Beaverhead River Fly Fishing Report
Latest Beaverhead River Reports
- Beaverhead River Opening Week
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
- Beaverhead River Winter Update
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.
- Beaverhead River Fishing Report
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