Keith, What's the driving instructions for going there?
yours in jest, Bill W > ---------- > From: Keith Ayers[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 9:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Kootenai > > My wife and I spent a week on the Kootenai about 4 summers ago in the > first part of August. The weather was real hot that week and the fishing > was a little tough. We spent the first part of the week in a campground up > on the reservoir above the Libby dam and had it all to ourselves until the > weekend. The last couple of days we rented a cabin that was right on the > river and owned by Dave Blackburn who run's the local fly shop. We had our > 14 ft. drift boat with us and floated the river every day. The flow of the > river varied depending on what the dam was doing. It's kind of like a > shallow Skagit with tons of trout. I didn't hook any monsters but the > current in the big river makes playing even the small guys interesting. > Small nymphs are what worked the best. I guess in the fall the big boys > come out to play and hoppers and other drys work well. Below the dam there > are some huge rainbows and bull trout that feed on kokanee that are killed > by the turbines. I think someone caught a 30 plus pounder the year we were > there. I talked to some locals who were fishing at the base of the dam. > There technique was drift fishing just like you would for steelhead only > they were using belly strips for bait. I attempted to cast my fly there > but was not effective. I could see some huge bull trout cruising. They > were big....no....they were gigantic! > All in all it was a great trip and I would love to go there in the fall. > We mostly did long floats probably over 13 miles of river and only saw a > few other boats and fishermen. Definitely not like West Yellowstone in the > summer. Of coarse, after this post all the lurkers will be planning their > next vacation in Libby, right? > > Sincerely, > > Keith > > http://www.montana-flyfishing.com/ >
