How to go fish the Kootenai River (below Libby Dam)

• Caddis (Trichoptera)#14-18

  Elk Hair Caddis, X-Caddis

• Terrestrials#8-12

  Hopper, Foam Beetle

• Libby Dam (below dam)

  48.401, -115.319parking

• Kootenai Falls Wildlife Management Area

  48.448, -115.676parking

Western Fishing District. Montana fishing license required. Kootenai River, Libby Dam to the Idaho border: closed to angling for bull trout; release promptly. Brown trout: no limit; all brown trout caught between Libby Dam and Kootenai Falls must be killed immediately, kept, and the entire fish presented to FWP; report brown trout caught upstream of Kootenai Falls to FWP within 24 hours (406-752-5501) and present the whole fish to an FWP office within 10 days. Libby Dam to Highway 37 Bridge near the Fisher River: open June 1 through February 28; rainbow trout 1 daily and in possession, 28-inch minimum; single-pointed hooks only. Highway 37 Bridge near the Fisher River to the Idaho border: open entire year; rainbow trout 4 daily and in possession, including 3 under 13 inches and only 1 over 18 inches; closed to angling June 1 through September 30 within 150 yards upstream and downstream of the Quartz Creek mouth unless posted farther. Kootenai Falls to 0.8 miles downstream of Swinging Bridge: snagging open for kokanee September 15 through November 30. Verify the current FWP booklet.

• A current state fishing licence
• Waders and boots you have already leak-tested
• Net, nippers, forceps
• Floatant and desiccant
• Tippet in the sizes the chart asks for
• Water, sun cover, polarised glasses

Generic gear. Anything specific to this water is above.