Tip of the Week:

Having trouble seeing your smaller Blue Winged Olive fly on the surface? We have a couple solutions for this which can help you to stay locked in on your fly. The first solution is something you may be doing already, which is fishing a tandem rig. This time of year, fishing a larger fly in front with your Blue Wing pattern not too far behind is a good way to go. A March Brown pattern or a general attractor would be good options for the front fly.  Alternatively, anglers may opt to go for a high visibility version of a smaller pattern. These are often just your favorite patterns with a parachute that is bright pink or orange. We offer these high visibility patterns for many of the smaller mayfly and midge dry fly patterns that we sell. 

7 Day Outlook: 

We are looking at some very warm weather throughout the Blackfoot corridor this week with some rainy days early on, so expect to see an effect on water clarity into the middle of the week. With warmer daytime temperatures and night time temperatures staying above freezing all week long, we don’t expect any radical bumps in flows from snowmelt, although this may start to change by the very end of the week. 

Best techniques:

This week, anglers should be nymphing or fishing a dry-dropper in the mornings and then as hatches start to fire up in the afternoon they should switch to a tandem rig. While Skwalas are starting to taper off, we are continuing to see good hatches of Blue Wings in the afternoon with fish eating on top along the eddy lines and in the slicks. March Browns are also hatching in good numbers with the occasional Gray Drakes in the mix. 

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