Keep an eye out any day now for Salmon Flies and Golden Stones. They'll probably come off once this most recent bump of runoff starts to taper down. Much like everything else in the area, the Clark has expierenced another bump in flows. Good news for flows later in the summer, bummer news for fishing in the next few days. 

However, hatch activity is looking up! We've got PMD's in the morning and fish are eating the emergers, cripples, and spinners. Fish will look up in softer water during warmer parts of the day in the evening, or if there is cloud cover during the day. Patterns like a Purple Haze, BWO Comparadun, Last Chance Cripple, and Parachute Adams, X-Caddis, Corn-Fed Caddis, and CHUBBIES can pick off opportunistic risers in back eddies and slower seams.

That said, nymphing and streamer fishing remain the ticket for consistent success right now. With the added turbidity, getting flies down into the strike zone is critical. Heavier indicator rigs with stonefly nymphs T.J hookers, double bead hare's easrs, D-Rib stones, 20 inchers, San Juan Worms, and mayfly patterns like Pheasant Tails, Frenchies, and dark perdigons are producing. Focus your efforts on inside seams, slower buckets, and transition water where fish are holding out of the heavier current.

Streamer fishing continues to be very effective in these conditions. The off-color water favors larger, high-contrast patterns, so lean into darker flies like black, purple, and olive Dungeons, Gongas, and Woolly Buggers. If you find slightly cleaner side channels or improving clarity, mix in white or gold patterns like Sparkle Minnows or Masked Avengers. Fish them slow and deep along structure, undercut banks, and softer edges. While it’s not quite prime dry fly season yet on the Clark Fork, there’s still solid opportunity if you focus subsurface and adjust to the river’s color and flow.