04-26-2012: After 1.2 inches of rain over the past few days, Pine is flowing close to the normal rate. Water temperatures dropped with the melting snow, and the hatches were very slow yesterday, with few surface feeding fish. The water temperature this morniong was 46 and the volume dropping. The... click here for more

04-26-2012: The runs are flowing at an average spring flow rate. Running clear and cool, they are providing some surface activity, but not strong. Fly activity is light to medium. This last shot of rain should help the run. It was flowing at a summer rate, and getting very hard... click here for more

04-302012: After rain and snow last week, Pines flow rate has increased to the 92 year average for this date. The color is Olive and flowing clean. The hatches have moved later to 3P.M. to 5 P.M. and we don't have as many surface feeders as we did when the... click here for more

04-30-2012: Slate had some fairly good reports, but it was very spotty. Fly activity was normal, with some reports of strong Quill Gordons.hatches. The famous Yellow Stone Fly has started to hatch. It provides great surface fishing into summer and again during the fall. ... click here for more

05-03-2012: Heavy thunder storms moved through the area last night and dropped .45 of an inch of rain. Babb Creek is putting a lot of mud into Pine at this time. Since it is a small watershed, it should clear in two days. Pine above Babb is up, but not... click here for more

05-03-2012: Slate is flowing much stronger after last nights rain, but still nice and clear. Surface activity has been slow on the run, the upper section more active than the lower section. The Yellow Stone Fly is coming on stronger, but no heavy hatching ... click here for more

05-03-2012: Cedar has been fishing better than Slate this last week. Surface activity has been stronger and more predictable. Quill Gordons being the main hatch. Some March Browns and Yellow Stone flies are showing up. ... click here for more

05-08-2012: Rains the past week increased the flow of Pine to slightly above the normal for this time of year. Surface activity slowed with the increased flow activity. Most surface activity was late in the day, lasting for less than an hour. Nymphs and streamers produced some fish in the... click here for more

05-10-2012: It looks like we survived the rainy week. The water level is 2.6 and raising, but very fishable. A heavy rain on the west branch is just arriving in Slate Run. The color is Olive and we should have some good fishing conditions this week end. Surface activity was... click here for more

05-10-2012: Slate in in great shape for this time of. Hatches are not heavy, but some flies each day. Surface activity is not strong, but you can take some nice fish. ... click here for more

05-15-2012: Pine is in great shape at this time. We missed most of the rain that went through in this last couple of days. They are still predicting some thunder storms tomorrow. If we survive them, we are on our way to a great weekend of flies and fish. The... click here for more

05-15-2012: Slate Run is at a great flow level. Strong enough to allow the fish to be where they want to be, but low enough to be fishable. Most of the best fishing has been in the mid section to the upper section. Wonderful conditions for this time of year... click here for more

05-22-2012: Pine is in beautiful condition. We had 6 ths. of an inch of rain last night. It was very light and soaking rain, with very little run off. We have many flies on the water, including Brown Drakes, Slate Drakes, Green Drakes, Sulphurs, B.W.O.,s, Tan Caddis and Brown caddis.... click here for more

05-22-2012: Slate is running in the mid 50's and lt. olive in color. The 6ths. of an inch of rain raised it slightly, but it is in great condition. Surface activity is moderate, with a few Green Drakes showing them selfves. ... click here for more

05-30-2012: We received some relief from the hot weather that we had over the week end. Air temperatures reached the low 90's, and along with the low water conditions, Pine reached the mid 70's mid stream and the upper 70's on the shore lines. 4 tenths of an inch of... click here for more

05-31-2012; Pine is clearing and also cooling. The water temperature this morning was 66 degrees with a turbidity reading of 8.5 at Blackwell. Olive in color and very fishable. Showers and rain over the next few days should keep the srtream at a very fishable level. Slate Drakes are the... click here for more

06-02-2012: We received 6ths of an inch of rain last night. About half of that was in a cloud burst that dropped about 3 ths. of an inch of rain, and the rest was a good soaking rain. The stream is a little off color, but very fishable. I don't... click here for more

06-02-2012: We received 6ths of an inch of rain last night. About half of that was in a cloud burst that dropped about 3 ths. of an inch of rain, and the rest was a good soaking rain. The stream is a little off color, but very fishable. I don't... click here for more

06-14-2012: Saved by the rain. We received an inch of rain two days ago, and it will give us another week of fishing on Pine. It is clear enough to fish today. Flow is great for this time of year, and the temperature is in the low 60's this morning.... click here for more

06-18-2012: Slate is in very good condition. Dropping slowly. Hatches are light, but some very nice fish are being caught. Browns are moving out of Pine due to the warming waters. 06-27-2012: The runs are dropping and becoming more difficult to fish. We have had good reports on both Slate... click here for more