Fall has arrived in the beautiful Madison River Valley and with-it epic fishing days with Behemoth Trout on the menu! We experienced true fall in Southwest Montana; Crazy Storms, Big W, Hot Days and our first snow in the Mountains. The Wild Montana Fall is a shop favorite and for anyone that has been out experiencing it the last two weeks you know why!
Streamflows have been up and down the last two weeks due to the weather and the work for the new dock at Kobayashi Beach on Ennis Lake. Starting the week at 976cfs @ Kirby and 1,090cfs @ Cameron, dropping to 886cfs @ Kirby and 1,020cfs @ Cameron and rising by the end of the week to 1,050cfs @ Kirby and 1,060cfs @ Cameron. These slight bumps and drops in Streamflow Levels the last two weeks can make an impact upon the bite and to the water temperature which in turn can affect the few remaining hatches we have left. So, if you had some odd fishing days the past few weeks it’s most likely due to the outdoor conditions, even the smallest of changes can be the cause!
Terrestrial action has still been active on the clear and warmer days. Nymphing and Streamer fishing has been the most consistent throughout the day. We have been seeing the Fall Caddis, Moths, Midges, Tricos and the start of Blue Winged Olives by the end of the week. Emergent patterns have been working well with some successful top water days also. Additionally, we have started to see the Ennis Lake fish moving up into the river system and some big trout are out there!
Here at Beartooth Flyfishing we are so excited that our New Delektable Flies have come in, were six packed and tested this last week. They are all winners! We have changed our store hours to 8:00AM to 5:30PM Everyday! Stop on in, enjoy some free coffee and tell us about your Fall Fishing Adventures!
Nymphs: Delektable Jig Hook Tungsten Micro Spanker Holo-Black, Holo-Silver, Yellow Spot, Hot Spot Orange or PT #16-#18; Delektable Jig Hook Tungsten Black Bling #16-#18; Delektable Tungsten Gold BH Formerly Prince #16-#18; BH Lightning Bug Gold or Silver #16-#18; Jig Duracell Copper Top or Original/Red Bead #16; Pat’s Rubberlegs Olive/Brown or Black/Brown #8-#12; Flossy Worm Red #10 & #14; Wire Worm Red/Orange #6-#10; Geppert’s Mega Emerger #16-#18; RS2 Gray or Olive #18-#20; Montana Bullet Black or Blk/Red #18; Guide’s Choice Hare’s Ear #16-#18; Geppert’s Crystal Dip Crystal, Red or Black #16-#18; Psycho Prince Purple #16-#18; Hogan’s Red Headed Step Child #16-#18; Delektable Prince Brandon #16-#18; Delektable Jig Hook Tungsten Olive Hare’s Ear Torch Light #16.
Dries: Delektable Flying Ant Cinnamon, Purple #16-#18; Bloom’s Stealth Ant Purple #14-#16; Yaeger’s 409 Red #14-#16; Dry Humper Royal or Royal Purple #14-#16; Delektable Chubbyness UV Cinnamon, Olive Brown or Rootbeer #14-#16; Delektable Lil’ Chubby UV Cinnamon or Royal #14-#18; Royal Wulff Cripple #16-#18; Delektable Twisted Baby Tan/Brown, Brown or Purple #14-#16; Dornan’s Water Walker Peanut #12; Super Chernobyl Brown #12; Trico Spinner Double Wing #18; Snowshoe Trico #20; Adam’s Midge Cluster #18-#20; CDC Last Chance Cripple Trico #22; Etha Wing Dun-Trico #20-#22.
Streamers: Dali Llama Olive/White #6 or #10; Delektable Screamer Single Olive/White, Olive/Yellow, Olive or Olive/Black in Gold #6; Galloup’s Micro Dungeon Olive or Black/Purple #10; Zonker Natural, Natural Copper Body, Black or Dark Olive #6-#8; Sheila Sculpin #4; Sculpzilla Olive/White #4-#8; Jr’s Conehead Streamer Olive #6; Conehead Zuddler Olive #8; Pocket Rocket Olive #4; McCune’s Sculpin Olive #4-#8; Trevor’s Sculpin Olive #4; Coffey’s CH Sparkle Minnow Sculpin or Smoke #6; Mini Loop Sculpin Olive #6; Sculpin the One Olive/Natural #4; Butt Monkey Olive #4; Zirdle Olive/Orange #8.
