The Kingfisher Fly Shop

REPORT: You may get today and part or all of tomorrow on the lower river before the next big push of water hits.  Today is definitely the day to get out on most of the local waters to catch the calm before the high water storm.  More wind in store today it looks like, but…

The river’s on the drop as of this morning, but don’t expect that to last beyond today.  The weather for the week ahead is almost sure to unleash the May/June blow-out.  Today’s the day if you want to hit this river anytime soon.  You’re still going to be dealing with the wind that was such…

  REPORT: Today is almost certainly the beginning of the end.  While the creek is only up about 20 cfs in the past 24 hours, you can bet that the 70 degee days and near 40 degree nights will start to bring down the snowpack.   In yesterday’s nasty windy and rainy weather, nymphs were the…

  REPORT: The creek has bumped an insignificant 40 cfs on the lower end starting the day at 515 cfs with a water temp of 45.  Those are good numbers.  They’re now calling for some afternoon winds today, but that hasn’t seemed to put much of a damper on creek success lately.  March browns and…

The wind may be a bit of a pain up here today, but conditions still look good to do well with oversized dries (para Adams, Para Xs) and of course, streamers.  Look for darker bodied junk to work best for you in the overcast conditions. Hanging red San Juans 20″ under your dries (or even…

REPORT: Well, in recently typical Clark Fork fashion, this river fished inconsistently from section to section.  The uppermost reaches saw good dryfly action on skwalas and streamers. The lower river, in general, saw few bugs short of some fairly compressed and widely scattered afternoon hatches which made for better nymphing.  It seems like the weather…

There is a slight flow increase on the upper 2/3 of the ‘root this morning compared with this time yesterday, but not enough to give you second thoughts about this river being a good option today.  The lower river is pretty much static flow wise although you can expect a push by tomorrow and even…

Well, guess that was your break in the wind.  More blowing on the way today although from the sound of it, it’ll be no worse than here in Missoula.   Look for the standard nymph fare to work really well over here as well as a variety of dries including baetis, midges and March browns.…

Mostly cloudy skies with widely scattered shows, a high of 55 and almost no wind?!!  Are you KIDDING ME!!??  RUN don’t walk to the Mo because this is about as good as it gets over here conditions wise.  This is brown bugger/crawdad Nirvana!!  Yeah, it’s pretty good stuff for you dry fly enthusiasts too! Pretty…

The uppermost river is showing a little upward hitch as of early this morning, but it’s likely nothing to worry about.  The lower 3/4 of the ‘root are still on the drop and looking ideal for stellar fishing today.  There will be a bit of wind, but the 20 mph gusts they’re calling for will…