Kootenai River Flow: 6900 Cubic Feet per second 12 foot visibility, 50 degrees.
Koocanusa Inflow: 15,000
Hatches: March Browns, Olive Stones, Little Blue Quills, Midges, Silver stripe caddis are hatching. Caddis starting to show on lower river. Big Carpenter Ants on the hot afternoons.
Effective Patterns:
Dry: Red Quill, BWO, midge pupa, small parachute adams, all streamers, assorted chubbies, black ants.
Nymph and Streamers: Da Bomb, Beadhead Prince, Pheasant Tail, Stones and Midge Pupa, Soft Hackles. Black/Olive Conehead Wooly Buggers, Sculpins, Pat’s Rubber Legs.
Fishing Report: We have had an exceptional pre-runoff conditions. River will be stable at 6900 cfs up until May 15, Sturgeon Pulse flows are tentatively set to begin then through the 25th, with flows of 20,000 cfs. 
