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I kicked off the 2010 fishing season in the Bear Trap Canyon on the Madison River with my gal pal, Sarah and local trout sicko, Sam Bergman. We got up real good and early to get a jump on the fish before they knew what hit'em. Like, 11:00 in the morning early. One of the nice thing about fishing trout in the winter is that you don't have to bust your fanny to the river at the crack of dawn in order to get there before the other fishermen and the heat of the day.

Last week the world lost a truly unique and wonderful person. My family and I are deeply saddened by the passing of Jack Gartside. He was a wonderful friend and companion. You will be missed but not forgotten, Jack. I’ll think of you often because you made me laugh and showed me that is was OK to be different, even a little eccentric. Good by my friend, I will see you on the other side.

Rod King

We’ve been fishing out on the Gallatin the past couple days with some luck. We started fishing close to the canyon and have been working downstream since. Closer to the canyon we were able to find some deep runs that were just filled with rainbows, and of course lots of whitefish. They were mainly hitting dead drifted olive bead head buggers, zonkers, prince nymphs, and San Juan worms. The next day we decided to pack our bags and head out to the Big City (aka. Manhattan) where the East Gallatin dumps into the Gallatin. Here we encountered some descent browns and some more bows.

thought some of you might be interested in seeing this. How many mice can a brown trout fit in its belly? Also, if you havent seen it yet check out thisisfly.com, it is a great online publication on fly fishing. One of my favorites.

The lower madison is beginning to show it's fall colors and big browns are looking to feed as they begin to spawn.