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Bighorn River - August 15th, 2010
supplied by: Big Sky Fly Fishers RECORDED:65 °FISHING: Good
Well, we finally got that break from the heat that I thought I wanted, but wasn't ready for. It rained pretty hard on us on Friday, but the nymphing, and streamer fishing was good.
Streamer fishing black seemed to be the way to go under the clouds, although fishing brown trout type buggers has been very solid in the sun. Nymphing pseudo type nymphs was O.K., but the fish were really on Black Caddis Pupae, and anything small and black would work. Worms are still taking fish, especially on the lower river where the feeder creeks were dumping in a little mud, and irrigation return exists.
The flow has dropped back to 2,500 cfs now, and should remain there for quite a while.
The hopper bite hasn't been ideal, but good anglers are still taking fish close to the banks (I mean really close), or twitching them in the middle.
Hot weather will return this week, so we'll see if it improves.
Belt Creek - July 27th, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop RECORDED:75 °FISHING: Great
Nothing but good stuff on Belt. We fished it high yesterday (above Monarch) and it was silly. Lots of fish willing to eat anything from caddis to ants to purple haze. There was a smaller sized brown drake coming off under the clouds, which was pretty cool to see that high up. Stopped and checked Otter on the way home and it is still running dirty. It's usually the last water to clean up in the area and any rain whatsoever will tend to dirty it up. Look for hoppers to start working on both Belt and Otter really really soon.
-Cornfed
Holter Reservoir - July 18th, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop RECORDED:86 °FISHING: Great
The fishing is great right now and will likely stay that way as long as the wind doesn't reach gale force speeds. The walleye bite has been good during the evenings. Trick-or-treats and KK's FT Sleezeburger fished the best with a split or two ahead of them. The walters are holding in the 20-27' range, so a full sink is needed. Not much for trout, but I was moreso focused on makin shore lunch with walleye. Didn't have many oppertunities at carp. Good stuff at Holter right now.
-Cornfed
Blackfoot River - July 2nd, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop RECORDED:68 °FISHING: Good
Fished Harry Morgan to County Line (Russel Gates) on Friday. Fishing was somewhat above average considering the clarity of the water. The NF of the Blackfoot is gin clear and the MF had zero clarity whatsoever. Nymphs worked, moved a few fish to the top, but overall streamers were the best. We caught the majority of our fish on black, but had some luck contrasting it with white. There were no more salmonflies out, but we did see a few golden stones, some green drakes, pmds, yellow sallies, and lots of caddis towards the evening. I'm sure that section of water has cleared by now and dries should be the ticket. If you do head over here, check the flow charts. If they're moving up or cresting, choose a section of water on the lower river. The closer you get to Missoula, the cleaner the water is.
Suggested patterns: Big R bugs golden, carnage stones golden, Kyle's king kong hopper (trim the red legs off the back and it turns into a killer golden stone pattern), madam x's, pmx's, elk hair caddis, sparkle pupas, purple haze, SJW, princes, copper john's, yuk bugs, JJ's, sparkle minnows, skiddish smolts, what ever else big and horrific your streamer box may have in it
Yellowstone National Park Rivers - June 18th, 2010
supplied by: Sweetwater Fly Shop RECORDED:56 °FISHING: Great
From the sounds of it, it’s time to dust off your soft hackles and head into the park! The Firehole has been fishing very well, with mid-morning Baetis and several waves of afternoon PMD hatches. Grab your favorite fishing buddy, your Sparkle Stackers and a few Comparaduns then head out there!
Rock Creek - June 11th, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop RECORDED:69 °FISHING: Excellent
Very solid fishing on the Creek these days. You have the best of two worlds right now up here; Salmonflies on the sunny days and green drakes (my favorite) on the cloudy, rainy days. Fish are looking up in a bad way right now, so its time to load the boxes with big, bushy, grotesque bugs and get it while the gettin is good. The majority of the Salmonflies are from the Dalles on up to the forks and the drakes are river wide. The flows are up so be careful wading and be very careful floating. If you are floating through the Microburst area around mm 27 make sure you take the left channel. There are some downed trees that create an optical illusion that appears to block the left channel, forcing you right, but trust me you want to stay left. If your are headed up here soon, call us at the shop to get the latest info. on downed trees and sweepers.
Suggested patterns: Big R bugs, cat pukes, widow makers, king kongs, carnage stones, green drakes, werewolfs, H & L varients, royal wulffs, elk hair caddis, twisted babies, twisted X's, madam X's
Sun River - June 2nd, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop RECORDED:56 °FISHING: Good
Fishing was pretty good up high on the sun. John T. and I arrived at Gibson Dam right around 8 in the morning and the 15 or 16 inch rainbows were biting pretty good on little stone imitations (tungsten yellow sally). The water is low, but there is still some great nymphing riffles and deep pools you could try some streamers in. Cool temps with some rain, but it didn't keep 'em from biting.
Smith River - May 2nd, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop RECORDED:35 °FISHING: Fair
I had the unfortunate opportunity to float the Smith last weekend during the largest storm ever recorded in the month of April. We put in around 9am on Thursday (04/29/10) with mild snow showers and decent clarity in the water. We had fish chasing and eating streamers for the first few miles, then the storm hit. After 4' of snow fell, the 100+ mph gusts of wind passed, and the river became slush free (24hrs later), we launched and had to push to make up for lost time. The water clarity wasn't bad the day after the storm, but the 2nd day after the storm water levels rose and the river became completely blown out (about an inch of vis.). The fishing was still somewhat decent given the conditions. There are TONS of the pteronarcys californica (the salmonfly in its adult stage) active in the river right now, my guess is the hatch is about 2 weeks out. If you have a trip planned on the Smith, make sure to pack for the worst conditions possible. Capilene and Gortex is key. As a result from the gail-force winds, there are a ton of trees down in the river, so be quick to act on the sticks because there are a lot of snags and sweepers that are becoming an issue for floaters.
Hatches: March Browns, BWOs, waning skwalas, caddis, midges
Top producing patterns right now: Pats rubberlegs, red san juan worm, JJ special, black buggers, yellow bunnies, big princes
Big Spring Creek - April 13th, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop RECORDED:44 °FISHING: Fair
A couple guys and I fished the Judith River the other day. It was more of an adventure type of thing than a true fishing trip. I got a 18" brown and a bass and hooked into a bigger cat or a carp then lost it. A little further down river Bob hooked about a 20 inch bow and a nice cat that he got up to the surface then it came unbuttoned. It was cloudy out and the water was a little off color. I tried the idea dark days dark colors for a while, then I once I started to throw the Fire Tiger Sleezeburger, I started to get hook ups. It is a chartreuse/green on top with a orange/yellow on bottom. The actual fly that is at the top of the page. I don't know if I would say it is worth the drive to fish when the MO or the Sun is only 30 minutes to an hour away, but if looking to get a little trashy this could be your water.
Bitterroot River - March 21st, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop RECORDED:48 °FISHING: Good
Fished the river from Florence down on Friday. We fished nothing but dries the entire day and had around a dozen fish (all 15"+) come up and eat a skwala. We also worked some of the sloughs and slicks for pike, but only boated one 3lb. largemouth bass (which I was more stoked about than a pike). There were a lot of bugs on the water including: BWOs, midges, neumoras, skwalas, and little black stones. It is only going to get better from here on out on this river. Look for the emergence of march browns and grey drakes in the near future over here. Its only gonna get better from now until runoff.
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