Snowmelt v3 has the entire Missoula-area system high and off-color.

Spring runoff is here. All four rivers are running high, off-color, and pushy with cold water in the mid-40s to low 50s.

The Missoula-area rivers are easing into late spring.

Spring is settling in on the four Missoula-area rivers. Flows have come off the early-week peak and are starting to drop and clear, but every river is still running high.

Western Montana is in classic late-April spring transition: high but generally fishable flows, water temps still cold (41–48F), and the dry-fly window opening up day-by-day on the Bitterroot, Clark Fork, and Rock Creek behind Skwalas, March Browns, and BWOs.

The Clark Fork has dropped into spring fishing shape with clarity continuing to improve. March Browns and Skwalas are showing midday with Nemouras and BWOs mixed in on the right day.

The Clark Fork has dropped into honest fishing shape. Clarity is fishable if not optimal yet and is still trending the right way.