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, […]
Rock Creek Fishing Report 7/1/2019
CFS: 745 Water Temp: 55-61°F Dries: Yellow Sallies, Drakes, Caddis, PMDs, Purple Haze Nymphs: Prince Nymphs, Hare’s Ears, Pheasant Tails, Stonefly Nymphs The floating season is officially done on Rock Creek, and fortunately the water levels are getting down to more ideal wading conditions. Keep in mind that in certain areas, the canyon can funnel […]
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 […]