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 […]
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 […]