The Kingfisher Fly Shop

The Blackfoot has gained some consistency this week for sure. There is a much more predictable afternoon bite now on March browns and the deep nymphing is also getting more dependable. Red San Juans are king up here subsurface to the point where we’re fishing 2 in tandem. The streamer fishing is still only okay,…

REPORTS: The Mo is giving it up now although you’ll potentially be dealing with more wind over here than you will in the Missoula area. Midges, blue wings and, yes, some skwalas down lower on the river. The nymphing remains very good and has been for some time now. Stream fishing is picking up a…

REPORTS:Yup, like the pictures imply, Rock Creek is ROCKING! Very good March brown and skwala fishing even if you’re not seeing a ton of bugs . . .which we haven’t been. The water is now giving up some VERY good streamer fishing as well and if you’re into watching an indicator, (after redoing your taxes…

It’s Still all on the rise this morning and pretty much a non option except for maybe nymphing some of the back channels and the uppermost sections. Once this temporary push of water begins to head back down (today or tomorrow most likely), the fishing will get very good again in a hurry.  For now,…

Yeah, no!  The river is still dealing with a big push of water and will probably not be an option until Sunday at the earliest.  The fishing’s been good up here so we anticipate things shaping up in a hurry once the low elevation snow melt bump has passed.  Soon. HATCHES: Caddis, nemouras, March Brows,…

REPORTS: Still on the way up as of this morning.  It’s not helping your piscatorial pursuits at all.  The upper end will likely be your best bet for the next few days, but even that is being hugely impacted by the increased water flows.  This river is notorious for FAST turn around, however, and could…

REPORTS: Well, if you want to trade Missoula’s high water for a chance to get blown into North Dakota, the Mo is probably a good bet.  Too bad, too, because the cloud cover over here minus the wind would’ve made for some spectacular dryfly action.  It all depends on just how windy it gets.  From…

REPORTS: Like all the area rivers, the Clark is on the rise top to bottom with the exception of the uppermost river ~ it’s a shot anyway.  We had been having pretty decent fishing with over-sized dries on the lower river during the first two days of bump, but at this point, there’s just been…