Montana Fish Report

Fishing conditions:  Good

Report: Overall the river is in great shape, the temps down on the lower end are just touching 60 F and at 500 CFS there is plenty of water to fish throughout the system. Salmonflies are pretty much done, the Goldens are really beginning to pop. Bring your favorite salmonfly or golden dry and fish towards dark for best topwater action. There are a variety of mayflies coming off, Callibaetis, PMDs, and Drakes, so have your dry box ready to go with an assortment of Adams/Parachute Adams to be ready for what you see. The salmonflies either have or have not hatched according to who you ask. Either way, be prepared with some Chubby Chernobyls and they work well for a dry-dropper setup. Always have Rubberlegs, Perdigons, BP Weiss Nymphs, Poopahs, Zebra Midges and Bird's Nests to round out your offerings. The Upper is ready to go!

Upper Sacramento Flows at Delta

Hot Flies:

Dry Flies:
• Sedgeback October Caddis - #10
• Low Water Baetis - #18
• Adams - #12-20
• Mercer's Missing Link - Dark #14-16
• Parachute Adams - #14-18

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Mercer's Tungsten October Pupa
• Skip's TB October Caddis
• CB Birds Nest - #10-14
• Red Copper John - #16-18
• Zebra Midge - #18-20
• Mercury Black Beauty
• Mercer's Glass Bead Micro May - #22
• Mercer's GB Dark Stone - #8
• Mercer's Dark Stone - #6
• Pat's Rubber Legs - Brown #6-8
• Jigged Birds Nest - #14-16
• Gordon's Amber Wing Prince - #12-18
• Mercer's CB Micro Mayfly - #16-18
• Walt's Worm

Streamers & Leeches:
• Sheila Sculpin
• Woolly Buggers
• Zack's Stillwater Swimming Leech - #8