From the sounds of things, it is going to be a good weekend on the Rock. A couple buddies of mine were over there yesterday and had a great day. Flows are dropping and the water is warming up, so look for some good dry fly fishing this weekend. Highs are going to be in […]
Al the Pal
Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words – the flows on the upper river have skyrocketed this week – the word I’m hearing is that she’s pretty much blown. Maybe the cooler temps this week will slow down the low and mid level melt. After nymphing all winter it’s hard to say goodbye […]
What a difference a week makes. Since last week’s report there’s been a great deal of melt in the lower elevation snowpack that’s send a bolus of water and color into the river. I’ve been talking about it this morning early with some friends, and most of us think that this is all lower level […]
The Blackfoot is up and off. With all the warm weather the past few days, the snow has been melting and raising the river levels. Water is still on the rise as of right now. I’ve heard reports from a couple old buddies of mine saying visibility is anywhere between two feet and a foot […]
Extended family and fly fishing. For many hard-core fly fisher folk, simply reading or hearing those words – fishing with extended family – sends chills down their spines, blurs their collective vision, wobbles their knees, pops beads of sweat from their foreheads like tiny riverside springs, and induces ominous rumblings in their guts. Holidays, like […]
Happy Easter! I hope you enjoy this day with friends and family. Looking out my window right now, it looks like a beautiful day out there. If the wife and visiting relatives don’t see you, sneak out the back door and go fishing! The Beaverhead has been fishing well lately. The BWOs are out in […]
To be honest I haven’t been on the Clark Fork in a few days, but here’s what the scuttle has been. With the really warm weather yesterday (I heard some areas in town were pushing 70) flows should be up on both the upper and lower river, though the most significant weather related impact will […]
The Blackfoot has yet to hit its real spring stride. The water is still very cold (don’t forget the long underwear!) and the fish are holding in their winter hangouts for the most part. With the nicer weather this week, the fish should start to get a little more active. Bouncing large double-nymph rigs is still […]
The Bitterroot is living up to its Spring season reputation, but lots of folks who thought they were going to clean up over the weekend didn’t find it quite so easy. There were a lot of city folks people fishing the river over the weekend, and the first bright sun in weeks and lots of […]
