There’s still some fishing to be done on the Bitterroot this week, and the weather forecast doesn’t look bad at all….. A couple of friends from Seattle have been trying to put a trip together to make a run over here, and they’ve been stymied at every turn. I told them that if they really […]
Al the Pal
Another short and sweet report today; there’s fishing to be done but you better be ready for some winter.
Pic via DiscountFlies.com
In my report on the Bitterroot yesterday I talked about the forecast for the week not looking bad. The Clark Fork is in somewhat similar shape to most of our rivers over here, there’s nymphing to be done in the mornings with the shrinking dry fly window narrowing to the warmest of the afternoon hours. […]
All things considered, this should be a decent week on the river. The forecast this morning is calling for a little more sun than I’d like to see, but low 50’s the first week of November makes for a nice afternoon on the water whether your getting much done fishing or not. Sometimes we just […]
The Bitterroot continues to give it up for the dry fly aficionado; the weather has been ideal save for some wind on the day before these storms roll through. I wasn’t on the water yesterday but heard it got tough (wind) in the afternoon. The game is still BWO and mahoganies. Bring a nice assortment […]
There’s been some damned nice fishing to be done on the Clark Fork lately; I was lucky enough to do a bit with my daughter this weekend. We floated the upper river (above Missoula) on Sunday and did very well on BWO and mahoganies in the afternoon; the wind was manageable and fish were really […]
Fall is here in full force and the rivers are feeling it. Rock Creek has reached its fall patterns, with some dries in the afternoon but most of the action taking place subsurface. There is still a fair amount of water in the creek these days, with flows still above the 80th percentile. If you […]
The word is ‘yes’. The Bitterroot is still fishing well. We’ve had a good week (more or less) since the seasonable weather returned to the Bitterroot valley, though today and Saturday are both forecast to be windy with Saturday forecast (as least as of this morning) to be very windy. The blue wings and mahoganies […]
I’m late today – meetings in Missoula and it took me a while to track down my daughter who fished the Clark Fork this weekend. She said the river (they were above Missoula) fished well during the afternoon with Mahoganies, best for them with sparkle duns and cripples. They found the best window from about […]
I’ve got to agree this morning with my friends at the Kingfisher shop in Missoula – when you look at water temps, the Bitterroot has had the advantage over other waters in the area for most of the week. The warming weather and rain due over the next several days should produce some fine fishing […]
I’ve told you before that my family has been in the area for some time; this is one of the coldest October spells, at least for the first half of October, that I’ve seen in over a decade. I just talked to my daughter in Missoula and it was 9 degrees on the way into […]
This year it seems like summer went straight into winter. Or maybe that is just what it seems like for a crotchety old man. Two weeks ago, daytime temps were in the 80s and lots of sun, and now there is snow in the forecast. Talked to Jake in Bozeman this morning and he said […]
There are a few things that Montana is never short on – great fly fishing, big sky, changing weather, and wind. The transitional weather we’re having has made it seem pretty damned windy lately; I was on the river yesterday and it was windy as hell. I can only think of one truly useful thing […]
I must say I’m happy we’re not having the weather over on this side of the state that they’re having over in the greater Yellowstone area – we’re not going to have snow down at river levels here, thoughrain showers will likely keep rolling through. The biggest weather issue we’ve been dealing with has been […]
