The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

Got back to Montana on Saturday night and went to check the river first thing Sunday morning. It is roaring at high runoff stages but with somewhat clear water. If you have not heard, Hebgen Lake had two gates in the dam break open a week ago dumping water at about 3200cfs. The flow went from 750 to 4000 in a few minutes. Luckly everyone was able to get off the river safely. They have no idea how to fix it because the first try didn't work. Hebgen Lake is dropping about 5" every 24 hours. If they don't get something done soon there may be some pretty dismal fishing on this river in the next few years. I did fish in what few holding areas there are and caught a couple of fish but there are not many places. Only saw one other person walking, looking for a place to fish. Let's keep our fingers crossed that they figure out what to do before the lake drains.