Missoula Fly Fishing Report

Missoula Fishing Report 6/14

Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff.

Enjoy and Good Luck!

Bitterroot River

The Bitterroot river is starting to fish better by day. The upper stretches are still fishing the best with Salmonflies, Golden Stones, Yellow Sallies, PMD’s and Green drakes.
We still haven’t seen good numbers of bigger bugs on the middle and lower river yet. The Clarity is decent on the middle and upper and the nymphing and streamer fishing is picking up.
We’ll keep you posted on the rest of the river as it shapes up. Until then, focus your time on the upper reaches.


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Blackfoot River

The Blackfoot river has continued to produce some great fishing days. Salmonflies have been hatching throughout the entire length of the river, although the bottom stretches are turning over to more Golden Stones.
This weekends weather is calling for more clouds and rain than sun, so have your Green Drake patterns ready to throw.
While fish on the Blackfoot will still eat the Salmon and Golden throughout the cold snap, the Green Drake fishing can be great up there in the clouds.
The streamer fishing should also be fantastic on the Blackfoot during the this cold front.
They’re calling for a lot of snow in the mountains coming, along with rain in the lower elevations. We’ll see how this affects the flow after this weekend.

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Clark Fork River

The Clark Fork river has started to produce some good dry fly fishing over the last week. Be ready for some great Green Drake hatches coming with the cloudy weather. While the Salmonfly and Golden Stones get the most attention this time of year, The Green Drake dry fly fishing can be as good or better than the stoneflies, especially during the cloudy weather.
We’ve been seeing Salmonflies, Golden Stones, Yellow Sallies, PMD’s and Green Drakes over the last week.
Like the rest of our rivers, keep streamers in mind on these colder days coming, they can be incredibly affective this time of year during the darker days.


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Rock Creek

Rock Creek fishing continued to be great dry fly fishing with Salmonflies, Golden Stones, Yellow Sallies and Green Drakes. The Salmon Flies are thickest on the upper stretches while the Golden Stones are dominating the lower stretches. Plenty of Golden stones on the upper stretches as well. Keep some Green Drakes handy for this weekend during the cold snap.
We’ll see what happens with the forecast as lots of snow is expected in the high elevation. We could see a bump in flows after the rain and snow this weekend.
We’ll keep you posted.

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June/July Hatches

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