Gary David Blount’s
Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals:
Perpetual
Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal
“A Public Fisheries Project”
The purpose of this: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” is to be the initial public Social Media generated “Wild Trout Fisheries” data base site to monitor and publish the variable changes in our “Wild Trout” fisheries for Perpetuity”.
This is an invitation for you, your friends or your fishing club to participate in conducting recaptures: “Angling Day’s” published in all of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. These Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals encompass 35-years and contain over 1,500 - “Angling Day’s” documenting the daily “Wild Trout” catch rates, water temperature, water level, water turbidity, air temperature, weather conditions, daily hatches, stomach analysis from “Wild Trout” landed, “GDB” Custom Flies fished, fly fishing presentations, trout species, trout lengths and geographic location on over 35-different bodies of water in Montana, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho and Washington.
This Perpetual cursory research projects objective is to ascertain skilled or professional anglers at blount[email protected] and have them return to each body of water on the precise date, geographic location and time period fished contained in every one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. Each ascertain skilled or professional angler will document their “Angler Day” using the same format I used in each one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals along with their “Angler Day” photographs in “JPEG” format. Each skilled or professional anglers “Angling Day” written documentation and photographs will be e-mailed to blountspub[email protected] and I will publish them in Gary David Blount “Yearly” Perpetual Rocky Mountain Fishing Journal.
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Introduction
Rock Creek is located 25-east of Missoula, Montana off Interstate 90. Rock Creek headwaters originate from three-Mountain Ranges. The North Fork of Rock Creek and the West Fork of Rock Creek originate from the Sapphire Mountain Range. The East Fork of Rock Creek and the Middle Fork of Rock Creek originate from the Anaconda Mountain Range and the Anaconda – Pintler Wilderness Area. The Upper Willow Creek originates from the John Long Mountains. There are numerous small streams flowing into Rock Creek on its journey north to its confluence with the Clarkfork of the Columbia River.
In the 1980’s Rock Creek contained roughly 2,000 Rainbow Trout per mile of stream in the lower 28-miles of Rock Creek; from Gillies Bridge downstream to the mouth of Rock Creek. In the 1990’s the Rainbow Trout population in Rock Creek plummeted to just 300 Rainbow Trout per mile of stream. This drastic decline in the Rainbow Trout population was caused by Whirling Disease and by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks decision to halt the stocking of Hatchery Rainbow Trout into the East Fork of Rock Creek Reservoir. To this day there has been no significant increase in the Rock Creek Rainbow Trout population. However, the Native Westslope Cutthroat Trout population in Rock Creek has rebounded somewhat to fill the void of lost Rainbow Trout population. Also the non-native Brown Trout population is on the increase.
The Rock Creek fishery consists of native Westslope Cutthroat Trout up to 24-inches in length, native Bull Trout up to 36-inches in length, native Mountain Whitefish up to 24-inches in length, non-native Brown Trout up to 26-inches in length, non-native Rainbow Trout up to 24-inches in length and non-native Brook Trout up to 14-inches in length.
Important Entomology And Forage Fish on Rock Creek are:
Stone Flies:
1. Skwala (Skwala parallela)
March – April (Size 8-10-12-14)
2. Salmon Fly (Pteronarcys californica) May – July (Size 2-4-6-8)
3. Western Big Golden Stone (Calineuria californica)
May – August (Size 4-6-8-10-12)
4. Western Medium Golden Brown Stone (Isoperla sp.)
June – September (Size 4-6-8-10)
5. Little Yellow Stone (Alloperla pallidula)
June – October (Size 12-14-16-18)
6. Little Olive Stone (Alloperla delicata)
May – August (Size 12-14-16-18)
7. Winter Stone (Capina sp.)
January – March (Size 14-16-18)
May Flies:
1. Western Black Quill (Rhithrogenahageni)
March – April (Size 12-14)
2. Early Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis tricaudatus)
March – April (Size 14-16-18)
3. Late Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis parvus)
June – November (Size 16-22)
4. Little Western Blue-Winged Olive (Ephemerella margarita) July – September (Size 16-22)
5. Western Green Drake (Drunella grandis)
June – July (Size 10-12)
6. Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella inermis and Ephemerella infrequens)
May –September (Size 14-16-18)
7. Small Western Green Drake (Ephemerella flavilinea)
June – August (Size 14-16)
8. Western Leadwing (Isonychia sicca)
June – July Size (Size 10-12)
9. Dark Gray Quill (Ameletus connectus)
May – June (Size 12-14)
10. White Winged Black (Tricorythodes minutus)
July – October (Size 18-20)
11. Midges (Diptera / Chironomous)
Caddis Flies
1. Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis)
April – May (Size 12-14-16)
2. Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.)
