Category: Beaverhead River Fishing Report

The Beaverhead River fishing report has been good lately. The flows are up and the fish have been looking up as well. You will find hatches of PMD’s, Sallies and Caddis on the Beaverhead. Our best fishing has been from the dam down to Henneberry fishing access. The floating moss below Hildreth Bridge has been problematic lately. To avoid the moss, you’ll do best throwing dry flies below Hildreth. We suspect the flows out of Clark Canyon reservoir will remain around 500cfs until the end of the month. Currently the conditions are prime on the upper Beaverehad River. 

Recommended Flies:

• Hunchback PMD #18
• Crackback PMD #16
• Barr’s Emerger #16
• McGrubber PMD #16
• Headlight Sallie #14
• Comparadun PMD #18
• Micro Peanut Chubby #16

The Beaverhead River July fishing report has been stellar so far. We are seeing great hatches of PMD’s lately. We have found some pockets of Yellow Sallies, and fantastic caddis in the evening hours. Around the grasshopper flats you will see golden stone’s hatching and the fish have been crushing dries on certain days. Head hunting in the slick on the upper Beaverhead has been good for the technical anglers. Flows out of Clark Canyon Reservoir are hovering around 650 cfs and seem to be going up daily. Now is the time to get on the Beaverhead River. July is always the prime month on this fantastic tailwater fishery. The Beaverhead River is always the cold water refuge during the heat of the summer.

Recommended Flies:

• Crack Back PMD #18
• Hunchback PMD #16
• Trigger Nymph PMD #18
• Jig Frenchie (Black, Olive) #16
• Plan B #8
• Chubby Chernobyl gold #8
• Comparadun PMD #18
• Bubble Back PMD #18

The Beaverehad River opening week has been nothing short of very good. Despite the low flows we have seen some great fish caught lately. The outflows from Clark Canyon Reservoir are only 130cfs. Wade fishing is your best option on the Beaverhead at these low flows. We have done best nymphing on the Beaverehad this week. Sow bugs, scuds, and midges have all been catching fish for us sub surface. All of the fish we have been catching on the river look healthy and wintered very well. Clark Canyon Reservoir is 84% full and it will still be stacking up water while runoff continues. Fishing should be very good this season on the Beaverhead River.

Recommended Flies:

• Sow bug Soft Hackle #16
• Scud (Orange, tan) #16
• Micro Mayfly (Olive) #16
• Psycho Mayfly (Olive) #16
• Spanish Bullet (Olive) #16

The Beaverhead River can be a great refuge for winter fishing. From Pipe Organ Bridge down to Barretts park you can fish in the winter season. Anglers must remember that from the Dam down to Pipe Organ Bridge is closed to fishing until the 3rd Saturday of May. You can find hatches of midges on warmer days and a few trout siping on the surface in areas of the river during the heat of the day. For the most part nymph fishing is the ticket right now on the stretches below Pipe Organ Bridge. You can also have some luck pulling streamers in the deeper pools and moving them very slow on the bottom of the river. Our best nymphs have been #10 San Juan worms, #16 shop vac, #18 micro may, and zebra midges. When you are nymphing make sure you find the slow tail outs of the runs in the deeper buckets. Once you find fish you should have a pile of them.

Spring season will be here before you know it. We are offering our annual spring special from April 1st – May 15th. Enjoy discounted package lodging/fishing with us and fantastic Spring fishing. Some of our weekends are filling up but we still have availability for the special rates. We are expecting more winter and plenty of snow the next two months. We will keep you updated on the Beaverhead River winter fishing season.

The Beaverhead River fishing report is fantastic lately. We have hatches of PMD’s, caddis, yellow sallies and some golden stones. Our guides have been doing very well from the dam down to Barretts. You will find fish up eating PMD’s and yellow sallies throughout the day. Nymph anglers have been hanging fish very well on PMD nymphs and yellow sally nymphs. This is the month to hit the Beaverhead river for the best dry fly activity of the year. We currently have guides open this month if you want to see this river in prime form.

Hoot Owl (2:00 p.m. – Midnight ) Fishing restrictions have been implemented on part of the Beaverhead River. From HWY 41 near East Bench Road to it’s confluence with the Big Hole River is on Hoot Owl Restrictions. This is not the section that we fish regularly. From the Dam down to Barretts park is open with no restrictions.

Recommended Flies:

• #18 Split Back PMD Black
• #16 Spanish bullet Yellow
• #18 Mahen PMD
• #16 Psycho May PMD
• #16 Comparadun PMD
• #10 Chubby Golden

Fishing on the Beaverhead River has been pretty good lately. We have seen blue winged olives hatching and the Caddis will start in the next week or two. Streamer fishing on the lower end has been good on J.J.’s and black dungeons. We have seen very nice 16 inch – 18 inch brown trout in the Sections below Pipe Organ Bridge. These fish wintered well and it should be a nice fish year on the Beaverhead River. We are excited for the this month and the summer to come!

Reminder: The Dam down to Pipe Organ bridge is closed through May 17th. The opener on the upper Beaverhead is May 18th. Clark Canyon Reservoir is full and outflows are hovering at 250cfs. It is going to be a fabulous water year on the Beaverhead.

Recommended Flies:

• #16 Spanish Bullet Olive
• #16 Thread Frenchie
• #8 San Juan Worm
• #6 J.J. Special
• #6 Dungeon Black