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A few days off…..much needed.

Dad, fishing dries on Grayling Creek. As we quickly cruise through the month of August, the Madison  has continued to fish really well up and down the entire river.  Although I haven’t been below Story Ditch in a while, I have heard decent reports of quality...

Gunwales, Gulpers and Goodbyes

The Gunwale Bar…coming soon to town near you. After 11 weeks of constant guiding, fishing and relatives most fishing guides will sit back, take a drink or two, and fish Hebgen…..or float the Madison and actually stand in the front of the boat. After all it...

Dry flies anyone?

   Molly and a surface feeding Rainbow. Okay, first off, we all know that throughout the first 3 weeks of July the Madison was…..well….unreliable.  We have the hatches, consistent water flows and temps, but the trout would not cooperate on a day to day...

Three rules to live by…….

 Molly and her new Simms waders……so hot. When on a guided fishing trip there are three rules to live by. 1. Listen to your guide. 2. The guide is always right. 3. Refer to rule #1. It is amazing when clients acutally listen to what a guide has to say and...

Big bugs

   Twenty-one I hit the Madison this afternoon at 5pm. Upon a river crossing, I began fishing Golden Stones on a down stream drift to the undercut banks.  There was a guide just upstream about to finish his day so I didn’t think he would mind me fishing the run...