July fishing on the Bitterroot with Dick

Dick Kane fished with Jack on the Bitterroot and caught some really nice fish. Here is one of them. Another great day on the water.

More fishing in late June on the Bitterroot River

Young men and water - fly fishing on the upper Bitterroot. We even had a little rain in late June and the fishing was very good.

Fly fishing the Bitterroot River in late June

Catching up on blog posts from this very busy summer. June was a gorgeous month with clear skies and good water levels. Here are a few photos from the upper Bitterroot in late June.

West Fork of the Bitterroot in June

Jeff and his Dad had a great day on this beautiful fork of the Bitterroot. The water was big as you can see in the photo and on the camera lens but I had to post both of the photos. The trout were so beautiful. Hope you like them.

Jeff Roger's trout, Jack is in the river

Jeff's Dad with a beautiful cutthroat trout

Fly fishing the upper Bitterroot River in early June

Another gorgeous day on the Bitterroot River with John. Nice trout!

John Hickman fishing with Jack and Freda.

Father and son on the Bitterroot in June

These photos are from June 1 but it is appropriate to post them on Father's Day. Jeff Rogers and his Dad fishing with Jack on the upper Bitterroot.

Bitterroot River levels in June 2012

The river is big and fairly fast, but also pretty clear and fishing. Watch out for new hazards such as down Cottonwood trees. Below the charts is a slideshow of photos from the middle Bitterroot on June 11.

Fishing for big Carp with Eric

Jack was in Springfield, MO visiting his sister and mother recently and fished with Eric. They fished for carp and longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus). Caught carp (huge carp), but only teased the gar. Fun time. Thanks Eric.

Eric Olliverson with a carp

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This is Wilson's Creek near Springfield. Jack was surprised at finding huge carp in this kind of water. Not very deep.

May 16 Bitterroot 2nd runoff pulse

Bitterroot air temperatures have been in the high 80's for the last three days and the snow melt is increasing the river flows. The air temperatures are supposed to drop in the next few days and rain is predicted next week. This will be interesting.

Here are some photos at Victor Crossing taken the afternoon of May 16. Victor Crossing is about 5 miles upriver from the USGS water data gauge at Bell Crossing and about 40 road miles down river (north) of the USGS water data gauge at Darby. Below are photos of the river at Victor Bridge, the charts for both gauges, and a snow pack map.

Follow up on the next day at Bell Crossing: Discharge, cubic feet per second - Most recent instantaneous value: 9,260 CFS 05-17-2012 13:45 MDT

Follow up on the next day at Darby: Discharge, cubic feet per second - Most recent instantaneous value: 5,690 CFS 05-17-2012 13:45 MDT

May 10 on the Bitterroot River - flows are stepping up

The Bitterroot had clarity on May 7 and still on May 8 - also terrific caddis hatches! But now the weather has been much warmer and the flows are stepping up. See the charts below.

Bitterroot River on May 7 north of Angler's Roost

Darby gauge station is upriver from Angler's Roost - on May 7 flows at Darby were about 1900 CFS

Bell Crossing gauge station is downriver from Angler's Roost. On May 7 flows were about 3,000 CFS

Still snow in the mountains!!! Bitterroot is 89 % of normal.

Links to snowpack and USGS river flow gauge stations are in the right side bar.

May 7 on the Bitterroot River from Angler's Roost

Photos taken from Angler's Roost to Main Street Bridge in Hamilton. The Darby USGS water flow gauge reported 1900 CFS on this day. Clarity was good, caddis hatches prolific but not many feeding trout. Gorgeous day, though.

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A windy day on the Missouri River in early May

You can see the wind moving the water!

Nice brown trout - yes, it was released ASAP

Jack spent a few days on the Missouri River with his daughter and two grandsons. The young boys were dressed warm enough and that is good. It was cold and very windy. But, there were fish to be caught again.

Here are a couple of photos.