by admin | Jun 10, 2009 | Missouri River
June in Montana is highlight of my angling season. Snow in the hills, green grass, big puffy clouds, blue sky and large trout on the Missouri River. I left home about 10 days ago and arrived on the Missouri in Craig to 11500 cfs……..big flows. Not a...
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 25, 2009 | Madison River, Missouri River
Over the past week we have seen the 70 degree mark, followed by a foot of snow last night in Bozeman. I even got to wear shorts, flip-flops and a t-shirt for a few days while hanging out in Ennis catching up with an old friend. The Madison around Ennis is in prime...
by admin | Apr 14, 2009 | 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Madison River, Missouri River
As you can see from this photo, taken from Yetter’s Face, Hebgen is still frozen. There is a bit of open water around Duck Creek, the South Fork, the Madison Arm, but the main body of the lake is solid. There are still ice fishermen all along the north shore……sleds...
by admin | Apr 2, 2009 | Madison River, Missouri River
Summer?………not here. Sure, we haven’t been hammered with snow like the rest of the state; we only got 10 inches out of this last storm. Add that to the 2.5 feet still in my yard, and it feels like the doldrums of Winter. The sun poked out this afternoon and...
by admin | Mar 13, 2009 | Madison River, Missouri River
The reasons to fish our amazing state are endless: We have more fishable miles of blue ribbon trout water then anywhere else in the WORLD. The public access is unlike any other state in the union – keep your feet wet, and you’re legal. There are a...
