by admin | Jul 22, 2011 | Missouri River
Six days ago I snuck out of town and headed up to the Missouri for a 5 day stint with Jin, Mike and the rest of the crew who join us each year in Craig. While it was hard to leave the Madison River and it’s dry fly madness, I knew that the Missouri would...
by admin | Jul 15, 2011 | Madison River
Over the past two seasons, most of us around these parts who row a driftboat for a living, were starting to wonder if the Madison River was in a slump. More guides were fishing the lakes, heading over to the Yellowstone below Gardiner, guiding the Henry;s Fork and...
by admin | Jul 12, 2011 | Madison River
She’s a little greener, a bit lower and the fish are on the bite. Dave and I rolled Lyons to Mac today just to stay infront of the pack at the ramp. A rubber leg and prince nymph worked well fished off the banks in the trough till lunch. After a picnic at...
by admin | Jul 12, 2011 | Madison River
Salmonflies are hatching up and down the entire river system. You will find pockets of bugs from Reynold’s Pass all the way past MacAtee Bridge. Certain willow banks have them thick as theives and I saw more salmonflies on the river today than any other day...
by admin | Jul 10, 2011 | Henry's Fork, Madison River
The angling around SW Montana and Eastern Idaho is pretty damn good. Things have been so busy lately with guiding, that I have needed to neglect almost everything else. Tis’ the season, I guess, but it stills feels like we are a month behind with Mother...
