06-16-2004, 12:22 AM
Bitterroot River - June 14th, 2004
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FISHING: Fair
River Levels [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/current?type=dailystagedischarge&group_key=NONE&search_site_no_station_nm=Bitterroot+River"][#0000ff]click here[/#0000ff][/url]]
Bitterroot River Montana FWP Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/report.aspx?llid=1141176468612&begmeas=0&endmeas=84.2779998779297"][#0000ff]click here[/#0000ff][/url]]
West Fork Bitterroot Montana FWP Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/report.aspx?llid=1141267459398&begmeas=0&endmeas=42.326000213623"][#0000ff]click here[/#0000ff][/url]]
REPORTS: Conditions are still not ideal on the 'root, but there are fish to be had here, especially on the upper end and The West Fork. Today's forecast of partly sunny skies and wind won't help much either. The water flow is still on the way down now, though, so once the river acclimates to the sunny weather and we lose another few hundred cfs, The Bitterroot should be swinging once again. There is more melt to come, though, so if we do get a solid week of 80 to 85 degree weather, there'll be another short lived bump. Today's flow near Darby is 1820 while the river closer to Missoula is running 5380.
HATCHES: Midges, caddis, yellow sallies, giant goldens, few salmonflies, PMDs, green drakes.
FLIES: Extended body drakes in a 10 or 12, parachute adams in both larger sizes for the drakes and march browns and in smaller sizes for baetis. Have some Goddard and elk hair caddis and some salmonflies if you go higer. Keep some smaller green and red bodied nymphs such as brassies if the fish won't play on top.
supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=78,re"][#0000ff]The Kingfisher[/#0000ff][/url]
FISHING: Fair
River Levels [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/current?type=dailystagedischarge&group_key=NONE&search_site_no_station_nm=Bitterroot+River"][#0000ff]click here[/#0000ff][/url]]
Bitterroot River Montana FWP Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/report.aspx?llid=1141176468612&begmeas=0&endmeas=84.2779998779297"][#0000ff]click here[/#0000ff][/url]]
West Fork Bitterroot Montana FWP Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/report.aspx?llid=1141267459398&begmeas=0&endmeas=42.326000213623"][#0000ff]click here[/#0000ff][/url]]
REPORTS: Conditions are still not ideal on the 'root, but there are fish to be had here, especially on the upper end and The West Fork. Today's forecast of partly sunny skies and wind won't help much either. The water flow is still on the way down now, though, so once the river acclimates to the sunny weather and we lose another few hundred cfs, The Bitterroot should be swinging once again. There is more melt to come, though, so if we do get a solid week of 80 to 85 degree weather, there'll be another short lived bump. Today's flow near Darby is 1820 while the river closer to Missoula is running 5380.
HATCHES: Midges, caddis, yellow sallies, giant goldens, few salmonflies, PMDs, green drakes.
FLIES: Extended body drakes in a 10 or 12, parachute adams in both larger sizes for the drakes and march browns and in smaller sizes for baetis. Have some Goddard and elk hair caddis and some salmonflies if you go higer. Keep some smaller green and red bodied nymphs such as brassies if the fish won't play on top.