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​ Ice is off Browns Lake! Rock Creek’s flows are hanging around 250 and will continue to see slight bumps and drops as the spring weather commences with decent clarity. The weather for the next couple days is supposed to be pretty decent so expect to see some skwalas and march browns hatching. For the…

  Browns lake is iced off! The flows are sitting around 965cfs and will continue to bump and drop with the spring weather forecast this coming week. The clarity is definitely improving along with the bug activity. Reports of March Browns and skwalas have been reported up here so be ready with some dries. Use…

We are starting to see more and more bugs every day.  The baetis hatch has been coming off in a big way. You can find fish chowing baetis and midges in back eddies and tail-outs. Fish a foam emerger, smoke jumper baetis, or a thorax BWO. Fishing sqwalas tight to the banks has been a…

  The Clark Fork is really starting to fish well, both upper and lower. Fish are starting to move around, getting ready to spawn. Skwalas, march browns, and baetis have been hatching around mid-day. For skwalas try a flush floater, widow wings, half-down, or a rogue stone. Fish a dry-dropper rig until you find fish…

  The Blackfoot has dropped its way down to 930 cfs and the clarity is good. With a high temperature of 50 degrees today, you should be able to find some trout and a little bit of fun up here. The water temps are getting warm enough for the fish to start moving a little.…

 We are starting to see more and more bugs every day. The baetis hatch has been coming off in a big way. You can find fish chowing baetis and midges in back eddies and tail-outs. Fish a foam emerger, smoke jumper baetis, or a thorax BWO. Fishing sqwalas tight to the banks has been a…

  The Clark Fork is definitely seeing the sporadic flows associated with spring.  With the inconsistent weather you can expect to see a couple minor bumps and drops until we really see some warmer weather kick off.  The flow above ton is sitting around 2000cfs. The fishing on the upper sections above Missoula has been…

​   Rock Creek’s flows are hanging around 250 and will continue to see slight bumps and drops as the spring weather commences with decent clarity.  The weather for the next couple days is supposed to be pretty decent so expect to see some skwalas and march browns hatching.  For the march browns bring some…

​ Ice is coming off Browns Lake!   Water clarity is good up here and water levels are reasonable for good wading although the stakes are much higher if you go swimming in this weather – be careful it’s cold! We’ve been having decent fishing all the way from Valley of the Moon to Gillies…

  Ice is coming off Browns Lake! It’s not far from doing its spring thing, but so far, it has been pretty decent. The river is running more or less at historical average these days and for March. On warmer days there has been some later afternoon dryfly activity, especially on the lower river around…