Clearwater Adventures Fly Fishing

Fishing Livingstone River for Cutthroat

June 30, 2006 · No Comments

June 25

Phil and Sherry were in town for a few days from California and fishing was on the agenda. We had a few days of heavy rain so the Highwood River was dumping a lot of dirty water into the Bow. We decided to float through the city since it is running much clearer here than south of the city. We enjoyed a very warm outing but had to contend with some pretty strong winds througout the day. Despite the high water there was two to three feet of visibility. Fishing proved to be very slow today. One brown and one whitefish was all we had to show for our efforts. Dry weather is in the forecast so I expect the Bow will be fishing much better in a few days.

June 26

Today, Phil, Sherry, and I headed up to the mountains and  fished a couple of locations on the Livingstone River. Much of the water we fished was wadable but the river is still running high and some sections are running too fast to cross yet. Fishing was slow again today but Phil did land four or five cutthroats on both dries and smaller nymphs, and Sherry had a few hits and a couple fish on. The biggest bull I have seen on the Livingstone tried hard to nab a cutthroat Phil caught and just about beached itself in the process. It's amazing how aggressive the bull trout are in these rivers. If the dry weather continues, our mountain rivers should be in prime fishing condition in a week or so.