Beaverhead River Fishing Report
With July in full swing, the PMD’s and Yellow Sallies have decided to come off in full force. And with that it’s dry fly time on the Beaverhead. The fish are still nymphing hard in the mornings and will still eat them later in the afternoon, but by 2 pm the dries are coming off in great numbers and the fish are looking up for them. The “slick” is the place to be on the upper reaches as pods of risers can be found sipping duns and cripples in the calm water. Hard to fool, but with so many eating at once your fly is bound to get eaten. On the lower reaches the fish have been nabbing Yellow Sally dries along with PMD’s and Caddis dries toward to later part of the day. The fishing below High Bridge has been great as of late and the fish down there are strong and are getting bigger by the day.
Big Hole River Fishing Report
After a the high water month of June, the Big Hole River is back in stride and has been fishing off the carts with dries the past two weeks. Clouds of caddis and some of the biggest Green Drakes seen in years have been piling off the river with the dropping flows. Golden Stones can still be fished on cloudy days, and PMD’s are flying as well. Size 16 purple haze, humpy’s in yellow and red, PMX’s in yellow and green, royal wulffs, and an assortment of attractors from size 14-18 have been doing very well. Look for this river to continue to fish well throughout the summer, and we’re predicting that August will be on the best on record with the amount of water coming down the Mountain.
Remember that if you’re planning on floating the Big Hole, FWP is closing the reach from Silver Bridge to Divide starting on July 12th to replace the existing dam.
Hope everyone is having a great summer. Tight Lines!
Justin
