Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff.
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Bitterroot River
The Bitterroot river flows bumped up in the last few days and is starting to level off. The fishing has been decent with nymphs and streamers, with a few fish coming up for dries. Focus your time nymphing inside seems and soft water. We expect some Golden Stones to show up in the next few weeks and Salmon Flies on the upper stretch.
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Blackfoot River
The Blackfoot river has been fishing good for this time of year with good clarity and flows. We’ve spotted a few Salmonflies on the lower end, but not many and not enough to get the fish to focus on the dries yet. There’s lots of the nymphs moving around under the water and moving closer to the bank in preparation to start hatching, so be prepared with large stonefly nymphs on the inside seems and softer water.
The streamer fishing has also been really good with good water temps and clarity improving, so bust out those sinking lines and dredge deep for some big fish.
We expect next week to be game on for dries if the warmer weather forecast stays true.
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Clark Fork River
The Clark Fork river fishing has been good lately with fish eating dries, nymphs and streamers. The flows bumped over the last few days, but has since leveled off and we expect the fishing to be good again in the coming week. We haven’t seen much for big bugs yet, but that’s also right around the corner like the rest of our rivers.
The streamer and nymph fishing has been the most consistent and should be your go to until we start seeing more adult bugs hatching.
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Rock Creek
Rock Creek fishing has been decent lately with the Salmonfly hatch starting. The big bugs have already started to hatch on the lower end and should continue to move up as the warmer weather moves in next week.
There’s tons of Salmonfly nymphs moving to the bank, which is making the nymph fishing very productive with big stonefly nymphs.
Be ready for the Salmonfly madness to kick into gear in the coming week.
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June/July Hatches
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