Montana Fly Fishing Report
Fly Fishing on the Madison and Missouri RiversArchive for April, 2009
Really…did we really need this?There are a couple of things about this photo that are extremely interesting. First off, the Grizzly Bar will be open again this summer starting May 15th. Hell ya! This place opened up in 1978 and my first visit was in ’92. Back in the day, my Dad and his fishing buddies would hit [...] 
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Spring, Winter and a bit of Mud….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 shape and fishing pretty [...]
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Spring? Where are you?I woke to overcast and 25 degrees this morning. Off in the distance, past the Lake towards the Madison Canyon, it looks as if there are rays of sunshine pouring on to the ground…… I need rays of sunshine. It seems as if spring will never come. We got hammered by another storm two days ago that [...]
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Hebgen….frozen stiffAs 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 in tow packed with [...]
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Ro Deville…. that new boat smell.Last year I got a new boat from Robbet Eddins, the owner of Ro Drift Boats, whom I’ve known for 14 years. After rowing it for the entire summer, I wanted to make a few changes to the design of the interior. My goal was more room for the back angler. Period. The angler in [...]
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Greed.I was in Bozeman yesterday to attend a FOAM meeting and afterwards I headed downtown to take care of business. While strolling through town in amazement of the explosion that leveled the Rocking R, Boodles and the American Legion, I walked in to the Salvation Army. I am a huge fan of pawn shops, antique [...]
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snowing…againSummer?………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 for a little while, it [...]
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