by admin | Oct 2, 2010 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River
There are plenty of trout still looking up for a big juicy hopper in the afternoons below Palisades. While yesterday wasn’t stellar, there are fish like the one above rising everyday. This 21 inch Brown ran straight up stream so hard that I had to get out...
by admin | Sep 30, 2010 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide
……….here in Southwest Montana. Fall is in full swing all around us. With the warmer Indian Summer weather just too stubborn to leave, I decided that my soul needed any early morning drive through the mountains. I took some photos along the way,...
by admin | Sep 24, 2010 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River
Over the past 12 years, good food has come and gone around West Yellowstone. West Yellowstone is known for great angling, not good food. Sure Sydney’s Bistro is good, but a fishing guide can’t afford to eat there everyday. Wild West Pizza and Beartooth...
by admin | Sep 12, 2010 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Madison River
………….my father and I have been hunting elk almost everyday since the opener. We have seen, heard, but not shot at any elk. We watched one nice bull and 12 cows way up high, about a mile away, late one morning , but when we made our move they...
by admin | Sep 3, 2010 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River
Flows @ Kirby – 948 cfs…..not bad for this time of year…fish it dry Fall is here my friends. I saw an aspen turning colors, just one little branch – a few leaves to be exact, not the whole tree, but none the less it was turning. The upland...
by admin | Aug 31, 2010 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River
This morning at 8 am. 32 degrees outside. The clouds broke through and revealed a skiff of snow. This should make the elk and birds think. Will there be more sunshine, warm weather and hopper fishing you ask???? Damn straight!
