The river is rather small even at it widest points. A small one-man pontoon boat or a canoe may work in places. We just haven’t spent any time fishing it. I am certain there are some large ones in the river. We did catch several browns although none of them were over twelve inches. We have only fished the lower section one time and then only a short time at the bridges. We stopped a several of the bridges and were successful at catching brown trout and whitefish, at some of them. The trout in the lower section are mainly brown trout. There are also a lot of log jams along the river. There are a lot of bridge access points along the river from Elliston to the Clarke Fork River. I didn’t count fish but I would be willing to bet any good angler could catch well over a hundred on a summer day. There are also a huge population of brook trout. Our largest cutthroat in the upper section was probably only thirteen inches long. Much of the river is visible from a road through its last twenty-five mile stretch to the Clark Fork River. In fact we have never seen anyone fishing the Little Blackfoot from it headwaters for its entire forty mile length. In fact, on our next two trips during two other years there, we never saw an angler. During the next two days on our first trip there we never saw another angler. Of course, they were not, they were just smaller cutthroats that were rarely fished. They acted like they were starved to death. You would think the trout had never had anything to eat. I caught a small cutthroat trout on my first three cast. I started the fishing and Angie was running camera. It is probably only ten or fifteen feet wide on the average. We stopped just above a bridge on the Forest Service road and gave it a try. We fished the stream in the upper headwater area the first time we were there.
The Little Blackfoot is much smaller as its name implies. The river is similar in that respect to the Blackfoot River to its West but that is about the only similarity. Most all of the river is on private land from that point on all the way to its confluence with the Clarke Fork. Not far out of Elliston, the river flows through a beautiful valley. A forrest service road follows along much of the stream. The first fifteen miles or so of the Little Blackfoot flows through public land. It flows from out of the Boulder Mountains near the little Montana town of Elliston. The Little Blackfoot is not a tributary nor does it connect to the Blackfoot River in any way. It just happens to flow through remote land where few travel, but yet in a general area of Montana with numerous blue-ribbon trout streams. The Little Blackfoot is a great small stream. It also probably helps keep it cool during the hot summer where it is openly exposed to the sun.
We are told that there are several springs along the river and that prevents it from freezing in its shallow areas during the winter. This is a different stream than the Blackfoot River. The Little Blackfoot is a beautiful small stream and apparently it has plenty of trout. Orders over $100 are shipped via Priority Mail. Email a budget for flies and we will select them to match the budget and get them to you in time for your fly fishing trip. Please allow up to 24 hours for a response.Ģ. Call us 80 and we will help you decide which flies you needģ. the dates you will be fishing this stream and we will send you a list of our fly suggestions. Click Here To Order or Call us at 8 or email us at of Streamġ. We have custom Perfect Fly selections in 3 different price ranges for this stream that come with or without fly boxes that make excellent gifts.
MARCH BROWN HIDDEN WATER TRAVEL FLY ROD FREE
Orders over a $100 are shipped free via Priority Mail. If under a $100 order requiring Priority mail is a charge of only $8.10.
Your can also call us at 80 and we will help you decide what flies and gear to use. If you provide a budget for flies, we will select them to match the budget and get them to you on time for your trip. We can get flies and gear to you within two to three business days from the time you place your order via Priority Mail. Email usat with the dates you will be fishing and we will send you a list of our fly recommendations. The stream is in good shape in all sections. Fishing Report On The Little Blackfoot River Updated 09/19/22Ĭonditions are good.
0 kommentar(er)
