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Beaverhead River - July 5th, 2008
supplied by: Tim Tollett's Frontier Anglers
RECORDED: 
85 °
FISHING: Excellent
The Beav. is Red Hot!!!!
Flows are perfect with the river running at 600 cfs. Great hatches of PMD's and Yellow Sallies are keeping the fish in "fat city." Eager browns and rainbows are sucking up tons of food, and are providing many anglers with big smiles. Our guided trips are producing fantastic results.
The weather is perfect. The skies are blue. And the fishing is Hot. Come join us for some summer fun. Don't forget - Unlike many other fish our trout enjoy the exercise!
Bet Fly patterns:
Size 16 & 18 P.T. Cruzers in olive/brown and yellow/brown, size 14 T-Bur Stone, size 16 & 18 Bubble Back Mayflies, size 16 & 18 Mercer's Micro Mayfly in colors yellow and ruby, size 18 F.A. Foam Emerger, size 18 Split Wing Case PMD, size 18 P.T. Flashback, size 14 T-Bur Stones, and size 16 & 18 Hunch Back's. Sparkle Spiders in size 16 & 18, Get-R-Duns in size 16 & 18, Sparkle Duns in size 16 & 18, your favorite Yellow Sally dry in sizes 14 & 16 and others.
Tim, Teresa, Mike, Leon, Matt, Cody, Kris, Tim Mo., Scott, Joe, and other fish bums.
The F.A Crew
Don't forget that Clark Canyon resivoir is fishing very well. Most days see anglers landing around 20 trout in the 18-22" range - and they are FAT and FULL of FIGHT!!!
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Beaverhead River - July 14th, 2005
supplied by: The Stonefly Inn
FISHING: Good
THE BEAVERHEAD - fishing well at a little over 300 cfs. PMD's are coming off every day, though it seems like the fish are keying in on the spinner fall more so than the adult wing dryers. Nymphing, is as always, the way to go early.
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Beaverhead River - October 9th, 2004
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Fair
The Flows at Barrett's Diversion Dam are at 40 C.F.S. The Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks has issued a clousure for the upper Beaverhead river from Clark Canyon Reservoir downstream for 30 miles to the Selway Bridge in Dillion. The river is open to fishing from the Selway Bridge downstream to the confluence with the Bighole.
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Beaverhead River - September 20th, 2004
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Fair
The Flows at Barrett's Diversion Dam are at 44 C.F.S. The river is very low and there are no plans to see the water flow increase until next year. The flows are too low to float the river so if you are planning a trip over to the river leave the boat at home. The browns are starting to migrate upstream towards the dam and you will find that your catch will consist of many more browns than rainbows this time of year. There has been little word about the craneflies this year on the river, however this is the time of year that you generally see the big whirly birds flying early in the morning and late at night. You can expect to see some Baetis as well as psuedocleons hatching as well and keep your eye out for rising fish. Streamers are very good on the Beaverhead and with the numbers of browns in the river it is a good bet for this time of year.
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Beaverhead River - August 10th, 2004
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Good
The Flows at Barrett's Diversion Dam are 165 C.F.S. The dry fly fishing remains very good on the Beavehead. They have bumped up the flows a bit again for some more irrigation water downstream. The fish are happy and the hatches are still comming off in good consistent numbers. Pale Morning duns are good in the morning with a break in the hatch activity throughout the heat of the day. Once the sun starts to go down the caddis hatch heats up and there are good numbers of fish looking up just prior to dark. You will need to nymph fish during the heat of the day. So far things are holding on well on the Beaverhead and hopefully we will continue to get some moisture in August which the Dillion are could really use.
Fly Pattern Suggestions :Red San Juan Worms, Red Sawyer PT #18-20, Grey Scud #14-16, Olive Scud #14-16, Red Midge Larvae #18-22, Olive Midge Larvae #18-22, Olive Hares Ear #16-18, Green Weenie #18-20, Headlight Sally #14-16, PMD Comparadun #18-20, Parachute PMD #16-18, Hen Wing Caddis #14-16, Spent Partridge caddis #16-18.
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Beaverhead River - August 6th, 2004
supplied by: The Stonefly Inn
FISHING: Good
HOPPER TIME, if I had two words to describe the fishing in Southwest Montana as of late, those would be it. Various patterns have been more effective on certain rivers than others, and if you have been in my boat you know what I am talking about. As much as we like to ignore it, these fish see some flies over the course of the summer, so perhaps try a pattern a bit off the beaten path than the patterns you see in all the shops. There are summer stones amidst the buffet - and some of their patterns imitate a hopper better than your standard parachute hopper thrown by the droves to the banks of our rivers. - that is your tip of the day from the Stonefly Inn.
We are still launching early and late, doing a little nymphing in the mornings, maybe catching a Trico hatch on the Missouri, hit one on the Beav the other morning now that you mention it. We didnt see another boat until 9 oclock, and we already had 6 fish over 20 to hand. Those size 20 rascals are hard to see, thats for sure, but the trout around here prefer to eat them by the mouthfuls rather than one at a time.
We are still seeing afternoon thundershowers on a regular basis, so dont forget your raingear. Albeit a bit windy when they hit, the fishing following the storm has been quite good. Montana is still very green, and there is enough water in all of our rivers to "cover their backs". The next month should provide some awesome pre-fall action on terrestrials.
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Beaverhead River - July 25th, 2004
supplied by: The Stonefly Inn
FISHING: Good
The Fishing Factor - July25th, 2004
As we reach the midway point of our summer season our schedule is starting to ease up a bit from the June/July rush. Our tactics are changing a bit, from the gentlemans hours of 9 to 6 in the spring to a bit more aggresive schedule - launching the boat at 0600, being off the water by 2 in the afternoon. Although we are not experiencing the 100+ degree days of summers past, it is still hot. An afternoon/evening float is producing well for us as well - there are plenty of fish looking up as the caddis start moving when the sun goes down. It is a good feeling sliding the boat off the trailer as most of the others are taking out - heading back to the lodge. Evenings are cool, the wildlife (and the fish) are more active and I like it. Summer tactics, for summer fish. Its whats going on around here.
There are hoppers on the Madison, hoppers on the Beav, hoppers on the Big Hole, hoppers on the Ruby, hoppers on the Yellowstone, and dont forget the summer stonefly. Just because you dont see them, doesnt mean they arent there. The attentive angler will see schucks along the rocks on all of these rivers - but they are nocturnal. Unlike the very evident salmonfly hatch of 1 month ago - these fish only see them in the wee hours, and they know it. The nymphs are there, the fish eat them on a regular basis as well, but to get them to eat it on top - you better be fishing the first or last hour of the day.
As far as the catching - the big fish are out to play. The day after the wedding, I floated with my two cousins - some 10 years had passed since we wet a line together - and we saw more big fish to the fly in one day than I have ever seen. The weeks since then have been steadily producing several opportunities per day at larger than average fish.
With August right around the corner, the hopper fishing should get nothing but better, the foothills are green, the rivers have water and we have a few openings. Maw nature is taking good care of us sportsmen this year with daily rainstorms minus the dry lightning, and the word around the campfire is that the fire season that so many run from is gioing to be minimal. If you have a hankering to toss a fly to the banks in Montana this fall, and havent already made your reservations, now is the time - who knows, your picture could be on the next newsletter with a 20"+ Montana brwon trout.
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Beaverhead River - July 24th, 2004
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Great
The Flows at Barrett's Diversion Dam are 379 C.F.S. The dry fly fishing has continued to be very good with small match the hatch type of patterns. Yellow Sallies, PMD's and Caddis are the mainstays. Nymphing is always a productive method for fishing the Beav, especially close to the dam in the trough section of the river.
Fly Pattern Suggestions :Red San Juan Worms, Red Sawyer PT #18-20, Grey Scud #14-16, Olive Scud #14-16, Red Midge Larvae #18-22, Olive Midge Larvae #18-22, Olive Hares Ear #16-18, Green Weenie #18-20, Headlight Sally #14-16, PMD Comparadun #18-20, Parachute PMD #16-18, Hen Wing Caddis #14-16, Spent Partridge caddis #16-18.
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Beaverhead River - July 11th, 2004
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Good
The Flows at Barrett's Diversion Dam are 248 C.F.S. The Beaverhead has been providing some good dry fly fishing as of late. Yellow Sallies and PMD's are the main hatches to target. Floating has been a little on the tough side because of the low flows on the river. With the poor fishing taking place on the Bighole more people have been on the Beaverhead so crowds will be somewhat of an issue. Nymphing with small nymphs and midge larvae is also very productive. If you are there during low light periods try fishing some big nasty streamers in the ditch area above the High Bridge. You can turn some nice fish on streamers if the conditions are right.
Fly Pattern Suggestions :Red San Juan Worms, Red Sawyer PT #18-20, Grey Scud #14-16, Olive Scud #14-16, Red Midge Larvae #18-22, Olive Midge Larvae #18-22, Olive Hares Ear #16-18, Green Weenie #18-20.
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Beaverhead River - June 26th, 2004
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Good
The Flows at Barrett's Diversion Dam are 375 C.F.S. The nymph fishing has been good with small scuds, sowbugs and small mayfly nymphs. There has been some sporadic baetis activity and there have been a few fish looking to the surface.
Fly Pattern Suggestions :Red San Juan Worms, Red Sawyer PT #18-20, Grey Scud #14-16, Olive Scud #14-16, Red Midge Larvae #18-22, Olive Midge Larvae #18-22, Olive Hares Ear #16-18, Green Weenie #18-20.
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