Rock Creek Fishing Report – April 5, 2020
CFS: 201 Water Temp: 39 – 44°F Dries: March Brown, Skwala, Parachute Adams, Purple Haze Nymphs: Dark Pat’s RL, Copper John, San Juan There has been a noticeable change in the air temperature here on the lower end of the creek. The snowy, frigid days were suddenly replaced by what feels more like actual spring. […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report – Spring 2020
Hello all from Rock Creek! We are starting to come out of our winter hibernation and gearing up for what we expect to be a great season of fishing. Spring is just around the corner, and with it, improved fishing on Rock Creek. That’s not to say you can’t catch fish right now. While the […]
Fall 2019 Rock Creek Fishing Report
CFS: 307 Water Temp: 45-48°F Dries: Mahogany Dun, Baetis, October Caddis Nymphs: Pheasant Tail, Orange Serendipities, Streamers If you would have told me a month ago that the streamflow would be higher in October, I wouldn’t have believed you. To celebrate the end of September, Mother Nature decided to throw us a healthy dose of […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report 9/11/19
CFS: 389 Water Temp: 53-57°F Dries: BWOs, Purple Haze, Rubber-leg stimulators Nymphs: Pat’s RL, Hare’s Ears, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Pheasant Tail, JJ Special This past weekend we had a large amount of rain fall, and that caused the river to spike in streamflow from 250 to 450 cfs. While it was rising, catching fish was […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report 9/2/19
CFS: 297 Water Temp: 55-63°F Dries: Mid-sized hoppers, small ants, beetles, Sz 14 or smaller mayfly, attractors Nymphs: Double-bead prince, pheasant tails, hare’s ears, streamers Happy Labor Day! Despite the more moderate temps we saw at the end of August, there were surprisingly few people going up the road to take advantage of Rock […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report 8/23/2019
CFS: 310 Water Temp: 57-62°F Dries: Small terrestrials and stimulators, mayflies, caddis, attractors Nymphs: Jumpin’ Jack Flash, caddis pupae, pheasant tails, Copper Johns Usually at this point in August, fishing slows down on Rock Creek, and we don’t see it pick up until September. This year though, we’ve seen cooler temps and even some steady […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report 8/12/2019
CFS: 398 Water Temp: 54-58°F Dries: Spruce Moths, Terrestrials, Mayflies, Caddis, Attractors, Crippled Emergers Nymphs: Princes, Hare’s Ears, Pheasant Tails, Streamers After two very hot weeks, a cold weather system passed through Montana and dumped a bunch of rain, which has brought up the streamflows, but more importantly lowered water temps: Until the streamflow and […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report 7/30/2019
CFS: 422 Water Temp: 58-67°F Dries: Spruce Moths, Drakes, Terrestrials, Caddis, PMDs, Purple Haze Nymphs: Purple Prince Nymph, Copper Johns, Pheasant Tails It looks like the hot summer days are here to stay. This week the weather forecast predicted that each day in the Missoula area is going to be in the lower 90s. We’ve […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report 7/23/19
CFS: 512 Water Temp: 57-63°F Dries: Terrestrials, Caddis, Mayflies, Attractor Patterns Nymphs: Copper Johns, Hare’s Ears, Pat’s RL It’s been an interesting July so far. Up until this point, the weather has been very inconsistent, and that threw off some of the fishing the past couple weeks, especially in the mornings. However, it appears we […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report 7/8/2019
CFS: 697 Water Temp: 53-59°F Dries: Caddis, PMDs, Yellow Sallies, Purple Hazes Nymphs: Stonefly nymphs, Caddis Pupae, Pheasant Tails Traffic has calmed down since the madness that is always the week of the 4th of July, and now that we are getting on into the month, we are starting to see the caddis and PMDs, […]