The Kingfisher Fly Shop Five River Fishing Report

Fishing Lull

By The Kingfisher Fly Shop, 2-14-06

Bitterroot

2/14/2006

REPORTS: Here comes another blast of arctic air. Looks like thing'll be put on hold here in terms of the fishing for this week at least. Lots of floe ice in the rivers these days. Might want to just kick back, tie some flies or finish that rod you started building last fall.

HATCHES: Icebergs

FLIES: N/A

WEATHER: Feb 14 Mostly Cloudy 32°/15° 20% Wed Feb 15 Flurries 27°/4° 20% Thu Feb 16 Snow Shower 17°/-5° 50% Fri Feb 17 Snow Shower 15°/-2° 50% Sat Feb 18 Mostly Sunny 26°/7° 20% Sun Feb 19 Few Snow Showers 32°/7° 30%

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Looks like we're in line for the first normal runoff in about 6 years this spring!

Blackfoot

2/14/2006

REPORTS: Uh, no. Even the Mo has been less than stellar lately. If you're headed up toward Ovando, better be ready for the Trixie's exit.

HATCHES: midges.

FLIES: N/A

WEATHER: Feb 14 Mostly Cloudy 32°/15° 20% Wed Feb 15 Flurries 27°/4° 20% Thu Feb 16 Snow Shower 17°/-5° 50% Fri Feb 17 Snow Shower 15°/-2° 50% Sat Feb 18 Mostly Sunny 26°/7° 20% Sun Feb 19 Few Snow Showers 32°/7° 30%

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Check out all the newly listed specials on the online store.

Clark Fork

2/14/2006

REPORTS: Too much ice in the river to make any sense of indicator motion these days. More likely to have a poetry free environmental studies class than good dryfly fishing right now. Give it awhile.

HATCHES: midges.

FLIES: N/A

WEATHER: Feb 14 Mostly Cloudy 32°/15° 20% Wed Feb 15 Flurries 27°/4° 20% Thu Feb 16 Snow Shower 17°/-5° 50% Fri Feb 17 Snow Shower 15°/-2° 50% Sat Feb 18 Mostly Sunny 26°/7° 20% Sun Feb 19 Few Snow Showers 32°/7° 30%

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Look for the daily updates to begin again March 15th.

Missouri

2/14/2006

REPORTS: The river has been taking on an Al Gore kind of persona lately, slow and windy. Might be better to wait it out a week or two. Flows are up around 5,000 these days so if you haven't been over here for awhile, you'll see a whole new river.

HATCHES: midges.

FLIES: Griffith's gnats, size 16 and 18 pink and gray scuds, small brassies and copper Bobs, tiny flashback p-tails, red San Juans, pink or salmon colored egg patterns.

WEATHER: Feb 14 Mostly Cloudy 32°/15° 20% Wed Feb 15 Flurries 27°/4° 20% Thu Feb 16 Snow Shower 17°/-5° 50% Fri Feb 17 Snow Shower 15°/-2° 50% Sat Feb 18 Mostly Sunny 26°/7° 20% Sun Feb 19 Few Snow Showers 32°/7° 30%

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Check out the new for '06 line of Simms

Rock Creek

2/14/2006

REPORTS: Great fishing and easily accessible and by great I mean terrible and by accessible I mean don't go.

HATCHES: midges.

FLIES: cad nibblers

WEATHER: Feb 14 Mostly Cloudy 32°/15° 20% Wed Feb 15 Flurries 27°/4° 20% Thu Feb 16 Snow Shower 17°/-5° 50% Fri Feb 17 Snow Shower 15°/-2° 50% Sat Feb 18 Mostly Sunny 26°/7° 20% Sun Feb 19 Few Snow Showers 32°/7° 30%

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The newest rods from both Sage and Winston are now in stock at The Kingfisher. The VT-2 from Sage is the latest evolution in the RPL/VPS series and is available exclusively in Missoula at The Kingfisher. The Vapor and Ascent are the two new additions to the Winston line and are priced considerably less than all the other rods from this company. Check 'em out on our online store www.kingfisherflyshop.com

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