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The fishing from Kelly Island all the way down to St. Regis has been very good recently. Lots of fish working the early morning tricos and late morning spinner falls. As the tricos fade, the hopper fishing has been the way to go. Pink hoppers have been getting lots of looks through out the day, while in the evening a...

With fall slowly approaching the fishing conditions are changing rapidly. From the lower flows (which gives wade fisherman excellent access) to the cold mornings to the hot mid days, things are a little funky. The morning trico and baetis fishing has held strong, but mid day can be a little tricky. Use a hopper-dropper to search the riffles and tandem...

The Bitterroot has been fishing a little so-so. Tricos have been fairly consistent through the morning, but the hopper fishing has been a little spotty. A little cloud cover will make all the difference. The Bitterroot is a good plan for the next cloudy day. Tricos and baetis have been the ticket late in the morning. The fish have been...

People are starting to get excited about hunting, so it can be a little easier to find yourself alone on the water. The night time lows have The Blackfoot running pretty cold, therefor the early morning fishing has been pretty slow. 10-11 am is when the fish have been waking up. Streamer fishing has been picking up in a big...

Nice to see the pressure dropping off just a bit with school back in session and the end of peak tourist season. It won't be long before the colors begin to turn and hard frost shifts the hatches dramatically. For now, the creek continues to fish well with terrestrials like smaller hoppers, ants and beetles. As always this time of...

**Butte-Silver Bow County is once again releasing Silver Lake water into Warm Springs Creek and the upper Clark Fork River to help with the historically low flows and drought conditions** We've heard reliable reports from both ends of the Clark Fork over the last week or so, and it's all been pretty good. Streamers on the upper end, dry flies...

With the smoke gone and the temperatures dropping, the Bitterroot has really turned the corner. Hecubas, tricos, PMDs, and BWOs have all been coming off throughout the day. Bring some rusty spinners, parachute adams, BWO sparkle duns, purple hazes, purple roosters, and trico spinners to cover all your bases today. If for whatever reason they're not playing ball, bring some...

You should have good fishing on the 'root today, with good trico/baetis action through the morning and hopper action in the afternoon. The trico eating fish on the lower river have started to get a little snotty, so sizing down may be the name of the game. Tails-up tricos, sunken spinners, midge clusters, and double wing spinners have fooled em...

With the water temps dropping into the 50's, the fishing has been creeping towards the fun fall fishing everyone loves. The flow at the bottom is below 300 cfs, which is right around the historical average. For dry flies, use chubby chernobyls, more-or-less hoppers, stubby chubbies, water walkers, spent caddis, panty dropper hoppers, purple roosters, brindle chutes, dancing caddis, and...

Now that it's almost September, we can start talking about the fall streamer fishing on the Blackfoot, which can be really good. Along with good streamer action, the dry fly fishing can be outstanding. Water temps have been pretty chilly, so no need to be on the water at first light. For dries use elk hair caddis, more-or-less hoppers, water...