Kootenai River Fishing Report – July 26th-July 31st, 2018 – GoFlyfishMontana.com

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Kootenai River Flow: 9,000 Cubic Feet per second, 8 foot visibility, 60 degrees Yaak River Flow: 173 CFS Fisher River Flow: 136 CFS Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Hoppers, Black Flying Ants, Little Olive Stones, Midges, BWO, And Large Carpenter Ants Effective Patterns Dry: Elk Hair Caddis #14-18, Parachute Adams #14-20, Purple Haze #16-20, Sparkle Dun #14-18, PMD Thorax #14-16, Rusty Spinner #16-18, Tan Stimulator #8 …

Kootenai River Fishing Report – July 19th-23rd, 2018 – GoFlyfishMontana.com

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Kootenai River Flow: 9,000 Cubic Feet per second, 8 foot visibility, 59 degrees Yaak River Flow: 496 CFS Fisher River Flow: 214 CFS Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Little Blue Quills, Little Olive Stones, Midges, BWO, Grasshoppers and Large Carpenter Ants on warmer days. Effective Patterns Dry: Elk Hair Caddis, Parachute Adams, Purple Haze #16-20, Tan Stimulator #8 and 10, Griffiths Gnat, small Golden and Olive Stones, …

Kootenai River Fishing Report – July 1-7, 2018 – GoFlyfishMontana.com

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Kootenai River Flow: 9,470 Cubic Feet per second, 6 foot visibility, 54 degrees Yaak River Flow: 496 CFS Fisher River Flow: 305 CFS Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Little Blue Quills, March Browns, Little Olive Stones, Midges, BWO, Large Carpenter Ants on warmer days. Green and Brown Drakes. Effective Patterns Dry: Elk Hair Caddis, Parachute Adams, Purple Haze #16-20, Tan Stimulator #8 and 10, Griffiths Gnat, small …

Kootenai River Fishing Report – June 22-28, 2018 – GoFlyfishMontana.com

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Kootenai River Flow: 13,000 Cubic Feet per second, 6 foot visibility, 54 degrees Yaak River Flow: 843 CFS Fisher River Flow: 464 CFS Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Little Blue Quills, March Browns, Little Olive Stones, Midges, BWO, Large Carpenter Ants on warmer days. Green and Brown Drakes on some of the tribs. Effective Patterns Dry: Elk Hair Caddis, Parachute Adams, Purple Haze #16-20, Tan Stimulator #8 …

Kootenai River Fishing Report – June 15-22,2018 – GoFlyfishMontana.com

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Kootenai River Flow: 17,000 Cubic Feet per second, 6 foot visibility, 50 degrees, Heavy Glacial Tint Yaak River Flow: 948 CFS Fisher River Flow: 1800 CFS Hatches: Little Blue Quills, March Browns, Little Olive Stones, Midges, BWO, Some Grannom Caddis starting, Large Carpenter Ants and warmer days. Effective Patterns Dry: Parachute Adams, Purple Haze #16-20, Tan Stimulator #8 and 10, Griffiths Gnat, small Golden …

Kootenai River Fishing Report – May 18-25,2018 – GoFlyfishMontana.com

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Kootenai River Flow: 17,000 Cubic Feet per second, 6 foot visibility, 46 degrees, Heavy Glacial Tint Fisher River Flow: 1800 CFS Hatches: Little Blue Quills, March Browns, Little Olive Stones, Midges, BWO, Some Grannom Caddis starting, Large Carpenter Ants and warmer days. Effective Patterns Dry: Parachute Adams, Purple Haze #16-20, Tan Stimulator #8 and 10, Griffiths Gnat, small Golden and Olive Stones, Standard …

Kootenai River Fishing Report – April 12,2018 – GoFlyfishMontana.com

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Kootenai River Flow: 4000 Cubic Feet per second, 6 foot visibility, 38 degrees Hatches: Little Blue Quills, Silver Stripe Caddis, Little Olive Stones, Midges Effective Patterns Dry: Parachute Adams, Purple Haze #16-20, Tan Stimulator #8 and 10, Griffiths Gnat, small Golden and Olive Stones. Nymph and Streamers: Beadhead Prince, pheasant tail, stones and midge pupa. Black/Olive Conehead wooly buggers, kokanee killers Fishing Report: Late …

Kootenai River Report Sept 2-9 : GoFlyfishMontana

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Discharge from Libby Dam: 9000 kcfs, 18 feet visibility Hatches:  PMD’s, Tan Caddis, Little Blue quills, Tiny winged Ants, Mahogany Duns, Blue Wing Olives, Hoppers, Ants and Craneflies Effective Patterns: All Caddis patterns, Purple Haze, Standard Adams, PMD’s, Olive Parachute Adams, Chubby Chernobyl: all colors, Dave’s Hopper, Sunken Ant Droppers, Peacock Soft Hackles Guide Report: We are continuing to have good dry …

Kootenai River Report/ August 14th-17th/GoflyfishMontana.com

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River Flow: 9,000 CFS, 10-15 feet of visibility, 56 degrees F. Inflow from Lake Koocanusa: 4,400 CFS Hatches: Tan Caddis, PMD, BWO, Little Blue Quill and Grasshopper. Midges and Black Caddis closer to Libby Dam Effective Patterns: Caddis, Caddis Emerger, Wooly bugger, Grasshopper, Tiny ants, crane fly, PMD, BWO. Guide report: Ample Hoppertunity for anglers, 35 to 50 fish are being raised per angler on …

Kootenai River Report / July 13-16,2017/GoFlyfishMontana.com

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River Flow: 9,900 CFS, 8-10 feet of visibility, 54 degrees F. Inflow from Lake Koocanusa: 19,200 CFS Hatches: Caddis, Pale Morning Dunn, Blue Winged Olive, Golden Stone, Midges, Flying Ants and Crane Fly. Effective Patterns: Caddis, Caddis Emerger, Crane Fly, Flesh Fly, Wooly Bugger, Adams, Royal Wulff. Guide report: 30-40 fish raised on dry flies daily, primarily in the mornings and evenings. Good nymphing and …