Rock Creek Fishing Report
Our Rock Creek river fishing report comes to you straight from the river. We are on Rock Creek fly fishing daily during the season and know what’s happening. Check back often for up-to-date Rock Creek fishing reports.
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August 13, 2026
CURRENT REPORT
Fishing has been great throughout Rock Creek. Anglers finding them even in the busiest-of-spots. Sometimes all you need to do is get around the corner to find unpressured water and eager fish amidst summer crowds...
Hoppers, ants and spruce moths starting to work consistently. They're starting to really hone in on the hoppers, beetles and ants. Spruce moths starting to dwindle. Fishing a nocturnal stone early has proven effective. Still a few caddis and PMDs keeping anglers busy and trout happy throughout the day. Tricos starting to come into the picture in the morning. While Rock Creek isn't home to much "trico water" (big, glassy, slow flats) you can still find fish feeding on on-top and subsurface.
Be prepared to fish up Rock Creek two ways: dry-dropper fishing and dry dropper fishing with smaller attractors.
In the evening, you'll see hatches of caddis and fish sipping PMD spinners close to dark.
Dry-dropper fishing has been the most consistent way to fish Rock Creek. Up top, reach for a Chubby Chernobyl, Water Walker, Henneberry Hopper or Juicy Hopper in sizes #10-14.
Subsurface, reach for a Pat's RL, Twenty Incher, TJ, Jig PTs, Hares Ears, Shuck-its, Duracells, purple perdigons and Blow Torches.
Spruce moths catching fish mid-morning and on. Our favorites are the Para. Spruce Moth, Fat Head and Billy's Butterfly. Smaller dry flies like the Plan B, Stimulator, PMX, Purple Haze or Brindlechute in sizes #12-16 have been effective, too. Ants and beetles like the CFO Ant, Splitsville Beetles and Glitter Ant catching a lot of picky fish...
Streamer fishing has been great when the dry fly bite dwindles. Think small and flashy. Kreelex Minnows, Overcoats, Goldies, and Sir Sticks-a-Lots.
Looking Forward
Warm weather on the forecast. The best fishing will be early and late. The mid-day lull is real. We have much better water conditions on all of our area rivers than last year. The fish are happy and looking up!
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ROCK CREEK Flows & Conditions
Know before you go! Understand current Rock Creek flows, temperature, and conditions before hitting the water.
Rock Creek Flows @ Clinton, MT
MF Rock Creek Flows @ Philipsburg, MT
ROCK CREEK WEATHER FORECAST
See the Rock Creek fishing report weather forecast for the next 7-days. For more information on the forecast or detailed weather data, please visit NOAA Weather Data – Philipsburg, Montana.
