Missoula Fly Fishing Report 9/1
Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river fishing has been good over the last week with cooler temps and longer nights. All hoot owl restrictions have been lifted and you can now fish all day. The upper is…
Missoula Fishing Report 8/19
Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river fishing has been fishing good over the last week with longer and cooler nights, and some help from some recent rain storms.Hoot Owl restrictions have been lifted on the lower from…
Current State Of Missoula Fly Fishing: Longer Nights, Cooler Temps and Improving Conditions
Tough Start To Montana Summer Fly Fishing Missoula experienced well below average snowpack and some early hot summer days starting in July. This combo of conditions created a tough early summer for the fish and the angler with low water levels and high water temperatures. Hoot Owl Restrictions were implemented in the first half of…
Missoula Fishing Report 8/11
Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river fishing has been fishing much better over the last few weeks with the cooler night time and daytime temperatures, and rain we’ve been seeing lately.The lower river is still seeing some…
Missoula Fly Fishing Report 7/19
Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river fishing has been good in the morning and slow in the afternoon. The cooler water towards the upper stretches is fishing much better than the lower end. FWP has now implemented…
Missoula Fishing Report 7/8
Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river fishing has been good over the last few weeks with plenty of bugs and good water temperatures. The water will warm up with this week as warmer weather moves in, especially…
Missoula Fishing Report 7/1
Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river fishing is picking up on the middle and lower sections, and continues to fish great on the upper stretches. The hatches are strong with Golden Stones, Yellow Sallies, PMD’s, Green Drakes…
Missoula Fishing Report 6/21
Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river fishing has been good depending on what section you’re on. The upper sections have been more productive with fewer Salmonflies on the forks, more Golden Stones, Yellow Sallies, PMD’s and green…
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 RiverThe 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…
Missoula Fishing Report 6/10
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 slowly coming into play. More so on the upper stretches and in to the West and East Fork with Salmonflies, Golden Stones, Yellow Sallies in the sun and Green Drakes…
Missoula Fishing Report 6/4
Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river flows bumped up again and fishing has been tougher on the middle and lower sections. We’ve been hearing some decent reports on the upper stretches into the West and East Forks…
Missoula Fishing Report 5/19
The fishing in May on our major rivers is usually a wash in May forcing us to lakes and smaller streams, but this year is a little different. With a cooler than normal spring and first few weeks of May, the water hasn’t come up as drastically as past years, which is creating some good…
Missoula Fly Fishing 5/4
Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river continues to drop and fishing has been good. We’ve experienced some unseasonably cold weather with plenty of snow and rain mix over the week. Not only has this cold spring helped…
Missoula Fly 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 has come back into good fishing conditions with dropping water levels and warmer temperatures. Overall the fishing this spring has been great on the Bitterroot river, although there has been better…
Missoula Fishing Report 4/14
Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river fishing has been incredible this week up until a few days ago when the flows bumped and slowed fishing down. The dry fly fishing with Skwala’s, March Browns and BWO’s was…
Missoula Fly Fishing Report 4/7
Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river fishing has been inconsistent over the last 3 days or so with rising flows followed by snow. The river flows have leveled off and started to drop which should bring a…
Missoula Fishing Report 4/3
Fly Fishing Report Brought To You By Our Missoula Fly Fishing Guides And Fly Shop Staff. Enjoy and Good Luck! Bitterroot RiverThe Bitterroot river fly fishing has been hot over the last week, the skwala dry has been the name of the game, March browns and BWOs have been good in the cloudy weather. Anglers…
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…
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…
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…