Montana Fly Fishing Guide Service

  
Molly and a surface feeding Rainbow.
Okay, first off, we all know that throughout the first 3 weeks of July the Madison was…..well….unreliable.  We have the hatches, consistent water flows and temps, but the trout would not cooperate on a day to day basis.  Yes the Salmonflies really didnt happen…wait till next year.  There are caddis bank [...]

Posted in Madison River Guided Fly Fishing

 Molly and her new Simms waders……so hot.
When on a guided fishing trip there are three rules to live by.
1. Listen to your guide.
2. The guide is always right.
3. Refer to rule #1.
It is amazing when clients acutally listen to what a guide has to say and then take what they have learned and apply it.  Reach [...]

Posted in Madison River Guided Fly Fishing

   Twenty-one
I hit the Madison this afternoon at 5pm. Upon a river crossing, I began fishing Golden Stones on a down stream drift to the undercut banks.  There was a guide just upstream about to finish his day so I didn’t think he would mind me fishing the run a 100 yards below his boat.  A [...]

Posted in Madison River Guided Fly Fishing

  Todd N. and a nice Madison Brown fooled with a Golden.
The last few days on the upper Madison have been a windy SOB.  When the mayflies and caddis emerged today, they were picked off the surface and blown to Bozeman.  There has been rain in the valley somewhere everyday of the last week. …or two. [...]

Posted in Madison River Guided Fly Fishing

   Is there a finer river?
I have been on the Missouri for the past two days and have three more to go.  Both today and yesterday were lights out nymphing and today the fish seemed more willing to take a dry.  At the boat ramp this morning the river was running a solid 10500 cfs, by [...]

Posted in Missouri River Guided Fly Fishing