrial deal up here although standard mayfly and caddis patterns will take fish for you as well.  While it sounds like a broken record, a red bodied humpy or royal Wulff in a 14 is tough to…

Hoppers and spruce moths are still the go-to bugs at this point although the caddis are hugely relevant towards the end of the day.   Red attractor type stuff like tarantulas, royal stimis and red bodied PMXs will work too. Hopper/ant  or p-tail dropper rigs have also been very effective, especially on the mid river…

Mandatory Drought Closure – 2 PM to Midnight Hoot owl restrictions are still in effect for the Clark Fork River from Perkins Lane Bridge near Warm Springs to Flint Creek. There will be no fishing on this stretch of the river from 2pm to midnight until further notice. Mandatory Drought Closure – 2 PM to…

Hoot Owl restrictions remain in place for the entire Bitterroot river.  This means that no fishing is allowed between the hours of  2 P.M. and midnight. The river near Darby is running about 92% of historical average while down below where the irrigation really takes off, the mid and lower river are running about 1/2…

The flow below Holter this morning is 3150.  It’s very much a morning thing over here these days with occasional fishing taking midday.  The evening wakes up again a bit more but we’re really needing a cool down. Tricos and caddis will be your best bets early and targeted, quiet and DRAG-FREE drifts are the…

The flow below Holter this morning is 3060.  It’s trico central over here in the mornings with decent fishing pretty much all day if you can weather the slower action of the afternoons.  A slowdown may not be the case in today’s cloud cover, however, since the lack of direct sunlight will likely keep the…

Hoot Owl restrictions are now in place for the entire Bitterroot river.  This means that no fishing is allowed between the hours of  2 P.M. and midnight. The river at Bell is running only 213 cfs this morning which is up about 30 cfs from a few days ago.  Floating the middle river is NOT…

Mandatory Drought Closure – 2 PM to Midnight Hoot owl restrictions will go into effect 07/25/13 for the Clark Fork River from Perkins Lane Bridge near Warm Springs to Flint Creek. There will be no fishing on this stretch of the river from 2pm to midnight until further notice. Mandatory Drought Closure – 2 PM…

Oh yeah, today’s going to be GOOD on the Blackfoot!  The smoke induced cloud cover will keep bigger fish on the move towards the surface today and will also increase your streamer success pretty dramatically.  While this river always fishes well in the sun for lots of smaller fish and a few big ones in…

REPORT: The smokey haze from the fires has been creating a cloud coveresque sort of deal out there the past couple of days and it’s making for some very good fishing.  The fish have been much more consistent on the surface and the bigger fish seem to be on the move too.  Still an attractor/terrestrial…