Montana Fly Fishing Report: Kootenai River

It’s cool and blustery here on the Kootenai at the moment with temps in the 60′s.  Discharge from Libby Dam will increase slightly from 7000cfs to 8000cfs on September 1st.  A little more water and a little more current is a good thing!  It’s amazing what a difference 1000cfs can make so this is good news.  Increased flows will provide a bit of a freshet to the river and also boost the current along some of the softer banks.  Fish will likely respond.  The last couple days have been a bit slow due to cold front but by mid-week summer will return and fish will likely turn on.  Hoppers are still moving bigger fish but with cloud cover small bugs like caddis, pmds, and parachute adams fished on 6x will move fish pretty consistently.  September will be awesome!!!