June 2009
Fished the Upper Madison today with John (father) and Chris (son). What a great day we had hooking fish. The Salmon fly's are on and these to fisherman...
Hello all, being my first post of the 2009 guide season let me first just say how happy I am to be back fishing at home after a spring full of global travel. There's really nothing like Montana!
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Weekly fishing report, June 25, 2009
It feels a lot like summer out there…….Finally. With temperatures in the 80’s and maybe 90’s for the rest of the week, a good portion of the remaining mountain snow should come down. If that is the case, by next week we should start to see more consistent water levels.
Currently the Yellowstone River is running at 15,000cfs and is still too high to fish. We saw the river turn a little green a couple of days ago giving us a little...
It feels a lot like summer out there…….Finally. With temperatures in the 80’s and maybe 90’s for the rest of the week, a good portion of the remaining mountain snow should come down. If that is the case, by next week we should start to see more consistent water levels.
Currently the Yellowstone River is running at 15,000cfs and is still too high to fish. We saw the river turn a little green a couple of days ago giving us a little...
We headed back to the big hole this past Friday to see if we could sucker some fish into eat'n a Salmon fly pattern. We fished up stream of...
Fished the Lower with new friends Steve and his son Kellem. We did a half day float from Black to Grey Cliff starting with Rubber legs and...
I took new friend Geoff over to the Big Hole yesterday. What a fun day the fish were taking rubber legs and bead heads. Geoff put 7 fish...
Weekend of June 19th, 20th, and 21st.
Last weekend’s cool weather slowed the snow melt in the high country and gave us a nice little break from the runoff. All of our rivers dropped and cleared a bit which provided some outstanding fishing for about a week. However, the current ten-day forecast shows temps in the 70’s and rain. Surely these conditions will get the remaining snow in the mountains melting again, and we expect to see the rivers once again rise and get dirty...
Last weekend’s cool weather slowed the snow melt in the high country and gave us a nice little break from the runoff. All of our rivers dropped and cleared a bit which provided some outstanding fishing for about a week. However, the current ten-day forecast shows temps in the 70’s and rain. Surely these conditions will get the remaining snow in the mountains melting again, and we expect to see the rivers once again rise and get dirty...
Back to the small creeks again today. I fished with friend and shop buddy Jason. Fishing with san juan worms and several different nymphs, we landed several trout. Over the...Fishing Report
Weekend of June 12th,13th and 14th
The cold snap has dropped all the rivers and this has created some great fishing. With the fish coming out of the dark for the first time in weeks, the bite is on. So, drop those yard work tools and pick up your fly gear. Here's our best picks for this weekend.
The Big Hole is on fire, with great fishing on big...
Weekend of June 12th,13th and 14th
The cold snap has dropped all the rivers and this has created some great fishing. With the fish coming out of the dark for the first time in weeks, the bite is on. So, drop those yard work tools and pick up your fly gear. Here's our best picks for this weekend.
The Big Hole is on fire, with great fishing on big...
I went to one of my favorite small creeks near Bozeman with good friend and outfitter Rod King, today. What a day, I put 20+ fish in hand, long line released almost as many. Rod, after landing enough to scratch his itch, went experimenting to see if he could find something the fish would not eat to no avail. The only down side to our day was we forgot to take our camaras, sorry no pictures. During Spring run off deffinatly look for the small creeks and springs to keep that touch of hooking...
It's June 1st and it's full on run off season. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to look at the rivers and come up with an accurate fishing report. High, dirty, a little scary, with poor fishing. But, it doesn't have to be all doom and gloom. If you put your thinking cap on and imagine what you would do if you were a trout in fast and dirty water, it won't take too long to find a few trout ducking the nasty water. The fish don't want to hold in that fast stuff any more than you want to stand...