Kootenai River Fishing Report -April 2-9, 2025- GoFlyfishMontana.com!

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Kootenai River Flow: 4,000 Cubic Feet per second 12 foot visibility, 35 degrees. Minimum flow Koocanusa Inflow: 2,400 cfs Hatches: Little Blue Quills, Midges, Silver stripe caddis are hatching on the warmer afternoons. Some March Browns starting to show Effective Patterns  Dry: BWO, midge pupa, small parachute adams, all streamers, Red Quills. Nymph and Streamers: Da Bomb, Beadhead Prince, Pheasant Tail, Stones and …

Kootenai River Fishing Report – April 27-May 4, 2021 – GoFlyfishMontana.com

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Kootenai River Flow: 4,000 Cubic Feet per second (minimum flow), 10-foot visibility, 43 degrees.  Fisher River Flow 750 cfs entering Kootenai, water temp 50 degrees Koocanusa Inflow 7000 Hatches: Little Blue Quills, Midges, Silver Stripe Tan Caddis, Blue Wing Olive, Little Olive Stones, Western March Browns, Some Caddis starting to show on lower river. Effective Patterns  Dry: Parachute Adams #14-20, Purple Haze …

Kootenai River Fishing Report – August 30 – Sept 6, 2019 – GoFlyfishMontana.com

Wyatt CrismoreUncategorized 1 Comment

Kootenai River Flow: 7,000 Cubic Feet per second, 10-12 foot visibility, 57 degrees. Libby Dam outflow is expected to remain at 7 kcfs through August. Fishing Report: There are hoppers-a-plenty, and our local trout population has taken notice! Now’s the time to get out there and throw some big ol’ bugs, and if you play your cards right, you just might …

Kootenai River Fishing Report – August 4 – 11, 2019 – GoFlyfishMontana.com

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Kootenai River Flow: 7,000 Cubic Feet per second, 10-12 foot visibility, 57 degrees. Libby Dam outflow is expected to remain at 7 kcfs through August. Fisher River Flow: 120 cfs Yaak River Flow: 192 cfs Thompson River: 219 cfs Fishing Report: Hoppers, PMD’s, and Caddis… Oh my! We’ve been seeing some great PMD hatches in the mornings and evenings. Caddis activity …

Kootenai River Fishing Report – July 23 – 31, 2019 – GoFlyfishMontana.com

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Kootenai River Flow: 7,000 Cubic Feet per second, 10-12 foot visibility, 57 degrees. Libby Dam outflow is expected to remain at 7 kcfs through August. Fisher River Flow: 120 cfs Yaak River Flow: 192 cfs Thompson River: 219 cfs Fishing Report: Dry fly fishing is in full effect! We’ve been having 40 and 50 fish days on guided trips! All stretches are …

Kootenai River Fishing Report – June 12-19, 2019 – GoFlyfishMontana.com

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Kootenai River Flow: 20,000 Cubic Feet per second, 8+ foot visibility, 49 degrees; this will be the peak flow for the 2019 season. Scheduled to start dropping to 7k on the 20th of June.   Koocanusa Inflow: 20,000 cfs Fisher River Flow: 422 cfs Yaak River Flow: 655 cfs Thompson River: 585 cfs Hatches: BWO’s, Little Blue Quills, Chironomids, Caddis, …