River Flow: 6,500 cfs 10-16 foot visibility 57 degrees Inflow from Lake Koocanusa: 5000 cfs Hatches: October Caddis on the lower Kootenai, Blue-wing olives, Pale Morning Duns, Tan Caddis, Little Blue Quills, Tiny Winged Ants, Lots of Hoppers and Ants working into the mix. Some Mahogany duns starting to show. Starting to see heavy midge activity in upper river. Effective …
Kootenai River Report | September 9, 2016
River Flow: 6,500 cfs 10-16 foot visibility 57 degrees Inflow from Lake Koocanusa : 5000 cfs Hatches: Blue-wing olives, Pale Morning Duns, Tan Caddis, Little Blue Quills, Tiny Winged Ants, Lots of Hoppers and Ants working into the mix. Some Mahogany duns starting to show. Starting to see heavy midge activity in upper river. Effective Patterns: X-Caddis, Adams, Parachute Adams, …
Kootenai River Report | Aug. 17-24, 2016
River Flow: 7,000 cfs 10-16 foot visibility 55 degrees Inflow from Lake Koocanusa : 7,000 cfs Hatches: Tiny Winged Ants leading the hatch parade! Pale Morning Duns, Tan Caddis, Little Blue Quills, Blue Wing Olives, Lots of Hoppers and Ants working into the mix. Some Mahogany duns are starting to show in addition to heavy midge activity in the upper …
Kootenai River Report | Aug. 4-10, 2016
River Flow: 7,000 cfs 10-16 foot visibility 55 degrees Inflow from Lake Koocanusa : 8,800 cfs Hatches: Pale Morning Duns, Tan Caddis, Little Blue Quills, Blue Wing Olives, Lots of Hoppers and Ants working into the mix. Some Mahogany duns starting to show. Starting to see heavy midge activity in upper river. Effective Patterns: X-Caddis, Adams, Parachute Adams, Royal Wulff, …
Kootenai River Report | July 21-28, 2016
River Flow: 7,000 cfs 10-14 foot visibility 55 degrees Inflow from Lake Koocanusa : 11,200 cfs Hatches: Pale Morning Duns, Tan Caddis, Little Blue Quills, Blue Wing Olives, Lots of Hoppers and Ants working into the mix. Some Mahogany duns starting to show. Effective Patterns: X-Caddis, Adams, Parachute Adams, Royal Wulff, Red Quill, Purple Haze, Beadhead Prince, Copper johns, Wooly …
Kootenai River Report | July 13-21, 2016
River Flow: 7,000 cfs 8-14 foot visibility 55 degrees Inflow from Lake Koocanusa : 12,000 cfs Hatches: Pale Morning Duns, Tan Caddis, Little Blue Quills, Blue Wing Olives, Hoppers and Ants working into the mix. Effective Patterns: X-Caddis, Adams, Parachute Adams, Royal Wulff, Red Quill, Purple Haze, Beadhead Prince, Copper johns, Wooly Buggers, Da-Bomb, Small Stonefly nymphs, Olive Stimulators, all …
Kootenai River Report | June 15-23, 2016
River Flow: 7,000 cfs 8-12 foot visibility 52 degrees Inflow from Lake Koocanusa : 25,000 cfs Hatches: Grannom Caddis, Little Blue Quills, Blue Wing Olives, Little Olive Stone, some flights of Carpenter Ants, assorted stoneflies coming into Kootenai from Fisher River. Some PMD’s and small hoppers starting to show Effective Patterns: X-Caddis, Adams, Parachute Adams, Royal Wulff, Red Quill, Purple …
Kootenai River Fishing Report – April 7-15, 2017
River Flow: 24,200 cfs 8-12 foot visibility above the Fisher River, 3 feet visibility below the Fisher River. Fisher Infow 2000 kcfs Inflow from Lake Koocanusa: 9.2 kcfs Hatches: Midges and Little Blue Quills, Silver Stripe Caddis Effective Patterns: Bead-head prince, Wooly Bugger, Adams, Parachute Adams Guide report: We are not guiding on the river currently with the extreme high flows and …