by admin | Jun 21, 2009 | Madison River
Crawling up….. The big bugs are finally here. They are actually right on time, but with all the anticipation, it makes it seems like they’ll never show up. The weather in SW Montana has been rainy and cloudy, not exactly salmonfly weather. This rain...
by admin | Jun 17, 2009 | 06. IDAHO FLY FISHING, Henry's Fork, Madison River
G. Falls and Kevin with a 21 inch Mo River Bow The past three weeks have been filled with countless hours of fly fishing. The Madison, the Missouri and the Henry’s Fork are all fishing very well with nymphs, streamers and dry flies. The dry fly fishing on...
by admin | May 23, 2009 | Hebgen Lake, Madison River
Yes it is true…..the Madison below the Slide is blown out. Cabin and Beaver Creeks are cruising with mud. The West Fork is pumping a ton of chocolate milk into the river. The Gallatin, Gibbon, Firehole and Madison in YNP are high and muddy and in places seem...
by admin | May 17, 2009 | Madison River
With the flows on the Madison out of Hebgen Dam at 1400 cfs and the clarity of the river at perfection, the Madison fished pretty darn well throughout the valley. Molly and I got down to the river around 9 am to find it pretty empty……below Lyons Bridge...
by admin | May 9, 2009 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River, Missouri River
Last Monday, Steve and Clark showed up for their 8th annual fishing trip to Montana. Normally, we head up to the Missouri, but since the trout weren’t rising, we headed elsewhere. Once Steve’s luggage arrived, 4 hours later on another flight, we...
by admin | Apr 26, 2009 | 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Madison River
There are a couple of things about this photo that are extremely interesting. First off, the Grizzly Bar will be open again this summer starting May 15th. Hell ya! This place opened up in 1978 and my first visit was in ’92. Back in the day, my Dad and his...
