Myself and some friends fished the Clark Fork & Bitterroot last weekend. Did the regular stop at Clark Fork T & T (Brooks is the proprieters name). They were closed early...(don't forget to set your time forward, though--it's an hour later). I fished Clark Fork with Dick Crain, and friends fished Bitterroot & Clark with Mike Hillegas (out of the Kingfisher in Missoula). Fishing was as off as I've ever seen it in the fall on the Clark Fork. Mornings were in the low 20's with hard frost, and fish were few and far between all day (just past full moon and clear skies--not always the best combination). There were a couple of BIG 'bows (20") on the Bitterroot (section above Stevenson). Both were taken on beadhead PTs. On the Clark, saw very small mahogany hatch in the early stages of warming, and some surface action on lots of PMDs (really tiny), and an actual tiny spinner fall in the late afternoon. Any real action was deep...we caught one nice cutt, small 'bows, and a big squawfish (on a heavy stone fly nymph -- we tried everything!).
Pat Bolton Gary Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 10/08/2001 06:13:08 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: St. Regis Fly Shop I'm taking my raft and son to the Clark Fork in Montana next week. There's a one-man fly shop in St. Regis that does shuttles, provides good info, etc. I've been there in the past but have totally forgotten the name. Anyone know of it? I'd like to contact him ahead of time. It's gotta be the only fly shop in town, given the size of St. Regis. Thanks in advance Gary Meyers Kirkland
