Missoula Fishing Report 3/11

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Skwalas are moving on the Bitterroot river. While not epic, they’re out and the fish are starting to look for them. The Purple Chubby in 12-14, as well as the Half Down Skwala…

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Missoula Fishing Report 10/1

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe bugs are really happening on the Bitterroot, with strong hatches even on the sunny days. The Mahoganies have been steady in the afternoons with the D&D Cripple and Mahogany Sprout working very well….

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Missoula Fishing Report 8/26

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river has benefited from cool daytime temps, colder and longer nights, and recent rain. Fishing has improved a lot and hoot owl has been lifted, meaning you can now fish all day…

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Missoula Fly Fishing Report 8/6

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe cooler temps forecast will change how the Bitterroot is fishing. The clockwork pre-dawn/dawn fishing will begin a bit later with cooler water and air temps. The waning PMD’s and tricos will also hatch…

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Missoula Fishing Report 7/23

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river is under Hoot Owl restrictions from the west and east fork of the Bitterroot confluence to the confluence with the Clark Fork. No fishing between 2pm and midnight on that section….

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Missoula Fishing Report 7/9

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river has been fishing good from top to bottom. Golden Stones, Yellow Sallies and PMD’s have been the bugs of choice. Dry fly fishing with Golend Stones on the upper stretches has…

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Missoula Fishing Report 7/2

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Overview Missoula rivers continue to drop and fishing good. The high sun during midday is making it a little tougher and it pays to fish mornings and evenings. Still a few salmonflies kicking around on…

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Missoula Fishing Report 6/20

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Overview Overall our rivers have been fishing decent for the most part. A few rainstorms passed and water fluctuated a bit and caused much of the Blackfoot to be unfishable for a few days here…

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Missoula Fly Fishing Report 6/6

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Overview Our streams have been dropping steadily and clearing up. Fishing is really starting to pick up on the Blackfoot, Bitterroot, Rock Creek and the rest of our tributaries in western Montana. Salmon Flies have…

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Missoula Fly Fishing Report 6/1

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Overview The general report on all the local rivers is they’re dropping, and dropping fairly hard right now. This is providing fishable water in the upper and middle stretches of the Blackfoot, Bitterroot, and Rock…

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Missoula Fishing Report 5/9

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river is running high and off color with the warm weather we’ve been seeing lately. The upper stretches are your best bet but still not a great option. Side channels on the…

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Missoula Fishing Report 4/20

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river is benefitting from the cooler weather, dropping and clearing with each day. The cooler weather is going to be with us for a bit which will keep the river fishing well….

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Western Montana Fly Fishing 2022 Forecast

We’re having a typical Montana Spring. We had snow in late April, and the weather hasn’t gone above 70 since October! We’re getting a bit of rain each day, which is keeping the ground moist and the grass green. While some don’t enjoy this weather now, we’re all going to love it in about 6…

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Winter Nymphing

Unless you ski or snowboard, things get a lot slower in the winter. Slower traffic, slower getting kids out of the house, slow cooker meals- face it, things just don’t move as fast in the cold. The same thing applies to winter nymph fishing for trout in the Blackfoot River, Rock Creek, Bitterroot River and…

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Creek Time

Tributaries in the Western District open the third Saturday of May every year in Montana, opening up a lot of new waters we haven’t been able to fish since December! The cold nights and cooler days will provide some good fishing in the upper reaches of the tribe, so there’s going to be some good…

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Carp Tail

Yesterday Stan hooked into a great Carp on the lower Jefferson. That Tail Can Move Some Water. The Water is High, So Make sure you are tying bugs for the summer!

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