July 31st, 2010! Minutes ago on the Clark Fork. Nice work Kerri! 3410 cfs this morning. Rain gave us a little flow increase over the last two days. Nice to get an end of July bump in flows! Fishing, again, was very good early yesterday. Big dries until noon, dry dropper or double nymph rig after noon, small dries (pmds, rusty spinners and caddis) in the evening. Those of you that have put on early are consistently coming back for more. If you are one of the many that decided to wait until noonish to put in and float during the heat of the day..............not so much. Nice bunch of folks at the shop this moring at 7 AM. Already on the water. Probably already bent. Probably be back tomorrow. Word of the day - Hopper. Advice of the day - Early. Quote of the day "What time does the hopper hatch start?". Answer of the day - The hopper hatch starts sometime in late June or early July, depending on what happens to be the first day you catch a fish on a hopper! Clouds today and tomorrow with a chance of isolated thunder showers. Afternoon clouds will produce extended dry fly fishing far beyond what you'll experience in the sun. On cloudy days, you may want to have a pmd rod rigged and ready to throw to slurpers in the flats. Other than that, concentrate on the riffles and deeper, faster runs. 53 degrees this morning and the water temps have been cooling to near 60 degrees every day before the sun starts to warm things back up again. Yesterday's high water temp was 66 degrees. Pretty darn good for the hottest time of the year and a far cry form danger levels of 72 or higher. We are in the shop daily at 7 am. As long as you keep showing up, we'll keep opening early. Two weeks from now, give or take 3 or 4 weeks, our shorter days, longer nights and cooler temps will move the best dry fly fishing of the day into the afternoon. For now - Early always, late sometimes, middle of the day if it's cloudy!