The rains recently have caused flows from the dam to be drastically reduced. The lower water has affected fishing somewhat, but in a positive way. Water clarity is good, with visibility over a foot. Caddis and PMDs are the main hatches at this point. Both of them are producing good dry fly fishing. The fish […]
Beaverhead
In the past two days, flows have come up quite a bit on the Beaverhead, just take a look at the flow chart. This, as you might expect, has adversely affected fishing. Visibility is pretty good right now, even with some of the local feeder creeks and tribs throwing some mud in. The recent rains […]
Flows over on the Beaverhead have come down during the past few days and water clarity is improving. Grasshopper Creek and other feeder creeks and tribs are still throwing in some mud, but on the whole the water is in pretty good shape. PMDs are the ticket now, mainly nymphs but you might see some […]
The Beaverhead continues to fish well. Flows have remained pretty constant, and water clarity isn’t too bad especially if you stay clear of the tribs and feeder creeks. PMDs are still coming up, but fishing a PMD nymph will yield some fish. Midge nymphs and caddis pupae are also producing well. A buddy of mine […]
Not a whole lot has changed over on the Beaverhead this past week. The best water is still from the dam down to High Bridge, with all the creeks and feeder streams blown out. Nymphing is still the mainstay, with not a whole lot of action up on top. Standard nymphs such as princes, hare’s […]
Thank God for the tailwaters. With runoff here in full force, they are the only rivers fishing well. The Beaverhead is no exception, as least for part of the river. The section from below Clark Canyon Dam to High Bridge is still running clear and fishable. The river below there is muddying up more and more […]
The Beaverhead has been fishing well this past week. There was an interesting thing that happened in the past few days. A large load of sediment was dumped into the river at High Bridge from Clark Canyon Creek, leaving a pretty big pile near the mouth of the creek. Friday morning, a local crew […]
There are a couple of points of good news from the Beaverhead to ponder this week. First, the flows out of the dam have remained slow and steady for another week – right around 200 cfs. Second, we’re getting close to the opener for the section of the river running from the dam down to […]
The Beaverhead is one of the few rivers located in the southern tier of the entire state that is running below its seasonal median right now. Lower flows (out of Clark Canyon) equate to overall better conditions on the water. With the cooler temps over the past week +, Grasshopper Creek has cleaned up quite […]
The Beaverhead has been fishing well this past week. The river is starting to discolor somewhat, mainly from the discharge of Grasshopper Creek. Visibility is still in the very fishable range, and should only improve with the cooler weather this week. Flows came up quite a bit earlier in the week, but are back to average […]
The Beaverhead has had a pretty good week. Flows were up earlier last week, and the river was running a little but off color. The area around Clark Canyon Creek seemed to be the dirtiest. Flows are starting to pick up a little bit as of now, as the snow melts with the warmer weather. […]
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 […]
There is a lot of great fly fishing water in Montana – most of it is pretty darned well known to those who frequent the area, some of it is not so well known. In addition to the Yellowstone National Park waters that we’ve been covering for the past several years at Best Fly Fishing […]
