by admin | Oct 24, 2010 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Madison River
There was supposed to be snow on the ground this morning at my house, which would have made for excellent elk hunting around the mountains of Hebgen Lake. Instead we were greated with rain and a very wet woods. While it was much quiter underfoot today, the were no...
by admin | Oct 11, 2010 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, 10. THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE, Madison River, Missouri River
Our warm weather continues here in SW Montana. The past couple of days have had clouds and some rain, which have made the fishing pretty damn good. There is snow in the forecast for later today and tonight. YNP continues to have more runners, but the folks who...
by admin | Oct 8, 2010 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Madison River
After getting hammered by the pouring rain while playing nine holes this afternoon over in Island Park, we headed into YNP to swing flies…..streamers. This brown above smashed my wife’s fly, luckily, she was fishing 10 lb Maxima….it had...
by admin | Oct 4, 2010 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River
……….makes the trout fishing insane. For almost three weeks we have had sunshine and warm weather. Today’s forecast was for rain, wind and clouds and finally, we got it. Don’t get me wrong, the extended summer like weather was awesome,...
by admin | Oct 2, 2010 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River
There are plenty of trout still looking up for a big juicy hopper in the afternoons below Palisades. While yesterday wasn’t stellar, there are fish like the one above rising everyday. This 21 inch Brown ran straight up stream so hard that I had to get out...
by admin | Sep 24, 2010 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River
Over the past 12 years, good food has come and gone around West Yellowstone. West Yellowstone is known for great angling, not good food. Sure Sydney’s Bistro is good, but a fishing guide can’t afford to eat there everyday. Wild West Pizza and Beartooth...
