The Kingfisher Fly Shop

    With fall slowly approaching the fishing conditions are changing rapidly. From the lower flows (which give wade fisherman excellent access) to the cold mornings to the hot mid days, Things are a little funky. The morning baetis fishing has held strong but mid days can be a little tricky. Use a hopper dropper…

  Oh man, the fishing is holding strong with the funky temp and weather differences as fall approaches. Hoppers are still bouncing around in good numbers when the day warms up and the hecuba are out in full force on the right day.The fall baetis can be expected in the mornings and evenings and hopper…

  The evening fishing on the Clarkfork has been particularly noteworthy with excellent caddis and mayfly hatches. The mid day fishing has been a little spotty but hopper dropper rigs, tandem nymph rigs and streamers have all been good bets. Mornings have also had great mayfly hatches but the evenings are definitely where its at…

  Oh man, the fishing is holding strong with the funky temp and weather differences as fall approaches. Hoppers are still bouncing around in good numbers when the day warms up and the hecuba are out in full force on the right day.The fall baetis can be expected in the mornings and evenings and hopper…

    With fall slowly approaching the fishing conditions are changing rapidly. From the lower flows (which give wade fisherman excellent access) to the cold mornings to the hot mid days, Things are a little funky. The morning baetis fishing has held strong but mid days can be a little tricky. Use a hopper dropper…

The dry fly fishing has been a little spotty with the funky weather conditions as we make the transition into fall. Morning and evening baetis fishing has been decent but mid day has been a little slow with most anglers switching to double nymph rigs. The hoppers are still jumping when the day heats up,…

  The bug action right before sundown has been bonkers. PEDs, tricos, caddis, hoppers, they’ll eat it all, and do so without a care in the world. Floating through town after work yesterday provided some of the best top water scenery I’ve seen all year. For dries, use rusty spinners in the evening, elk hair…

A good frost should mark the demise for our large lady mayfly, but until then (as September rolls along, this might come sooner than we’d like to admit) we can enjoy how much the fish enjoy her. For dries, use large parachute adams, PMDs, Small baetis, purple hazes, tricos, drakes, caddis, Golden stones, hoppers, and…

  The bug action right before sundown has been bonkers. PEDs, tricos, caddis, hoppers, they’ll eat it all, and do so without a care in the world. Floating through town after work yesterday provided some of the best top water scenery I’ve seen all year. For dries, use rusty spinners in the evening, elk hair…