09-03-2004, 03:12 PM
Blackfoot River - September 2nd, 2004
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FISHING: Good
River Levels [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/current?type=dailystagedischarge&group_key=NONE&search_site_no_station_nm=Blackfoot+River"]click here[/url]]
Blackfoot River Montana FWP Online Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/report.aspx?llid=1138907468712&begmeas=0&endmeas=127.319000244141"]click here[/url]]
North Fork Blackfoot River Montana FWP Online Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/report.aspx?llid=1131290469848&begmeas=0&endmeas=38.4850006103516"]click here[/url]]
REPORTS: These fish have switched hard to the smaller bugs in the last few days. Yesterday our best bug BY FAR was a size 16 parachute Adams. While we were able to get some fatties to look at the big stuff, on top it was 10 to 1 on the smaller mayflies. The streamer fishing was pretty good, though, and that allowed us to quell our junk fixation. Color didn't seem to matter too much with the streamers as long as they were muted and not too bright . . . kinda like Michael Moore. The river is currently fishing well pretty much its entire length. There is the possibility that the major rain that happened up The Blackfoot Valley yesterday afternoon will bring down some more mud, so you might want to double check conditions before you head up that way. Today's flow near Bonner is 647 with a water temperature of 61.
HATCHES: Caddis,tricos, golden stones, PMDs, terrestrials.
FLIES: Golden stones (both giant and yellow sallie), hoppers/ants, button emerger and cripple mayfly patterns, #12 or 14 royal Wulffs, deep and slow tandem nymph rigs, brown, olive or black streamers.
WEATHER: TODAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS... MOSTLY CLOUDY... HIGHS 61 TO 66... WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. TONIGHT...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS... MOSTLY CLOUDY... LOWS 39 TO 44 WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH IN THE EVENING. FRIDAY...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS... MOSTLY CLOUDY... HIGHS 62 TO 67 FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY... LOWS 41 TO 46 SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY... HIGHS 64 TO 74 LOWS 43 TO 49. LABOR DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY... HIGHS 72 TO 78 LOWS 41 TO 47.
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FISHING: Good
River Levels [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/current?type=dailystagedischarge&group_key=NONE&search_site_no_station_nm=Blackfoot+River"]click here[/url]]
Blackfoot River Montana FWP Online Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/report.aspx?llid=1138907468712&begmeas=0&endmeas=127.319000244141"]click here[/url]]
North Fork Blackfoot River Montana FWP Online Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/report.aspx?llid=1131290469848&begmeas=0&endmeas=38.4850006103516"]click here[/url]]
REPORTS: These fish have switched hard to the smaller bugs in the last few days. Yesterday our best bug BY FAR was a size 16 parachute Adams. While we were able to get some fatties to look at the big stuff, on top it was 10 to 1 on the smaller mayflies. The streamer fishing was pretty good, though, and that allowed us to quell our junk fixation. Color didn't seem to matter too much with the streamers as long as they were muted and not too bright . . . kinda like Michael Moore. The river is currently fishing well pretty much its entire length. There is the possibility that the major rain that happened up The Blackfoot Valley yesterday afternoon will bring down some more mud, so you might want to double check conditions before you head up that way. Today's flow near Bonner is 647 with a water temperature of 61.
HATCHES: Caddis,tricos, golden stones, PMDs, terrestrials.
FLIES: Golden stones (both giant and yellow sallie), hoppers/ants, button emerger and cripple mayfly patterns, #12 or 14 royal Wulffs, deep and slow tandem nymph rigs, brown, olive or black streamers.
WEATHER: TODAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS... MOSTLY CLOUDY... HIGHS 61 TO 66... WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. TONIGHT...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS... MOSTLY CLOUDY... LOWS 39 TO 44 WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH IN THE EVENING. FRIDAY...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS... MOSTLY CLOUDY... HIGHS 62 TO 67 FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY... LOWS 41 TO 46 SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY... HIGHS 64 TO 74 LOWS 43 TO 49. LABOR DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY... HIGHS 72 TO 78 LOWS 41 TO 47.