Conditions are improving on the Clark Fork, though the river is still a bit away from offering what anyone would say are prime conditions. Mark and Jake are giving me a hard time about posting flow charts in all of my reports, but this time of year flow rates are critical and offer a great […]
Al the Pal
The Blackfoot is in great shape. Flows are coming down, the water is clearing up and there are lots of insects in the river. This is one of my personal favorite times to fish the Blackfoot. PMDs, green drakes, golden stones, caddis and Salmonflies are all coming off as of this time. Barring a short […]
Yesterday, as you can see from the flow chart, caused the Rock to jump in flows a great deal. However, they are returning to normal levels now. Water clarity is not great, but certainly fishable. Looking out my window as I write this, it looks like it is going to be a beautiful day. I […]
After more or less settling a bit every day last week, flows on the upper Bitterroot bumped a lot after yesterday’s rains. I’ve been on the West Fork three times in the past week, and it’s been fishing pretty well with Drakes, Caddis, and Salmon flies. The river is pretty clear for the most part […]
Unlike the Bitterroot, the Clark Fork hasn’t experienced a big bump in flows at all, only up to a tad over 4000 cfs this morning (4010 cfs at Turah Bridge this morning). I haven’t been on the river in a bit myself, though I hear she’s fishing well with big hairy attractor nymphs, Golden Stones, […]
The wait for Salmonflies on the Blackfoot is over. The big bugs are all over the water. Despite the recent rains over here, flows are remaining to drop and the water is clear. The dry fly fishing is very good. Lots and lots of caddis are around. So are PMDs, golden stones and some green […]
The Salmonflies are out in force on the Rock. Look for them higher up on the water. Flows have bumped up somewhat due to the rain over the past few days. The water will be up and a little more dirty, but it should not affect fishing that much. Look for flows to bump again […]
Due to some rain in the past few days, flows on the Blackfoot are up a little bit today. As you can see from the chart, the river has come down a long way this last week. Visibility on the river is decent, almost a foot, but that will decrease today and tomorrow as the […]
Just as the river was beginning to wake up a bit (in terms of what most folks think as the post-runoff, summer pattern), the river has seen a pretty impressive bump in flows. The Darby gage is up quite a bit this morning as you can see….. Friends and I have had a couple of […]
The Clark Fork is on the way up like most of the rivers in the area; she was just beginning to come into shape above Rock Creek before ‘the rains came’. Don’t get me wrong, most of us who live in this corner of the state love the spring / early summer rains as this […]
Finally, after much waiting, Rock Creek is about to become one of the hot waters in the state. Flows have dropped back down to manageable levels and the water is clearing. The warmer weather this week will get the big bugs moving and the trout looking for them. Salmonflies are very, very close to coming […]
Today’s report is a good news – bad news kind of report; there’s more good news than bad, so let’s do the bad news first. The bad: Clarity remains a problem throughout the river, worse the further downstream you’re considering fishing. The good: Flows have been falling like a rock off a cliff; look at […]
The cooler weather has helped the Clark Fork, but she’s just not there yet. There’s a tremendous amount of water still rolling down this river as you can see. My guess is that she’ll be fishable in 7 to 10 days pending the weather and rainfall. There’s a lot of season yet to come…..
The Blackfoot has dropped quite a bit in the past week, over 4,000 cfs in fact. Even though flows are much lower, the fishing still isn’t great. Water clarity is improving, but visibility is less than six inches. We are much closer to good fishing on the river than last week. Shouldn’t be too long […]
Rock Creek has been improving. Flows have dropped almost 1,000 cfs over the past day or so and the water is starting to clear up. Last I heard, the visibility was almost a foot, maybe a little more. There is still a lot of water in the creek right now, so please use caution when […]
