Montana Fishing Report: Blackfoot River

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Date	03-Sep-10
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Conditions : Blackfoot River: The air temps up the Blackfoot are still pretty chilly right now, but the fishing is still very good. The tube hatch has turned off!!! (finally) The hopper fishing has slowed down a little, but there are still fish rising and eating smaller mayflies. They started to eat hoppers better yesterday due to the warmer weather. Try a size 16 or 18 purple haze or an adams at risers. There are some big fish eating nymphs right now as well (even down between Johnsrude and Weigh Station). If you want to mix it up try a streamer. There were a goood number of fish moving on them over the past few days.

Fly Patterns: size 16 PT's, copper johns, chubby chernobyls, JJ Specials, white streamers of any kind, and the worm will hook a couple

Hatches: break in the tube hatch (take advantage!!) Other than that, hoppers, caddis, tiny maylfies

Reported by: The Grizzly Hackle

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About: - Fishing the Blackfoot: The Blackfoot is an excellent fishery for rainbow, cutbows, browns and mountain whitefish throughout its length. Good fishing on the Blackfoot fishing starts around the River Junction Campground. (more on the Blackfoot River & access information)			Brook Trout Mountain Whitefish Rainbow Trout Westslope Cutthroat Trout Brown Trout

Misc Info: - Exceptions to Standard Regulations Entire River And Tributaries Except The Clearwater River Combined Trout: 3 daily and in possession, no rainbow trout over 12 inches, any size brown trout. (See Clearwater River Drainage for exception.) Catch-and-release for cutthroat trout. Artificial lures only within 100-yard radius of the mouths of Belmont Creek, Gold Creek, Monture Creek and North Fork Blackfoot River. Landers Fork Mouth To Stimson Lumber Dam (Milltown Reservoir) Catch-and-release for brook trout. (This regulation is a result of bull trout being misidentified and harvested as brook trout. Brook trout are very rare in this section of river whereas bull trout are common.) Mainstem Only Extended season for northern pike and whitefish and catch-and-release for trout open December 1 to third Saturday in May with artificial lures and/or maggots only. Tributaries are closed to fishing. Stimson Lumber Dam Downstream To Milltown Reservoir (Clark Fork River) Northern pike: no limit Extended season for northern pike from December 1 to third Saturday in May, with artificial lures only.