Current weather:

 

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Shuttle Companies:
Frontier Anglers - 683-5276
Sunrise Fly Shop - 835-3474
Great Divide Outfitters - 267-3346

Fishing Conditions:

About what you would expect over here for this time of the year and given the conditions, the Spruce Moth stuff is on the slow down with the cool wet and rainy weather. The dry fly fishing will probably still be decent, you're just more likely to see BWO's than hoppers around right now, if and when the weather warms up expect there to still be some terrestrial fishing, but we'll have to rely on Mother Nature for that... Flows are still below 400CFS at Melrose - so you're going to be dragging a bit now, so don't bring a drift boat unless you really like doing glasswork in your spare time... Even with rubber rafts its going to be pretty low and you might have to drag a bit. Until the weather warms, purple haze's and blue winged olive nymphs will probably be your mainstay, that and streamers!

Fly pattern suggestions: 
Used Rubber Tan & Yellow: 6-8-10 Rainy's Grand Hopper: 8-10-12-14 Hopper Popper: 6-10 Purple Haze (all year long...): 12-14-16 Purple Para Wulff: 12-14-16 Chubby Chernobyl Golden: 6-8-10-12; Lightning Bug: 12-14-16-18 Prince Nymph: 12-14-16 Mega Hares Ear: 10-12 Home Wrecker Black/Olive & Brown/Yellow: 2-4-6 Sex Dungeon's Yellow: 2  Flash Fry Brown/Yellow: 2 Yeager Bomb Red: 12-14

Last Updated: 8/31/2010

National Weather Service Flow Forecast


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