by admin | Jun 16, 2011 | 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Madison River
…..you can shake a fish at. This is an epic, all world year for snow and rain. A friend of ours is skiing on Beartooth Pass today and she says there is atleast 16 feet of snow up there. On and off rain today, but the sun is shining and the wind is cranking...
by admin | Jun 13, 2011 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Hebgen Lake
It might take a few years to dry out from all the rain which keeps falling. I saw Noah’s Ark yesterday on the Firehole. There were moose, bears, wolves, bison, deer and elk hanging out on the bow. I think they were drinking Budweiser cans out of an ice cold...
by admin | Jun 10, 2011 | Madison River, Missouri River
Over the past 10 days, our weather has been a crazy as it gets. The Big Hole dropped 4000 cfs and then jumped 7000 cfs in three days. Snow, wind, all day rain and a little sunshine – but not much of the latter, is to blame for Montana’s crazy flows. My...
by admin | Jun 4, 2011 | Missouri River
The Missouri was red hot today for those who stuck above Craig. I witnessed some of the best high water nymphing I have seen in awhile. The weather was rough from about 10:30 am till 1 and a one point my hands went numb. Later in the afternoon, the rain let up and...
by admin | Jun 2, 2011 | Missouri River
From Holter Dam to the Dearborn, the Missouri River has been good to great at times. Greg, Biggie and I have been rowing customers down the Missouri and mainly staying above Craig. Greg and I ventured down to Stickney Creek today and found plenty of trout willing to...
by admin | May 26, 2011 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River, Missouri River
Our weather for the past three days has been depressing. Wind, rain and now we get snow. Nothing makes one want to crack a few beers before 5 o’clock like a snowstorm in late May of a record snowpack year. The Trout Gods must be angry. It might be time to...
