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Still Water 7-20-09

July 20, 2009
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Still Water

If you enjoy fishing damselfly life cycle patterns, Chesterfield Reservoir is the place for you. Set up a floating line and head for coves, transitions and shallows having lily pads and/or submerged weeds. Daniels is also fishing well with damselflies providing action as well as speckled duns beginning to show.   Walk the east side shoreline and present damselfly life cycle patterns until wind comes up, then launch your boat or ‘tube and head for the upper end.   Slowly troll a small leech using an intermediate line as you go.   Watch for fish taking adult damselflies on the surface.  On seeing them switch to a floating line to present your favorite adult imitation.  This technique will also work on Springfield, Twenty-four Mile, and Hawkins reservoirs.  If you do not have responses to damselfly life cycle patterns, midge pupa under an indicator will bring action so long as you find the taking depth.

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Big Lost River 7-20-09

July 20, 2009
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Big Lost River

Flow out of Mackay Dam is up to about 700 cfs. Make sure you bring all your wading skills to walk in and wade the river below the dam.  Try medium sized wooly bugger types.

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South Western Montana 7-20-09

July 20, 2009
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South Western Montana

The big stoneflies are in the 3Dollar Bridge- Slide area of the Madison River, with some showing up between Hebgen and Quake Lake.  A lot of anglers are showing up between the lakes, too.   Some speckled duns are showing up on Hebgen Lake, so the gulper season is not far away.

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Yellowstone Park 7-20-09

July 20, 2009
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Yellowstone Park

All streams have rounded into shape. The Slough Creek-Lamar River-Soda Butte waters are offering action during brown and gray drake activity with good PMD hatches.  Drake hatches are over on Fall River Basin streams, but PMD, ant and beetle patterns will bring action.  So will attractor patterns in medium sizes.  The Firehole River has warmed to levels where larger fish are moving into spring-fed tribs.  Likewise, the Madison River within the Park has warmed to offer best fishing in the mornings and evenings. Caddis, spinner falls, ants and beetle patterns work best.  The Gallatin River and Grayling Creek are good choices for attractors and sally patterns during the day and caddis patterns late afternoons and evenings.

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Henry’s Lake 7-20-09

July 20, 2009
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Henry's Lake

Responses to damselflies still seems spotty with some action along the southwest corner of the lake. Try leech patterns on an intermediate line with a slow retrieve and with a blood worm trailer at other places. As the lake warms up be ready to fish creek mouths with traditional Henry’s Lake patterns.

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Small Streams 7-20-09

July 20, 2009
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Small Streams

All are at their peaks for action. But with hot weather coming some of the smallest streams will tend to warm and therefore slow down.   This does not apply to the rivers such as the Teton, Falls, Warm, Blackfoot and Portneuf. On all of these PMDs, caddis and sallys still bring action, but for riffle and run reaches attractor patterns will be a blast to fish. This means such as humpys, renegades, Wulff series, and irresistibles.  For slower reaches such as in Teton Basin PMD life cycle patterns will bring action.  And on all small waters it is time to break out your ant and beetle patterns remembering that hoppers are only a week or two from taking over as the patterns of choice.

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Henry’s Fork 7-20-09

July 20, 2009
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Henry's Fork, Still Water

Drakes have come & gone  everywhere on the river. On the Harriman-Last Chance reach mornings and evenings offer the best fishing with PMDs in decreasing sizes (bring life cycle patterns in #18-#22) providing daytime action, then flavs bring evening action.  Hoppers are not significant yet, but ant and beetle patterns will bring action anywhere on the river. So will evening caddis flights.  On the middle and lower river, a few golden stones can still be seen, but sallys are more numerous, so medium and small stimulator and dry muddler patterns will work well.   Likewise, no hoppers of significance yet, but ant, beetle, and PMD life cycle patterns can bring action.  Don’t overlook streamer patterns if you will be on the river during evenings.

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South Fork 7-20-09

July 20, 2009
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South Fork

Flow out of Palisades Dam has been stable at 12700 cfs for several days now, and the flow at Heise (13,800 cfs) has been just as stable.  And both flows are at historic normals.  All this means that the river, especially in Swan Valley and in the canyon, is at its summer best.  Some golden stones are still hanging around there, emerging yellow sallys and PMDs are bringing fish into riffles.  Bring your favorite  life-cycle patterns for  these remembering that presentation dominates specific pattern.   On the specific side, super-x patterns are living up to their  “fish-getter” reputations when swept under bushes, overhangs and along grassy banks.   Caddis flights bring evening action, and a few green drakes are beginning to show in canyon locations.  One should also pack streamer patterns for evening action around sheltered banks and shallows.  It’s a great time to be on the river, and look for the river to fish well for weeks to come.  Get in touch. We can give you advise not only on strategy, but equipment, best locations, and specific fly patterns.

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South Fork 7-17-09

July 17, 2009
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South Fork

The flow has been stable at 12,700 cfs and we should see stable flows now through the balance of the summer. The big stones have pretty much finished but you may still move some fish on the bigger size 4 imitations as the fish will still remember them for a week or so after the hatch. There will still be good hatches of yellow sallies and pale morning duns through out the coming weeks so if our report seems torepeat itself its because we are going to have steady hatches all summer due to good flows and cold water.

The log that claimed several boats at the Fall Creek Falls has been removed. Until it was cut out it was one of the trickiest obstacles we had seen in a few years.

The flow from Heise downstream has dropped to 5,400 cfs and the fishing has improved from last week. We should start to see the summer golden stones appear down there in the newly formed riffles, brush piles, and channels. Look also for good hatches of PMD’s. A big Super-X  Renegade, Sculpzilla or Clouser will work if you are looking for a bigger fish or if nothing is going on top. This section of river has a lot of obstacles and tight channels so please be careful.

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