Missoula Fly Fishing Report

Missoula Fly Fishing Report
Enjoying an Awesome Spring Day!

The Missoula fly fishing report is more about what is yet to come than our recent conditions.  After a warmer than average Feb. we have had some colder weather lately.  Those icy temps finally broke today and gave way to glorious weather in the Missoula area.  Our long-term forecast shows a warming trend with temps into the 50’s through the weekend and maybe even a few 60’s early next week.  The spring fly fishing season is finally starting!  I was on the water today and the warm sunshine was refreshing although the trout still seemed a little sluggish.  Once it warmed up a little we started finding fish on nymphs in the slower holding water.  There were a few midges and even a couple neumoras bouncing around but I didn’t see a rise all day.  It’s still a little early.  If the weather forecast holds however we will start to see a dramatic upswing in the fishing.  The bugs will get more active which will add more menu items for those trout that have endured a long winter.  By the weekend look for more consistent nymph fishing and dedicated anglers will probably be able to move a fish or two on dry flies as well.  Sometime next week the first real push of bugs is going to show.  With warmer weather things will happen in a hurry.  The 2015 fishing season has finally started, and we look forward to some great options from now until late October!