Rock Creek Fishing Report – Easter 2025
Streamflow – 600 CFS Water Temp – 42-46°F Happy Easter, anglers! It’s time to fire up the fishing reports again for the season. It’s been an erratic spring so far; one day it’s 60 to 70°F and warm and sunny, and the next we are seeing a blizzard. This is […]
Rock Creek Report – June 7, 2024
CFS: 1480 Water Temperature: 52-56 °F Dries: Salmon flies, Green Drakes, Purple attractors Nymphs: TJ Hooker, Pheasant Tail, Perdigon, San Juan worm Streamers: JJ Specials, White Circus Peanuts, Wonderbuggers FISHING REPORT Hello anglers, John here with the salmon fly fishing report as well as some updates on Rock Creek (road, river obstructions, etc.). After what […]
Rock Creek Report – May 17, 2024
CFS: 1450 Water Temperature: 47 – 59 Degrees Fahrenheit Dries: Drakes, Mayflies, Mother’s Day Caddis, and Terrestrials Nymphs: Stoneflies, Spanish Bullets, Perdigons, and San Juan Worms FISHING REPORT Hello anglers, Randi from the Merc here! Runoff is officially upon us. After a clear, sunny streak with great fishing, we are moving into a more challenging […]
Rock Creek Report – May 3, 2024
CFS: 598 Water Temperature: 41-45 °F Dries: Gray Drakes, Blue-winged Olives, March Browns Nymphs: Large stonefly nymphs, Dark Perdigons, Pink Worms FISHING REPORT It’s been a very up and down spring here on Rock Creek, at least in terms of weather. One day, it’s 70 degrees, the river comes up, and people get anxious that […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report – Summer 2023
CFS: 1120 Water Temperature: 56-62 °F Dries: Pale Morning Duns, Caddis, Yellow Sallies, Drakes, Purple Attractors, Brindle Chutes Nymphs: Hare’s Ears, Pat’s Rubber Legs, Pheasant Tails, Perdigons FISHING REPORT It’s finally starting to feel like actual summer here in Western Montana. The month of June was good fishing but colder and wetter than usual. We […]
Rock Creek Fishing and Road Report
CFS: 778 Water Temp: 38-40°F Dries: Blue-winged Olive, March Brown, Purple Haze Nymphs: Double-bead Stonefly, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Perdigon, Black Streamers FISHING REPORT Hello fly fishers! It’s been a minute since my last report, in no small part due to the long brutal winter we had this year. It started snowing and freezing up Rock Creek […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report – Labor Day Weekend
CFS: 258Water Temp: 58-66°FDries: Hoppers, Caddis, Mayfly Spinner, Purple Haze, Cripples and Soft HacklesNymphs: Perdigon, Hare’s Ear, Pheasant Tail, Zebra Midge FISHING REPORT August was a rough month for fly fishing. With the exception of a few days of rain, the heat pushed into the 90s almost every day. Several rivers underwent hoot owl […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report – Hot Weather Fishing
A fishing report on how to fish Rock Creek during hot weather and warmer water days. Bring your water thermometers and your spruce moths!
Rock Creek Fishing Report – July Fishing 2022
CFS: 970Water Temp: 55-61°FDries: Yellow Sallies, Green/Gray Drakes, Caddis, PMDs, Purple HazeNymphs: Hare’s Ears, Pheasant Tails, Small Stoneflies, Perdigons FISHING REPORT Both salmon flies and the float fishing season are officially over here on Rock Creek. It’s that time of year again where we transition to our general wading/foot fishing as well as […]
Rock Creek Report – Salmon Fly Days 2022
CFS: 2360 Water Temp: 48-52°F Dries: Salmon Flies, Purple Chubby Chernobyls, Green Drakes, BWOs Nymphs: Pat’s Rubber Leg, Bitch Creek, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Pink San Juan Worm FISHING REPORT Salmon fly season is underway here on Rock Creek! A cold, wet start to June has stifled the dry fly fishing, but incoming warmer weather should […]