05-25-2004, 05:19 PM
FISHING: Poor
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REPORTS: The upper stretch near Turah is up about 300 cfs from this time yesterday. While this isn't going to shut things down completely, it is going to make things quite a bit tougher today. You'll still see lots of mayflies out with this weather pattern but the fish are going to be a little off their game today. Down below town you'll be dealing with totally different water conditions, it's toast and quickly becoming burned toast!
HATCHES: Caddis, march browns (still), skwalas, salmonflies, PMDs.
FLIES: Black, brown or olive buggers. Large prince nymphs and bright red San Juan worms (or royal Wulff emergers if you prefer). Red Turck's tarrantulas, Goddard caddis or bigger attractors with a San Juan dropper, #12 caddis close to the banks in the evenings, particularly in the backwaters. Parachute Adams or PMD patterns in sizes 12 to 16.
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River Levels [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/current?type=dailystagedischarge&group_key=NONE&search_site_no_station_nm=Clark+Fork&format=pre"][#0000ff]click here[/#0000ff][/url]]
REPORTS: The upper stretch near Turah is up about 300 cfs from this time yesterday. While this isn't going to shut things down completely, it is going to make things quite a bit tougher today. You'll still see lots of mayflies out with this weather pattern but the fish are going to be a little off their game today. Down below town you'll be dealing with totally different water conditions, it's toast and quickly becoming burned toast!
HATCHES: Caddis, march browns (still), skwalas, salmonflies, PMDs.
FLIES: Black, brown or olive buggers. Large prince nymphs and bright red San Juan worms (or royal Wulff emergers if you prefer). Red Turck's tarrantulas, Goddard caddis or bigger attractors with a San Juan dropper, #12 caddis close to the banks in the evenings, particularly in the backwaters. Parachute Adams or PMD patterns in sizes 12 to 16.
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