Broken bow any info would be great water conditions tippits flys what size anything thanks guys

Three Rivers Fly Shop and Sid's Fly Shop are both excellent sources of current data on the river and conditions. Check out their websites!

Griffiths Gnat 18-20
Hexagenia 2-8
Stimulator 8-14
Elk Hair Caddis 12-18
Ginger Quill 14-18
Adams 12-22
Blue Winged Olive 18-24
Midge Patterns 18-22
March Brown 12-16
Black Gnat 18-20
Hopper 6-10
Midge cluster
Scud 14-18 olive, dark green, or black
Partridge and Green 14-16
Woolly Bugger 6-10- white, black, or Olive which works best
Sculpin 2-6 with a red hook
Damselfly 8-10
Pheasant Tail 14-22
Hare's Ear 12-20
Prince Nymph 12-18
Sow Bug 14-18
Helgrammite 4-8-Lots of these in the river right now
Gray rabbit fur beadhead 14-16
Red Squirrel Nymph 14-18
Leech 4-8 black, brown, red, and olive all work. In the river right now they are black.
Crayfish 4-8 olive or rusted colors work best
Cased Caddis 14-16
Clousers of all sizes from the Power House all the way past Zone 3. Sand bass are still around Zone 3 hitting on white/chart
Caddis emerger 14-18.
- and of course my SSS Near Deer Fly I tie for the river, which is mainly the only fly I use up there for trout, gills, LMB, walleye, smallies, and white bass all love it.

5 weight rod
9 ft rod

-as far as tippet goes, I use 2lb fluorocarbon. 7 ft long.

Any other questions?

7ft of 7x, legit

Agreed.

Cheaper if you get a spool of floro, that you would put on a spinning rod. 6-10$ for 1000 yards. I use that for heavier flies.

Or 25 yards of 7x for 6$ or so that I use for small stuff.

TARPON FLY: would you share the SSSneardeerfly pattern or is it a professional guide's secret?-p-

where can you purchase a 1000 yard spool of flor for $6-10$????-p-

That I would like to know!!!

well I was gonna throw away all the line I change out on my reels, but I can tie them end to end & let you have them for 6-10 dollars, I'd give it all away but thats a lot of labor tyin' that many knots.

I make enough knots when casting without starting with line that has them in it!!!

You may be workin w skinny margins, but it's a volume game BB. Once we all start tying on 7ft of tippet to our leaders you'll have more biz than you know what do with.

I bet hooksets are fun w a 9ft 5wt and 7x

do you sell any SSS Near Deer Flies?

They are for sale on his website

You gotta check out the san juan worms while you're there too:

"Great for most rivers and streams. Well known trout catcher, but also excellent for kokanee salmon runs."

gotta respect a kokanee reference

Definitely my go-to fly when the koke's are running out of broken bow


(you might up your conversions if you go with a more local reference. i don't know... maybe carp?)

That was the one fly I didnt try while I was there, but just because i ran out of time