NOTICE!! This coming weekend, August 3rd & 4th Noon to 5PM, we are celebrating our 11th Annual Montana Hope Project Fundraiser in memory of John “Grandpa” Delekta! The importance of this event is to make a wish come true for the terminally ill, disease stricken, and special needs kids of Montana and their families. We will be serving Marty’s famous Gumbo, Dan & Nancy’s Chili along with cookies and pies from Elle at Elle’s Belles and Vickie Noack at Country Bumpkin Bakery. We will also provide fly tying demonstrations and casting clinics throughout the weekend. For a $50 donation you can get all the food you can eat that day and support a great cause to help Montana’s Families. Additional donations are greatly appreciated. Contact us if you need guidance on providing a donation by mail or phone. Phone: 406-682-7525 or email: info@beartoothflyfishing.com.
The heat continues to be a factor this last week fishing, catching conditions have been quite favorable in the morning and up into the early afternoon. Luckily our water temperatures have stayed below the Hoot Owl restrictions but with higher water temperatures in the afternoon remember to bring in your Trout quickly, keep your Trout in the Water as much as possible, take a picture only if necessary and in a timely manner and revive your fish in the net as long as needed. Help keep our little fishery sustainable for generations to come!
Stream flows at the beginning of this week were 1,560cfs @ Kirby and 1,730cfs @ Cameron and a steady drop to the end of the week to 1,200cfs @ Kirby and 1,430cfs @ Cameron. Thankfully we got some much-needed cooler weather and rain which has helped our watershed immensely! With the Streamflow drops we have seen a rise in Terrestrial action, Summer Stones are in full swing (fishing well above and below) and Caddis are still plentiful throughout the river.
Although these Summer conditions are tough with the heat and the smoke, it is years like this that we have an incredible Terrestrial August! Time to start going through the color rotations with Hoppers and of course the Ants and Beetles. The universe is always balanced and hopefully fishing days in the future will be plentiful and bountiful!
Dries: Delektable Halo Royal, Mo River or Tan #14-#18; Delektable Lil’ Chubby UV Caddis Green, UV Black, UV Pink, UV Cinnamon or Royal #14-#18; Delektable Chubbyness Rootbeer, Royal, Olive Brown or UV Cinnamon #12-#18; Delektable Flying Ant Black, Purple or Cinnamon #16; Bloom’s Stealth Ant Purple #14-#16; Para Ant Black & Red #14-#16; Craven’s Fat Angie Ant Gold/Cinnamon #16; Dry Humper Royal Purple, Red or Royal #14-#16; Fat Albert Tan/Red Thread #10-#14; Morrish Hopper Pink, Green or Tan #12-#14; More-Or-Less Hopper Peach, Yellow, or Tan #12-#14; White Cloud Hopper Olive, Peach, Tan #12-#14; Panty Dropper Hopper Yellow or Tan #12-#14; Delektable Lil’ Secret UV Caddis Green, Goldrush, UV Pink or Royal #16-#18; Rusty Spinner PMD #16; Delektable CDC Elk Hair Caddis Holo Olive, Tan or Cinnamon #16-#18; Elk Hair Caddis Royal or Tan #16-#18; Royal Wulff Cripple #14-#16; Flat Wing Stone September Stone #12-#14.
Nymphs: Tungsten BH Jiggy Frenchie #16-#18; Delektable Prince Brandon#8-#18; Formerly Known as Prince #12-#18; Pat’s Rubberlegs Olive/Brown, Black/Brown or Black #8-#12; Jig Duracell Copper Top #16; Wire Worm Red/Orange #4-#10; Geppert’s Mega Emerger #16-#18; Delektable Hammerhead Jig Hook GTBH Prince, PT, Hare’s Ear or Red #16-#18; Psycho Prince Purple #16; Lightning Bug Silver or Gold #14-#18; BH Montana Bullet Black or Black/Red #18; Delektable TSBH Big Spanker Warrior #14-#16; Geppert’s Skinny Dip Black or Brown #14-#18; Geppert’s Crystal Dip Brown, Crystal, Black or Red #16-#18; Delektable Jig Hook Tungsten Spanker Holo Gold, Pale Olive PMD, PT, Holo Red or Holo Silver #16-#18; Delektable Tungsten TCBH Surestrike Black/Purple #14-#16.
Streamers: Dali Llama Olive/White #6-#10; McCune’s Sculpin Olive or Tan #4-#8; Trevor’s Sculpin Olive or Tan #4; Mini-Loop Sculpin Natural or Olive #6; Flash Fry Olive/Natural #6; Zonker Natural Pearl, Natural Copper Body, Natural Tan #6-#8; JR’s Conehead Streamer Olive #6; Sculpzilla Olive/White #8; Delektable Screamer Single Olive/White, Olive/Black Gold Body or Olive #6; Galloup’s Cactus Wooly Sculpin Olive or Tan #6.
