Clark Fork River Report - 3/21
REPORTS:
It's not far from doing its spring thing, but so far, it has been so so. The river is running more or less at historical average these days and for March, the fishing's not too bad. On warmer days there has been some later afternoon dryfly activity, especially on the lower river around Superior. You'll see a few skwalas and some nemouras and the fish will too. Big prince nymphs and worm combos have been good medicine from about Clinton all the way to below Missoula. Slow moving buggers in smaller size 8s in olive, black or rust have been about as productive as anything but the color the slipperies want has been changing from day to day. Swap 'em out until you hit the recipe. Skwala dries should start to become more and more relevant once we get over the hump of the next push of cold. Unlike the 'root, cold, wind or nasty weather will all but shut off Clark Fork dry action this time of year.
HATCHES: midges, capnias, nemouras, Ned the early to the party skwala
FLIES: Big prince nymphs, Peacock double beads, Griffith's gnats and zebra midges on sunny days, slow moving crystal buggers or bunny junk in #8s that're black, olive or rust, double dutch skwala, size 18 adams or purple haze
Other Info: You will NEVER be oversold at The Kingfisher.