Rock Creek Fishing Report – July 10, 2021
CFS: 453 Water Temp: 58-69°F Dries: Purple Haze, Red/Royal Patterns, Stimulators Nymphs: Prince Nymphs, Purple Prince, Pheasant Tail FISHING REPORT This summer, we have been embroiled in unusually hot weather, with temperatures consistently in the low-to-mid 90s. Occasionally, we are also hitting 100°F. Because of this, Rock Creek’s water temps have been very high in […]
Rock Creek Early Summer Report 2021
CFS: 898 Water Temp: 57-61°F Dries: Golden Stones, Yellow Sallies, Purple Haze, Caddis, Dark Stimulators Nymphs: Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Copper Johns, Hare’s Ears FISHING REPORT The water has receded quickly over the past couple weeks, and the number of float fishermen is dwindling rapidly. Although the cfs is still a little high to safely wade, […]
Rock Creek Salmon Fly Report 2021
CFS: 2720 Water Temp: 51-56°F Dries: Salmon Flies, Caddis, Mayflies, Purple Attractors Nymphs: Beaded Stoneflies, Pat’s Rubber Leg, Hare’s Ear, San Juan Worm FISHING REPORT The past few weeks have been up and down, in terms of both weather and fishing. Two weeks ago, we had heavy rain and a couple days of snowfall, which […]
Rock Creek Runoff Report – May 11, 2021
CFS: 1600 Water Temp: 41-45°F Dries: Blue Winged Olives, Gypsy Kings, Purple Haze Nymphs: Big Hole Crawlers, DB Stonefly, Pink San Juans, Yellow Streamers FISHING REPORT After a few days of warm weather followed by some heavy rain, Rock Creek spiked in streamflow and plummeted in water temperature. Fortunately we have had mild weather the […]
Rock Creek Spring Fishing Report 2021
CFS: 713 Water Temp: 38-44°F Dries: March Browns, Skwalas, Purple Haze Nymphs: Pat’s Rubber Leg, Double-bead Stonefly, Beaded Prince, Hare’s Ear FISHING REPORT April is a fascinating month for fishing on Rock Creek. One day, it will be raining/snowing and the next it will be 60 degrees and sunny (which is the current weather trend […]
Rock Creek Fall Fishing Report 2020
CFS: 363 Water Temp: 47-52°F Dries: October Caddis, BWOs, Mahogany Duns, Brindle Chutes, Small Terrestrials Nymphs: Pat’s RL, Perdigons, San Juan worms, STREAMERS After enduring a week of solid smoke blanketing western Montana, we finally received some much-needed rain, and the air is now crystal clear. The precipitation also added to our streamflow and dropped […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report – August 3, 2020
CFS: 336 Water Temp: 55 – 62°F Dries: Hoppers/Ants/Beetles, Purple Haze, Mahogany Duns, BWOs Nymphs: Peacock Stone, Prince Nymph, Green Copper Johns We can feel fall approaching with each passing day; the nights have been longer, the mornings colder, and the bigger fish have started to move more as the water temps go down. Fortunately, […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report – August 12, 2020
CFS: 421 Water Temp: 56 – 65°F Dries: Spruce Moths, PMDs, Hoppers/Ants/Beetles, Red Attractors Nymphs: Flashback stoneflies, Pheasant Tails, Copper Johns As we move into mid-August, we finally see the high water working in our favor. The average streamflow this time of year is 300 cubic feet per second, but this August, we have been […]
Rock Creek Post – Salmon Fly Report 2020
CFS: 1900 Water Temp: 53 – 58°F Dries: Golden Stones, Yellow Sallies, Green Drakes Nymphs: Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Pink Worms, sz 8-12 Stonefly Nymphs It seems like the salmon flies only popped out a few days ago, but here we are three weeks later, and now Rock Creek is better for golden stone and drake […]
Rock Creek Runoff Report 2020
CFS: 1520 Water Temp: 43 – 48°F Dries: Purple Haze, possible Mother’s Day Caddis Nymphs: Black Stonefly, Bitch Creek, Red San Juan We are in that time of the year where the first major runoff has already begun, but fortunately the streamflow has leveled off and is actually decreasing for the time being and adding […]