Fishing Reports

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Missouri River - September 5th, 2010
  • Recorded:
  • Cloudy
  • 65 ° F 
  • Fishing: Great
 Weather was a little cooler today.  Cloudy off and on there was a decent caddis hatch coming off the whole time.  We floated from Mid Canon to Mnt. Palace.  Nymphing seemed consistent.  Pheasant tails, caddis nypmhs, and we landed a fish on the Keller's Good Night as well.  Late the caddis hatch was getting better as we were taking off.  I think streamers will be a good idea as soon as the weeds leave.  There are plenty of loose weeds floating on the lower witch makes the nymphing a little frustrating.  However, there were fish to throw to on top nearly the whole way.  
 
Missouri River - September 5th, 2010
  • Recorded:
  • Cloudy
  • 65 ° F 
  • Fishing: Great
 Weather was a little cooler today.  Cloudy off and on there was a decent caddis hatch coming off the whole time.  We floated from Mid Canon to Mnt. Palace.  Nymphing seemed consistent.  Pheasant tails, caddis nypmhs, and we landed a fish on the Keller's Good Night as well.  Late the caddis hatch was getting better as we were taking off.  I think streamers will be a good idea as soon as the weeds leave.  There are plenty of loose weeds floating on the lower witch makes the nymphing a little frustrating.  However, there were fish to throw to on top nearly the whole way.  
 
Missouri River - August 19th, 2010
  • Recorded:
  • Sunny
  • 80 ° F 
  • Fishing: Great
 8/14/10
I am back form a short trip to Homer, AK for a family wedding.   Got a little fishing in on the Upper Kenai with my good friend Fred Teleen of Mystic Waters.  Great day on an incredible river.   Good to be back on the MO.  I was greeted with hungry fish below the Dam very eager to eat #18 black Zebra Midges.  The number of risers has slipped quite a bit but you can still go out and find some very picky fish.  Hoppers should be working better than they are, it seems to be a day to day affair.  The Dam to WC bridge is the most consistent water by far.  Black Zebra, Lil' Green Machines, WD-40, Sawyer PT's, Purple weight fly  have all been getting good response. Did I mention the Black Zebra Midge?  The recent rains should keep our H20 temps down a bit which will help keep the mighty MO healthy for the last push into September.  The MO is in good shape right now with very minimal weeds for August.  Treat our fish well.  Put the heat on them and land them asap.   Enjoy Late August.......Holy smokes it's late August!

-Brian - Finfetchers


  




 
Flathead River - August 10th, 2010
  • Recorded:
  • Partly cloudy
  • 80 ° F 
  • Fishing: Excellent
MIDDLE FORK OF THE FLATHEAD REPORT:  The Middle Fork is fishing absolutely red hot right now.  It has reached the perfect level making both wading and floating good options.  There are A LOT of nocturnal stones hatching right now so make sure you have plenty of golden chubbies.  Other major hatches include: Spruce moths, PMDs, caddis, brown drakes, and all sorts of terrestrials.  There is no need whatsoever for nymphing right now.  All that is needed to stay bent is a handful of "the chubbies," Potter's Spruce Moth, Modular drakes, and an assortment of attractors (purple hazes should be included in this catagory, just a hint).  No need for leader less than 4X either.  Good stuff over here right now.


-Cornfed
 
Missouri River - July 28th, 2010
  • Recorded:
  • Partly cloudy
  • 77 ° F 
  • Fishing: Excellent

If you're not on the Mo or haven't been the last couple weeks, you're missing out.  I waded last night above Craig and there were more heads up within a hundred yard radius than I've seen up on the river the entire year.  When I began fishing around 5:30 pm , fish were feeding on dead crap on the water.  By dead crap I mean: spent pmds, cripple pmds, dead caddis, pretty much bits and pieces of spent bugs that hatched from the previous few days.  By about 7pm the fish had keyed onto the evening caddis which were out in droves.  Light, long tippet and drag-free downstream or reach casts are absolutely necessary.  Persistence pays off too.  Flies you'll want to have include:

Dries: D-duck caddis, Duck Butt caddis, Fertile caddis, S's CDC caddis emerger, Bloom's Sedge Hammer, Translucent pupa, S's Freestone Cripple, CDC Para-spinner pmd, Last Chance cripple, Film Critic pmd

Nymphs: Deep sparkle pupa, tung darts, ascending caddis, military mays, purple lightning bugs, S's CDC BB bubbleback, quasimodo pt, red headed stepchild

Streamers: What ever creation you have laying around.  Big, small, it doesn't really matter.  Expect a lot of fish moving to streamers, but don't expect all of the fish to eat.


-Cornfed

 
Belt Creek - July 27th, 2010
  • Recorded:
  • Mostly cloudy
  • 75 ° F 
  • 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
 
Stream Flows
  • Missouri River below Holter
  • Flow (cfs): 4800
    Temperature (°F): 59.9
  • Smith River bl Eagle Cr nr Fort Logan MT
  • Flow (cfs): 241
    Temperature (°F): 50.72
  • Dearborn River near Craig MT
  • Flow (cfs): 61
    Temperature (°F): 51.26
  • Sun River at Simms MT
  • Flow (cfs): 154
    Temperature (°F): 53.06
  • Beaverhead River at Barretts MT
  • Flow (cfs): 524
  • Bitterroot River near Florence MT
  • Flow (cfs): 720
  • Big Hole River near Melrose MT
  • Flow (cfs): 435
    Temperature (°F): 48.38
  • Blackfoot River near Bonner MT
  • Flow (cfs): 628
    Temperature (°F): 54.14