The Kingfisher Fly Shop

  It’s still going up and down like a gosh darn see-saw.  The flow near town is sitting just above 5000cfs and should continue this pattern till high water really kicks off, which should be soon.  The main stem is much more boater friendly right now with the higher flows but the back and side…

  The Clark Fork is still climbing on the lower half of its sections at a pretty steady pace.  But everything from the confluence of the Blackfoot on up stream is holding fairly stable.  The fishing up here should be worth the trek. Dry/dropper rigs and tandem nymphs have been fishing the best hands down,…

  The Blackfoot is still slowly creeping up in flow despite the cold nights we’ve been having.  The flow above Bonner crept past 3100cfs and will probably start to slow with the cooler days forecast for the rest of the week.  With the flows as high as they are, it’s definitely much more of a…

  The Clark Fork’s flows from the bottom to the top are doing very different things.  Above the confluence of the Blackfoot, the river is dropping at a pretty good pace.  Through town to the Bitterroot confluence, it has stabilized but not quite started dropping yet.  Below the confluence of the Bitterroot, it’s still rising. …

  With the river stabilizing and the clarity starting to improve, the fishing has gotten much better through the week.  The flow is hanging around 1100cfs which makes it much more of a boaters game, but the fishing up high should offer some decent wading options.  The best luck has been on tandem nymph rigs…

The Blackfoot’s flows have been fluctuating the least with the funky spring weather we’ve been having.  The flow at Bonner is a little under 3000cfs and should continue to stabilize with the cooler evenings forecast.  It did see a little bump from the early week weather, but not much.  With the flows as high as…

  As far as a spike in flow goes, the Bitterroot has seen a pretty good one over the last two days.  With the cooler days and nights it has already started to stabilize and should drop a little before we get more warm weather.  The flow just above town is hanging at 3850cfs with…

  Rock Creek’s flows took a bit of a bump with the hot days from earlier this week.  The Flows are just under 1100cfs and that should improve through the weekend into next week.  The dry fly fishing has been pretty spotty with the funky conditions but the nymph and streamer fishing has been much…

  The Clark Fork certainly saw a little bump from the warm weather earlier this week but the cooler evenings should stifle the flows.  With the conditions as they are, it’s much more of a floating game right now.  If you are going to be wading, you’re better off going to the upper sections or…