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…

  The Bitterroot has stabilized pretty well and is holding a flow around 6000 cfs.  It’s still pretty off color and high, but the fishing is shaping up as the conditions continue to stabilize with the oncoming summer weather.  There has been a multitude of bugs hatching with Golden stones, yellow sallies, caddis, PMDs, and…

  With High water being over and Rock Creek’s flows dropping quick, if you’re looking to float you better make it soon, before it gets too boney.  The Salmon flies have pretty much run their course, but all the other summer bugs have shown up in spades.  PMDs, yellow sallies, Golden stones, Baetis, and caddis…

The Blackfoot is plummeting quick with the warmer weather and mild run off we had.  With the peak of high water over, and the water conditions getting nothing but better, The dry fly fishing has really taken off.  Salmon flies have started hatching in good numbers along with golden stones, Yellow Sallies, PMDs, Baetis, And…

  The Clark Fork is still dropping but will take a little bit longer than our other rivers to clear up.  The bottom end is flowing a little above 10000cfs with marginal but improving clarity.  It’s getting to be standard summer fare now, with attractor dries and dry/dropper rigs working really well, along with PMDs,…

  The Clark fork is on the drop again and is down to 12000 cfs below town.  It’s high and off color, and needs to stabilize before it really starts to fish again.  Streamers and nymphs tight to the banks are your best bet right now.  For streamers, sculpzillas, mouthwashes, krelix minnows, sparkle minnows, and…

The Blackfoot has made a pretty serious drop through the week but is still very muddy.  The fishing up here will be limited to nymphs and streamers until the conditions start to stabilize.  For nymphs chuck some big pat’s rubber legs, black or olive double beaded stones, prince nymphs, batman nymphs, psycho princes, San Juan…

  rock creeks flows are slowly dropping despite the weather.  We’ll half to wait and see what this 80-90 degree weather does to the flows, but I’m guessing nothing like we’ve seen in the past as far as being short lived.  The salmon flies are in full swing at this point and mostly concentrated to…

  The Bitterroot is dropping like a stone.  The water level is dropping so fast it’s displacing the fish and making the fishing pretty spotty.  You’re better off letting this one stabilize a little before you hit it up again.  If you can’t help yourself and need to get out, bring some nymphs and streamers…