WFFW Reports

3/21/08 (WMumford)- Upper Clark Fork, small nymphs, 18’s smaller, Ray Charles, PT’s.

3/22/08 (WMumford)- Bighole River, nymphs, 8 Golden Hares Ear

3/23/08 (WMumford)- Warm Springs Creek, nymphs, Prince, PT’s. Dry 18 BWO Emerger and Parachute, Parachute Adams.

4/1/08 (WMumford)- I have not been out for a few days but it is flipping cool compared to recent springs. Its still snowing a bit every day, nothing measurable in the valley (Flathead) but its still adding up in the high country. Late week should see some improvement.

4/7/8 (WMumford)- Flathead River @ Kalispell. Maybe 50° @ 4pm, when the sun was out and wind not blowing, which did actually happen. Little Brown Stone, Nemouras, abundant.

4/11/08 (WMumford) Flathead @ Bigfork. High 50’s. River rising. Not much bug activity.

4/12/08 (WMumford) Flathead @ Pressantine Bar. Mid 60’s, water rising. Bugs VERY small.

5/3/08 (WMumford) Rogers Lake, Kalispell, mid 60’s, ice out around 4/30. Fishing well, last summer the Grayling were hit hard by heat, how bad remains to be seen. There seems to be no shortage of fish, even picked up a couple small Cutthroat. Prince Nymphs w/variations. These Grayling are fond of about anything that has some Peacock Herl on it. A few working the surface. Once the flys get going a size 16 Adams will get em’ on top. Anytime now.

5/3/08 WMumford, Rogers Lake, Kalispell. Low 50’s, windy. Fished later PM, water calmed down toward sundown. Cutthroat and Grayling fishing well. Added a split shot to get the nymph down out of the waves. A VERY short, but furious Mayfly hatch late.

5/17/8 Mumford, Flathead River @ Kalispell. High 80’s(!), wind variable in PM. High water but 4-5 ft below flood stage. Fishing backwater for Largemouth Bass. Better in AM. Spinner baits, plastic. Water looks like Chocolate Malt.

5/25-26/8 Mumford, Georgetown Lake. Upper 40’s, windy, rain, a little sun. Ice out was around the 20th. Rainbows beginning to false spawn and some in creek at Stuart Mill bay. Fish were a little picky. They finally settled on Flashback PT’s and Light Olive Hares Ear and did pretty well. Clark Fork was muddy and full tilt.

6/8/8 Mumford, Rogers Lake, upper 40’s to mid 50’s (when the sun peeked through). The day was marked by heavy overcast, soaking rain, and a little sun. Fishing was on (Grayling) when we started at around 3pm. As soon as the weather went south the bite died. I think the hot spring run is probably done. Giant Zug Bug, Prince w/wet hackle and hot butt. A hatch tried to get going but never made it. That might have made for some decent surface action.

7/4/08 Mumford, upper Clark Fork, fished 3-5th, highs in the low 80’s, a few thunderstorms. River running higher than this time last year. flow 45 cfs, height 1.9 (Silver Bow, Butte), Size #18-20 Flashback PT, Ray Charles, Soft Hackle Caddis (tan), Scuds, Copper Johns. Lots of Damsels nymphs crawling around which means that Damsels are probably a good play on Georgetown now. Nothing to speak of on drys, fish didn’t seem to be keying on surface at all.

7/11/08 Mumford, upper Clark Fork, flow 31, height 1.75, river has slowed considerably from 6 days ago, running clear.