Warm weather is upon us, and the rivers levels are dropping again. As the waters begin to clarify on the Clark Fork, our local spring bug hatches are coming off in droves. 

With sunnier days, these trout are looking up! As the waters start warming into early summer, the trout will be much more willing to come up for those epic surface eats. During the afternoons, a hatch of BWO's and March Browns can be expcted at any point to fly around in droves. Using a Purple haze or a Last Chance cripple in BWO can almost certainly coax a hungry fish to he surface in slower back waters.

When the spring brings showers, we throw streamers. Expect our Montana days to randombly turn from gorgeous to gross in a matter of minutes, and without much warning. As every good angler knows though: when the clouds come rolling over, and the waters become dark again, the big fish come out to eat. Throwing bright white and gold streamers in undercut banks and logjams will almost certainly bring a big brown to the boat. Anything that mimicks a hatching or spawning whitefish. Patterns like Goldie's or a Silk Kitty in white is this fishermans choice for either the upper or lower Clark Fork. 

If you're on the river this week, and the water is filled with a bunch of picky eaters, you can always throw a nymph. Any kind of dark perdigon, pheasant tail, or Frenchie underneath a Chubby or Skwala pattern is the fastest way to get any skunk off a boat. They're still eating the stonefly under the surface, so TJ hookers, Dave's Neo 20 Incher, and Double Deaded Stones, are a great bet. If all else fails, well, we always have a great stock of San Juan Worms and Patt's Rubber Legs at your disposal.