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The weather is making the fishing tough on the Blackfoot River
Date
Sunday, 15 Nov, 2015
Water Clarity
Clear
Angler Traffic
Low
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Time for streamers, midges, tiny baetis, and lots and lots of nymphs. Tandem nymph rigs and heavy streamers will be your best bets. This weather is making things tougher.
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Blackfoot River Fishing Report
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The Blackfoot may not be the world’s longest or most majestic river, but it is certainly well known. First made famous by Norman Maclean’s moving story, it became a permanent part
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of the American imagination with the 1992 release of Robert Redford’s legendary movie. A favorite for floaters, the river offers scenic diversity and variation in flows from placid meandering to white water rapids. Filled with large populations of Montana’s only two truly indigenous salmonids, the Cutthroats and Bull trout, it is also host to Rainbows, Cutbows, Browns and Mountain Whitefish throughout its entire length. The Blackfoot Valley is regarded as a fully intact ecosystem, still thought to contain every species of fauna present before the first Europeans arrived – one of only 12 such remaining ecosystems on earth.
Starting out a leisurely pace, the upper portion of the river runs slow and easy through narrow channels and dense forest. From there it flows into a large, open plain, and the first of many intermediate rapids start a few miles above the Scoot Brown Bridge. As it enters the Blackfoot River Recreation area, the speed picks up, but it is from Sperry Grade, five miles down from the Scotty Brown Bridge, that white water appears. For the next seven miles floaters are challenged with Class III rapids and sizeable waves that eventually ease off as you approach Bonner Dam.
The initial 22 miles of the river down to Lincoln, offer little to entice fly fishers. Best fished waded, the appearance of Brown trout begins to pick up on the stretch from Lincoln to Mineral Hill. While the section of river from Mineral Hill to Cedar Meadows looks short on a map, it actually consists of 18 miles of rugged twists and turns. The water is slow through here so inflatable kayaks and canoes are highly recommended. At about the halfway point of the river, the Barefoot gains velocity and continues with quick to moderate flows all the way down to Clark Fork. Wildlife is abundant here, home to grizzlies, elk, bighorn sheep, cougar, lynx, wolf and deer.
Game Fish Opportunities:
Westslope Cutthroat Trout
Rainbow Trout
Mountain Whitefish
All 4 Fish Species
Guide Reports:
The Blackfoot River is not recommended at this time
Blackfoot River weather is making fishing very difficult
Be careful of the ice while wading on the Blackfoot River
All 4 Guide Fishing Reports
Fishing Trips:
Float Trip on the Blackfoot River with Upland Angler
Blackfoot River Guide Trip with Wolf Creek Angler
Float Trip on the Blackfoot River with God's Country Outfitters
Fishing Access Sites:
Harry Morgan Fishing Access Site
Weigh Station Fishing Access Site
Marco Flats Fishing Access Site
All 22 Fishing Access Sites
Report Location
Start Access Site
Angevine Fishing Access Site
Find out about the latest fishing action with our Blackfoot River Fishing Report
Fishing Water Reports:
Blackfoot River Fishing Report
Size:
13
acres
Elevation:
3,337
ft
Activities:
Fishing
Boat Services:
Hand Launch
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