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 21, 2010 | Missouri River
When angling the Missouri River in October, mid to late October, one rarley expects to see 65 degree temps, sunshine, shit for hatches and no clouds……..for days on end. The wind won’t let up either and when there are no bugs and high sun, the wind...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | Missouri River
I love places like Joe’s, what a gem. My first visit here was in 1992, after a long day of floating Craig to Prewitt Creek. We parked along the railroad tracks next to Joe’s and walked across the street to O’Connel’s Store. They disliked...
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,...
