The Missouri River below Holter Dam is still flowing at 16,000 cfs. When will it end? Hmmmmm........when the hail and rain stops in SW Montana. Baseball sized hail fell two days ago in Bozeman, MT damaging nearly everything. The Big Hole and Gallatin are still running...
No mas pelota…..mas pesca
Yes, the USA is now out of the World Cup. We played good enough to win, but our defensive breakdowns and early goals have sent us home. Honestly, I thought it was a good run for the US side. 2014 is not too far away. Today's game of England V Germany was a...
91 Minutes
I left the house this morning at 7 am and headed over the hill to watch the game with the boys. Nerves were getting the best of me, so I passed on breakfast. I can't even imagine what the USA World Cup team was feelling. The Algerians put one off the crossbar in...
More chatter from our clients…..
Joe, Awesome trip! Chris, Jayson and I have been fishing together for years, lots of guides, but you and "Biggie" are #1 in my book. I appreciate all of your knowledge. You guys were tireless rowing our ass all over the Missouri at epic flows. You took great care...
Big Water & Bent Rods
Just arrived home from the Missouri River after a few days of guiding with Josh Stanish, owner of Biggee's Bugs & Guides. Biggee has been around Montana for nearly 20 years. Before that, it was Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado and Oregon. For seven years he owned and...
18,900
the Missouri is on the rise…will it hit 20,000 cfs?
1 Point….we’ll take it.
The first three minutes weren't too bad, then England exposed our weekness - defense. It sucks really and breaks down rather quickly when great teams spread us out and one-time passes move forward through our players at an alarming rate. Scary, how good England can...
A word from our Customers….
Last week Big Sky Anglers had 16 anglers on the Missouri River for 3 days of fishing and 5 nights of fun.....here is the email I recieved this morning. Greg and Joe, I cannot believe that our 6th year of fly fishing the great Montana Rivers has come and gone. It...
Big River
FLOWS Madison @ Kirby Ranch: 3530 cfs..... blown out completely....more to come. Missouri below Holter: 15,000 cfs....huge, but clear. The Missouri has cleared and maybe now it has stabilized at 15,000 cfs....maybe. Doubt it. It has rained periodically since I got...
Up goes the Mo
The word last night in Craig was another 500 cfs for the river. However, the Missouri is jumping huge today. The gate keepers are going to blow the horn twice letting out 2000 cfs each time. 10,000 cfs by the end of the day.....more is coming. Hebgen Lake is under...
Bumping it up
Missouri River: 6000 cfs and rising. Sunny, windy @ times, but nymping well. Madison @ Kirby Ranch: 2170 and rising. gone are the days of roping them at $3 and Reynolds. For now anyways. Almost three weeks of rain......solid. The Missouri around Craig is buzing with...
Supergreen
I took this photo three nights ago, before I left for the Missouri. We had not seen the sunshine or a sunset in days, so I was enamered by the colors and view. The Missouri has been pretty rainy, but this morning it is clear, warm with thundershowers forecasted for...
Damn near clear…for now.
This sunday morning is a bit gloomy around these parts. Drizzle comes and goes, the sun just won't shine and the wind is blowing.....again. We took a drive yesterday afternoon to show some of our friends from Denver the Madison Valley. For a brief moment, the sun...
Buckets of Rain
We left the house in the rain, saw a bit of sunshine around Quake Lake and then entered the downpour in the Madison Valley. At first, the weather was warm and tolerable, but sometime around 1:30 the wind shifted out of the north and it got down right cold. The...
Snowpack Update – we got it!
SNOWPACK Madison Range - 96 % Gallatin Range - 126 % Jefferson Range - 106 % FLOWS Madison below Hebgen - 663 cfs Madison @ Kirby Ranch - 860 cfs Missouri below Holter - 4590 cfs The last month of precip has saved us......and the trout from a low water year. No, it...
Big Bugs – Henry’s Fork
Yesterday, a bunch of us floated Warm River to Ashton in search of Salmonflies. Our weather lately has not been too conducive for the big bugs, but since the forecast was for warmer weather and a bit of sunshine, we headed on down to Idaho. Oh ya, it was birthday...
Bitchcreek Green
The Madison is green again.
Old Man Winter Returns…..
Old Man Winter is really grinding on my nerves. Sure, the mountains could use a little more snow, but I am just plain sick of this white shit. It was 92 degrees in Austin, TX yesterday and I don't want that either. Picky, you say? Not really. I fished all winter...
Quake is getting greenish-brown….
Flows: Madison below Hebgen: 714 cfs Madison @ Kirby Ranch: 1090 cfs Missouri below Holter: 4320 cfs This morning I woke to a light shower and a mild breeze. The sunshine popped out with those big fluffy clouds and the river was once again calling my name. Before...
Madison & Missouri….red hot angling.
Both the Madison and the Missouri are fishing great…..come on out.