Rock Creek Fishing Report 6/10/2019
CFS: 1610 Water Temp: 49-53 ° F Dries: Salmon Flies, Drakes, Attractor patterns Nymphs: Large stonefly nymphs, Pink San Juan worms, Psycho Prince The past few days, the streamflow has dropped significantly, and it’s almost 1000 cfs less than it was a week ago. Add in the fact that the fish have started taking the […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report 6/20/19
CFS: 1030 Water Temp: 52-58 °F Dries: Salmon Flies (upper creek), Golden Stones, Green Drakes, Yellow Sallies, Caddis Nymphs: Pats RL, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Pheasant Tails, Hare’s Ears As we move into the last week of June, we’re starting to see some of our summer hatches emerge along with the stoneflies. Large caddis have been […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report 5/31/2019
CFS: 2450 Water Temp: 49-52 ° F Dries: Smaller stoneflies, Purple Haze Nymphs: Pat’s RL, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Black stonefly nymphs Salmon flies have emerged over the past couple of days, but the full hatch isn’t on just yet. I suspect the beginning of next week will be when the main hatch starts working […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report 5/6/2019
CFS: 1240 Water Temp: 45-50 ° F Dries: Caddis, Attractor Patterns Nymphs: Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Pats RL, San Juans Every now and then, I get to escape the fly shop and actually head out onto the waters of Rock Creek. This was the case yesterday, when my wife and I fished the lower Creek in […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report – 5/2/19
CFS: 1180 Water Temp: 40-43 ° F Dries: Caddis, Attractor Patterns Nymphs: Stoneflies, Hare’s Ears, San Juans, Streamer patterns Because of very cold mornings (often below freezing), Rock Creek has seen its streamflow drop from over 2000 cfs to almost half that over the past five days. This is going to leave a narrow window […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report – 4/29/19
CFS: 1560 Water Temp: 37-40 ° F Dries: Skwalas, March Browns, BWOs Nymphs: Stoneflies, Hare’s Ears, San Juans, Streamer patterns After a big spike in the CFS, we’ve had cold weather roll in to bring it back down to a clearer, more fishable level. I still wouldn’t recommend wading, but shore fishing into some […]
Doug’s Rant: The Argument for Wade Fishing
I’ve noticed the pastfew years that there are fewer and fewer people wading and fishing our local streams. At the same time I’ve seen the float fishing business explode in popularity. People seem to like climbing into a boat and letting the guide do all the work. In the most extreme cases, the clients are […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report – 4/9/19
CFS: 1170 Water Temp: 40-42 ° F Bugs: Dries: Skwalas, March Browns, BWOs Nymphs: Girdle Bugs, Peacock stones, Pink San Juans Slowly but surely, Rock Creek is losing its valley snow, and it’s getting easier to actually reach those fishing spots. Our little section of Montana happens to lie in a narrow, mountainous north/south alignment, […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report – 3/26/19
CFS: 401 Water Temp: 37 ° F Bugs: Stonefly nymphs, Lightning bugs, Hare’s ears Hello fisher friends! It’s been a long winter up here in Rock Creek, but like the rest of Montana, we are starting to feel the thaw! While there still isn’t much dry fly fishing to be had, we’ve had a […]