Fishing Reports

The Blackfoot is in great shape right now. Flows are on a steady decline sitting at 1430 cfs. Stripping natural colored streamers like Mini Dungeons, Peanut Envies, and Lil' Kim's along structure has been getting those bigger fish to eat! Nymphing as always is a great option this time of year on the Blackfoot. Getting deep with a Prince Nymph...

Rock Creek is always a staple of fly fishing in the Missoula area, a short drive of about thirty minutes from the Kingfisher Fly Shop to the bottom section where it flows into the Clark Fork river, and from there miles upon miles of easily accessible water along rock creek road for you to explore. Few blue ribbon fisheries are...

The Clark has been fishing super well. The off-color water has cleared up quite a bit, and while there may not be as much visibility as you're comfortable with, there is certainly enough for you to get into them. Additionally, flows have been steadily dropping, making the fishing remarkable. Guys have been getting it done with small dark jigged streamers...

At this point in the year, the river can be very dangerous. Just yesterday there was an incident on the upper river, and river rescue was called out to help with a boat that ran into some wood. It is vitally important to be aware of hazards that can pop up seemingly out of nowhere. Things are moving fast right...

  Every spring we get the annual runoff that turns our local rivers to turbulent, chocolate milk colored, raging waters. Fisherman run to the closest tail water or lake to get their fix while waiting for local water to drop into shape. Stillwater fishing can be a whole another ball game with a completely different batch of bugs to use...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se9SafPU9O8&feature=youtu.be Loopy October Caddis: Hook: U202 #10 Bead: 5/32Plummeting Tung. Bead Matte Black Body: UV Chewee Skin Orange Composite loop: Fusion Dub Flame, CDC Natural Brown, Ice Dub Minnow Belly Underwing: Deer Hair Natural

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxJYcUti6Y8&feature=youtu.be   SUV Skwala: Hook: Umpqua U204 #12 Thread: Danville 6/0 Olive Dubbing: Ice Dub Olive Brown & Stonefly Black Foam: 2mm Rootbeer Wing: Widows Web Smoke & Comparadun Hair

The Kingfisher back in 1997 It's hard to believe Jim and Matt opened the front doors of The Kingfisher 20 years ago this March. Though their hair might be a bit greyer, they’re still here every day keeping the wheels turning and both look forward to arriving at the shop each morning!  Thank you Missoula for making it happen...

  2016   The Ice is officially coming off Browns Lake. Kingfisher employee Scott headed up on Easter Sunday and was able to land a handful of fish. He had to drag his boat over a couple hundred yards of ice to get to the west shore, which had the most open water. The boat launch should be much more...