Matt Potter

Cloudy rainy day in September - seemed like a great reason for a kid to get out of school early. Tricos, Baetis, Mohaganies and the occasional Hecuba - Fishing was out of hand Clarkfork Mayflies Leo Potter educating Clarkfork Fatties - this beats school every time.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=46.89904905407167&lon=-113.9657257536399#.VeW3kZcmnIA   Got to be loving the local forecast - highs in the 70's and rain in the foreseeable future - smoke has lifted, rivers are low, clear, and cool - what's smoking now is the fishing. Fall fishing will be off the hook

    Region 2 · 3201 Spurgin Road · Missoula, MT 59804 Contact: Vivaca Crowser, Information Officer, (406) 542-5518, vcrowser@mt.gov, fwp.mt.gov/regions/r2/   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—July 29, 2015 Fishing Restrictions Begin for Some Blackfoot Tributaries on Thursday The recent run of hot weather has led state officials to close the Smith and Sun rivers to fishing between the hours of 2...

Fishpond Buckhorn Sling, Gravel Fishpond buckhorn sling pack   The Buckhorn, and its older sibling, the Delta, set the new standard for carrying your entire fishing kit over the shoulder with optimum comfort for long periods. The Buckhorn is perfect for the lunch break when you head over to the carp pond and other more urban assaults, or for the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                     July 1, 2015 Warm Water Prompts "Hoot-Owl" Fishing Restrictions On Blackfoot, Bitterroot and Clark Fork Rivers plus Flint and Silver Bow Creek Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks is advising anglers on the Bitterroot, Blackfoot, and Clark Fork Rivers, and Flint and Silver Bow Creeks that all fishing will close daily from 2 p.m. to midnight until conditions...

    The temps on all of our local rivers have been peaking out well above 70 degrees the last four days of June.  Combine this with flows at or near historic lows and it's a recipe for resource disaster!  The Kingfisher has been restricting all our guide trips to morning half days only.  We encourage the general public to...

The New Mod Fly Rod From Sage Renowned fly fishing manufacturer Sage introduces the MOD, designed and handcrafted on Bainbridge Island, USA with Sage’s Konnetic Technology®. Thoughtfully crafted with contemporary line designs, fly patterns, and angling styles in mind, the MOD is a modern interpretation of a moderate action specific for trout fisheries. “I’ve been thinking about this rod for...

Dell Venue Pro 8 (120.00 ebay) Hard Case for the tablet (49.99 Dell) Converter to connect Garmin to Tablet (10.00 Dell) Car mount for Tablet (60.00 Ram) Xmaps GPS map (Optional) (109.00) First thing you need is a tablet that will run full Basecamp/Base station not the mobile version of basestation.  MOst tablets don't have the softwear to do this...

Rivers have come up recently but, rest assured, with the lack of mid elevation snow pack,  they will drop as fast as they came up.  Jason from here at the shop had a great day before they came up.   No day is complete with out a Dink for Jason ;-) Know where this is??

Scott from the shop up on the Bitterroot yesterday.  It's not swinging yet but, they will eat