River Flow -6,000 CFS , 16-foot visibility, Water temp 55 degrees. Hatches: Still fishing hoppers, along with heavy PMD and Tan Caddis in late afternoon and a great happy hour at dusk, sporadic BWO in selected areas, tiny ants also showing some days, some earlier PMD’s showing on the upper river in the mornings on cooler days. Some of the best streamer …
Kootenai River Report – June 19-25, 2015 – GoFlyfishMontana.com
River Flow – 11,500 CFS Temp 50 degrees, 10-foot visibility, Water temp 52 degrees. Hatches: Believe it or not, small hoppers are working already! Big Carpenter Ants already showing! Chironomids, Little Blue Quills, Some Grannom Caddis and PMD’s starting to show. Effective Patterns: Parachute Adams, Purple Haze, Tan Stimulator, beadhead prince, olive and brown wooly buggers, cone-head sculpin, Purple Prince, Da-Bomb, blue-quill …
Kootenai River Report – May 23-30, 2015 – GoFlyfishMontana.com
River Flow – 26,500 CFS Temp 42 degrees, 10-foot visibility, Water temps warming up. STURGEON AUGMENTATION FLOWS FOR 7 DAYS, maximum powerhouse water discolored, heavy flows Hatches: Big Carpenter Ants already showing! Chironomids, Little Blue Quills, Silver Stripe Caddis, Blue-wing Olives, Western March Brown beginning to show. Some good dry fly activity happening in the afternoons. Effective Patterns: Parachute Adams, Purple Haze, …
Kootenai River Report April 23, 2015 – GoFlyfishMontana.com
River Flow – 8,000 CFS Temp 41 degrees, 6-7 foot visibility, Water temps warming up. River will be at this level for several days as CORPS is trying to meet target level for spring inflow. Hatches: Big Carpenter Ants already showing! Chironomids, Little Blue Quills, Silver Stripe Caddis, Blue-wing Olives, Western March Brown beginning to show. Some good dry fly activity …
Kootenai River Report Feb 26, 2015 – GoFlyfishMontana.com
River Flow: 4000 cfs, river temp 40 degrees Hatches: Chironomids, Little Blue Quills, Silver Stripe Caddis Effective Patterns: Split wing purple midge, Small Adams, pheasant-tail nymphs, Wooly Bugger , Dark Sculpins, Kokanee Zonkers Guide Report: Pretty great streamer action continues with the warming weather trends. Keep in minc
River Report – Jan 21, 2015 – GoFlyfishMontana.com
River Flow: 4000 cfs, river temp 40 degrees Hatches: Chironomids and Little Blue Quills Effective Patterns: Split wing purple midge, Small Adams, pheasant-tail nymphs, Wooly Bugger , Dark Sculpins, Kokanee Zonkers Guide Report: A few fish taken on Streamers this past sunday in the upper river, some large rainbows taken in the last couple of weeks.
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Kootenai River Report – Sept 12-20, 2014 – Goflyfishmontana.com
River Flow – 9,000 cfs , 10-15 ft visibility, River Temp – 53 degrees FALL FISHING BEGINS! Hatches – Still lots of hoppers and terrestrials out there, tiny winged mahogany ants, look for little blue quills, BWO and ginger quills on overcast days, still some caddis action with the beginning of October Caddis and our aquatic moths, Lepidoptera. Effective Patterns : All Hopper …
River Report August 4-10, 2014
River Flow – 9,000 cfs , 10-15 ft visibility, River Temp – 56 degrees Hatches – Wow its hopper time already, Caddis and PMD’s late in afternoon, some Green Drakes in select areas. Effective Patterns : All Hopper Patterns, #18,20 parachute adams, royal wulff, split-wing purple haze, Kootenai caddis, griffiths gnat. #14, 16 prince nymph da-bomb, #4,6 cone-head black/olive buggers, small olive stimulators, …
RIver Report July 21-30
River Flow – 13,000 cfs , 10-15 ft visibility, River Temp – 52 degrees Hatches – Wow its Hopper time already, Caddis and PMD’s late in afternoon, some Green Drakes in select areas. Effective Patterns : Small Hopper Patterns, #18,20 parachute adams, royal wulff, split-wing purple haze, Kootenai caddis, griffiths gnat. #14, 16 prince nymph da-bomb, #4,6 cone-head black/olive buggers, small olive …