July 2008
Caught this giant yesterday... I could tell you where, but then I'd have to kill you!
-Daniel
Hello readers and fellow fish bums. The new website has been a great transition, and the concept of the guide blog has been talked about all over town and beyond. The blog provides a more personal and specific touch to reports and fishing banter, and (though it hasnt happened too frequently) provides you, the reader, a chance to respond and communicate... But a full and wholesome river report is not always easy to find, so here it goes.
Bozeman's local rivers are clearing up, fishing...
Bozeman's local rivers are clearing up, fishing...
Slowly but surly the local rivers are clearing, coming down, and should continue to improve over the next couple of weeks. The Salmon Fly Hatch on the Madison has jumped the lake and is just now starting on the upper, so throw your Pat's Rubber legs and big Prince Nymphs along the edges of the river and keep your eyes out for fish chowing on adults.
We had so much fun on the Big Hole last week we decided to go back and do it again. Yesterday we floated up high in the slower Brook Trout water and found that our little Char friend lives there in big numbers and willing to try to eat bugs...