Joe Cielak releases a beautiful Kootenai River Rainbow. And, of course, we’ve added a fun banjo track to tap your foot to. We’re now taking bookings for our 2016 fishing season. Call or email anytime.
Kootenai River Report – March 12-19, 2016 – GoFlyfishMontana.com
Inflow into Lake Koocanusa – 3340 cfs River Flow -10,000 CFS , 10-foot visibility, Water temp 39 degrees. River scheduled to be at 10 to 15 kcfs the next week trying to meet target elevations for Lake Koocanusa. Hatches: Chironomids and Little Blue Quills in the warmer afternoons. Some Silver Stripe Caddis still showing. Patterns: Nymphs and Streamers are the main course of action, slow drifts …
Kootenai River Report – Jan 25-Feb 3, 2016 – GoFlyfishMontana.com
Inflow into Lake Koocanusa – 3340 cfs River Flow -4,000 CFS , 10-foot visibility, Water temp 42 degrees. River scheduled to me low for the next week or so. Hatches: Chironomids and Little Blue Quills in the warmer afternoons. Patterns: Nymphs and Streamers are the main course of action, slow drifts and dead drifts in the deep slower runs. Some dry fly activity in the afternoons. …
Kootenai Angler Featured in The Drake Magazine
We were fortunate to have Myers Reece and Greg Lindstrom out to Kootenai Angler this past October for an article aimed to be published in The Drake Magazine. I gotta say, they did a fantastic job characterizing the Kootenai River and all that this fishery has gone through. With all the obstacles we’ve faced on the Kootenai River, it still remains …
Kootenai River Report – Oct 1-8, 2015 – GoFlyfishMontana.com
Inflow into Lake Koocanusa – 6400 cvs River Flow -5,000 CFS , 20-foot visibility, Water temp 55 degrees. River scheduled to drop to minimum 4,000 for the rest of October on the 2nd. Hatches: Moving into the fall hatches, starting to see October Caddis and Aquatic Moths, small tan caddis, some BWO’s, still seeing some hoppers, small ants, and pmd’s. Patterns: All medium sized hoppers, Purple Haze, …
Kootenai River Report – Sept 18-25, 2015 – GoFlyfishMontana.com
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 …