I hate to say this because I love fishing the Blackfoot, but don’t even bother giving her a try for a while. Flows really jumped yesterday and will continue to rise dramatically today. The forecast is calling for temps in the 80s today, and 60s and 70s all week which is going to push a lot […]
Blackfoot
Remarkably, the Blackfoot continues to fish reasonably well. Flows are starting to come up, and they should really rise this week with warmer weather. Visibility is good for this time of year at one and a half to two feet. Nymphing continues to hold sway, as not much is happening on top. Double rigs of […]
After some high water last week, the Blackfoot has really bounced back. Flows dipped back down, and are currently at a hair over 3,300 cfs. They are slightly on the rise, and with the warm weather this week could come up quite a bit. Visibility on the Blackfoot is over two feet, some of my […]
This report will be short and sweet – the Blackfoot blew out last week and is slowly dropping. One guy told me there was maybe 2 feet of visibility yesterday higher up; another guy told me whoever said that is a jackass. I guess it could drop and clear enough to make for reasonable nymphing […]
The window of opportunity to fish the Blackfoot is now!! If you had planned to fish the river this spring, you better get out today or tomorrow. The warm weather this week will bring flows up and visibility down for some time. Flows peaked on Friday, and have been dropping since then. Visibility is between […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
