bigjeff

Hi all! I was just down floating the North Fork of the Flathead and the main stem which are all probably less than 20 mins away from where you'll be staying. I hauled my drift boat down and did the North Fork from Big Creek to Blankenship Bridge. Tons of cutty's on the dry, super eager and not picky. I lost track of how many hits and fish we had after the first hour. All fish were real small ranging from 6' to 11'. I have an aluminum Hyde and it was sketchy a few times trying to avoid monster boulders. Personaly, I probably wouldn't do it again unless I had a raft as flows are dropping and her spine is starting to show. Main stem of the Flathead I had a guided trip with Lakestream out of Whitefish. Kenny Lard was my guide and he was killer. We floated from Kokanee Bend to Old Steel Bridge. Kenny was very professional and informative. We fished hard all day, no lunch break, no real rest, he ate while I fished and I ate while he rowed back up over good runs. We caught buckets of Cutbows and a few rainbows. They were bigger than the North Fork ranging from 10' to 13'. I did get one 18' rainbow that he was pretty excited about as that's a decent fish for the area. If your going to just wade, the North Fork is great around Glacier Rim and Big Creek and anywhere in between but my preference is to walk and wade the Middle Fork around Goat Lick, Essex and where Bear Creek runs in. South Fork is of course super sweet however its a little more serious to try and get into. Either way you'll love it all!