The Kingfisher Fly Shop

With the flows aggressively dropping as the summer rolls on, the fishing is showing no signs of slowing down. Fishing on the entire river has been particularly noteworthy with a multitude of different patterns all day long. The fish are going to start getting more concentrated in the middle of the river so don’t forget…

Rock Creek saw quite the bump in flows a few days ago, but it has settled back into normal levels, and should be good to go this weekend. There are caddis hatches in the evening, and golden stones, PMDs, and yellow sallies available during the rest of the day. Dropping a nymph off your dry…

  The Clark Fork is continuing to get better as the flows keep dropping. All the summer dry flies have shown up… including the mosquitoes, so be prepared. The best fishing has certainly been during the mornings and evenings with nymph fishing being the name of the game mid-day. But the chubby-dropper setup is hard…

  It’s in shape and ready to fish. With a flow around 1480 cfs above town it’s definitely wade-able now but you’ll still half to be careful. The morning and evening fishing has been rocking with a mid day lul from the heat. You can still hook up mid day, it’s just not quite as…

The Bitteroot has bumped up substantially from the rain but, should drop back into shape in a day or two. Long term we couldn’t be happier with this recent rain/cool spell we are having. If your fishing today try streamers and nymphing in close to the bank and in “walking pace water”. Doing a hopper…

Rock Creek got a pretty good bump from the rain yesterday but, is on its way back down and still fishable. Nymphing tight to the bank and in the “walking pace water” will be your best bet. For nymphs use San Juan worms, March madness nymphs, DB stones, soft hackle caddis pupae, amber princes, and…

  With the flows aggressively dropping as the summer rolls on, the fishing is showing no signs of slowing down. Fishing on the entire river has been particularly noteworthy with a multitude of different patterns all day long. The fish are going to start getting more concentrated in the middle of the river so don’t…

  The Clark Fork has been fishing really well. With this cooler weather expect the fish to be looking up. The flows did bump up from the rain but, should drop back into shape in a day or two. Water temps are back down to a reasonable level and the PMD’s are out and about.…

  The Clark Fork has been fishing really well. With this cooler weather expect the fish to be looking up. The flows did bump up from the rain but, should drop back into shape in a day or two. Water temps are back down to a reasonable level and the PMD’s are out and about.…

The Blackfoot is running 965 cfs this morning compared with 1800 cfs a year ago today. The cool nights are helping big time! For now, water temps on the Blackfoot are staying in safe range, but things are warm enough to keep the midday fishing less than stellar. Focusing on the early mornings and hitting…