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Having a good time….

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...

Getting Greener, Fish looking up

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...

Big Bugs

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...

It’s on like donkey kong

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...

Windy

  Our weather pattern is about to change – the wind today has been relentless and should produce thunderstorms sometime tomorrow.   It started early and is blowing a stiff 30 mph with gusts to 45 as I write.  These kind of days are good for running the hounds,...