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Rock Creek flows are very, very high. Fishing has been just ok. We expect to start seeing a few caddisflies around in the next week. Streamers have been fishing really well. It seems that as of right now, no one fly is working consistently - keep changing flies and you'll keep catching fish. This will change once runoff flows stabilize.

If you're floating, be safe. If in doubt, scout it out. To be frank, these flows are extremely dangerous right now. We would recommend waiting to float and fish until after flows drop below 3000 cfs at the guage linked below.

That said, the fish are still eating. We recommend wading side channels for the best fishing. See below for our tips for fly fishing Rock Creek near Philipsburg.

Here are a few tips for fly fishing Rock Creek:

1. Fish the side channels, slow inside deeper bends, runs with a couple feet of walking speed water and structure, riffles, and undercut banks.
2. Try swinging or stripping a copper/gold kreelex minnow in any walking speed water you can find along the banks, and at these flows even up along the grassy drop-offs if the water is in the grass.
3. Try a black and purple chubby with a medium length dropper of a hot bead worm or pink pearl core worm.

Here are a few fly suggestions:

1. Micro-chubby size 14, in black and purple

2. Purple Haze size 12-20

3. Blue Winged Olive Emerger size 14-16

4. Kreelex Minnow size 6, in copper/gold

5. TJ Hooker size 12-14, in coffee/black

6. Pheasant Tail Nymph size 16-20

7. Hot Bead San Juan Worm size 10, red with a hot orange bead

8. Zebra midge

9. Pink pearl core worm

Flows and looking ahead:

3890 cfs at the time of publishing this report.

Here is a link to the Rock Creek USGS Water Information.

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Flint Creek has been running high and a little muddy. The good thing is that there is fishable water. In our experience, if there is 4"-12" of visibility on the banks, Flint Creek should be very fishable. 

Flint Creek will fluctuate over the next week. Look for flows that are on the way down to have the best fishing experience.

See below for our tips on fishing Flint Creek near Philipsburg.

Here are a few tips for fly fishing Flint Creek:

1. Cast streamers at the undercut banks and let them swing out into the current
2. Try swinging a march brown or BWO emerger soft hackle behind a streamer
3. Try a black and purple chubby with a short dropper of a hot bead worm or zebra midge along the undercut banks

Here are a few fly suggestions:

1. Kreelex Minnow size 6, in copper/gold

2. Micro-chubby size 14, in black and purple

3. March Brown Soft Hackle Emerger size 12-14

4. Pheasant Tail Nymph size 16-20

5. Zebra Midge size 18, in red

Flows and looking ahead:

Flow: 252 cfs at the time of publishing this report

Here is a link to the Flint Creek USGS Water Information.

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The Clark Fork River is all but fishable right now due to high and muddy water. An angler might be able to pick some fish up in the soft water along the banks, side channels, or just below Warm Springs.

Here are a few tips for fly fishing the Clark Fork River:

1. Identify fishable water all the way up against the banks.
2. Try swinging a march brown emerger soft hackle behind a streamer in the long, walking speed runs.
3. Try a black and purple chubby with a medium length dropper of a hot bead worm or perdigon.

Here are a few fly suggestions:

1. Micro-chubby size 14, in black and purple

2. Purple Haze size 12-20

3. March Brown Soft Hackle Emerger size 12-14

4. Kreelex Minnow size 6, in copper/gold

5. TJ Hooker size 12-14, in coffee/black

6. Pheasant Tail Nymph size 16-20

7. Hot Bead San Juan Worm size 10, red with a hot orange bead

Flows and looking ahead:

Flow: 12,400 cfs above Missoula at the time of publishing this report.

Here is a link to the Clark Fork River above Missoula, Montana, USGS Water Information.

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