The Kingfisher Fly Shop

The root has been fishing very well. Beware, though, of the tremendous amounts of wood coming down this time of year. Things move fast and a float you may have hit even just a few days prior may just be unpassable the next time you go out. Many stretches of the river are loaded with all sorts of obstructions and...

The Clark Fork has bumped over 600 cfs over the past 48 hours. The water is stained but is fishable. As a result streamer fishing has remained solid. With the warm weather, fish have been more readily moving on streamers. Play around with the retrieval pattern but don't be afraid to speed up the retrieve. On the cloudier days, try...

Let’s face it. Rock Creek is ALWAYS good. We’re incredibly spoiled to have a blue ribbon piece of water so close to town. Fishing has been great since it started to steadily drop back on the 8th. Nymphing remains the most productive method of getting into fish this time of year. Stone flies like the TJ, Pat’s Rubberlegs, and Double...

Flows on the river haven’t really budged much at all since they rose to over 1200 back on the 7th of April. Water clarity shouldn’t be a huge concern for you out there. All in all, the Blackfoot has been fishing very well. The streamer game has turned on and fish are actively pursuing large articulated streamers. Some of the...

The root has been fishing pretty good lately, but its only going to get better in the coming weeks. The Bitterroot is still pretty low and clear, but the trout are slowly turning on to the idea of eating the dry. The freezing night time temps are not helping the bugs out, but you can still see a skwala or...

The early spring capnias and nemouras are out and occasionally you will find a trout willing to come up and eat. Old man winter is still clinging on. The freezing night time temps are tough on the bugs. Haven't seen any skwalas, but it won't be long. Small dark stimulators, bugmeisters, super beetles, ant-acids, and Freed's summer stone in sizes...

The root has been fishing pretty good lately, but its only going to get better in the coming weeks. The Bitterroot is still pretty low and clear and the trout are slowly turning on to the idea of eating the dry. The freezing night time temps are not helping the bugs out. The early spring capnias and nemouras are out...

Skwalas!!!! They're here... but not quite.  I've heard good reports of fish eating sporadically on top, just not any naturals popping yet.  The really consistent action has been taking place with nymph rigs and streamers.  That could change any day now with the spring weather upon us.  Definitely be prepared with some top water patterns.  The flow just above town...

The early spring capnias and nemouras are out and occasionally you will find a trout willing to come up and eat. Small dark stimulators, bugmeisters, super beetles, ant-acids, and hippie stompers in sizes 16 and 18 will do the trick. A fair amount of midges are on the water and in select water you can find a few trout willing...