With the help of a good friend, I get to fish today.   He says he’ll row the boat the entire day, but I wouldn’t mind rowing a bit.   Last time I wet a line?  January 18th.   Ya, that is a long time for someone who lives so close to world class fly fishing.  Weatherman says high [...]

Posted in Madison River Guided Fly Fishing, Spring Guide Trips

Madison River Flows Below Hebgen – 1050 cfs Varney Bridge  (Cameron Gauge) - 1260 cfs  The urge to get out of the house and away from the snow was too strong yesterday.  While actually fishing is still a ways out for me, I just had to go and sit by the river.  Therapeutic it was, but watching [...]

Posted in Madison River Guided Fly Fishing, Spring Guide Trips, West Yellowstone Fly Fishing

Stoneflies are a large part of a fishes’ diet year around.   A Rubber Leg Stone Fly Nymph just might be one of the most fished flies on all the freestone rivers in SW Montana.   A versatile pattern, which can be swung off the banks with 2x,  bobbered up  – deep in the Madison River or [...]

Posted in Madison River Guided Fly Fishing, Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Spring Guide Trips, West Yellowstone Fly Fishing

We arrived home last night after a great week in Cody, Wyoming.  While I would love to tell you stories filled with huge trout caught on dry flies and streamers, I cannot.   At the bowling alley cracking beers with the locals, I was brough up to speed on exactly how fabulous the trout fishing was and had been [...]

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 I thought about this post for several days and almost didn’t write it.  Fact is, there are times of the year which have always been for the anglers who live and work in Montana.  There are even anglers who don’t fish in the summer as the solitude of winter and spring is what they seek.  [...]

Posted in Madison River Guided Fly Fishing, Missouri River Guided Fly Fishing, Spring Guide Trips

We are off for the Smith River…..well maybe, if Travis can get his shit together, we will make it to Camp Baker by dark. After the 60 mile river trip, we are heading to the Missouri for a couple of days.

Posted in Missouri River Guided Fly Fishing, Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Spring Guide Trips

Fly fishing the Missouri River with Big Sky Anglers. Jake and Joe head to the Mo for a little R & D….large trout on dry flies.

Posted in Missouri River Guided Fly Fishing, Spring Guide Trips

“Ya, on Saturday, ya, I’m gonna need to you to come on in”..Sorry boss, I’m fishing in MT. 10. A warmer than normal Feb and March has brought fish out of deep water and into fishy runs….about 4 weeks earlier than normal.  Think brown trout on the banks in shallow water waiting for bait fish [...]

Posted in Madison River Guided Fly Fishing, Missouri River Guided Fly Fishing, Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Spring Guide Trips, West Yellowstone Fly Fishing

Coming down hard.  The past two days have seen some decent snow fall in SW Montana….finally.  We didn’t get much on the level, but it was sloppy and wet.  Up at Big Sky, at the top of Lone Peak, it was thigh deep yesterday afternoon.  I received a great email this morning from a wonderful [...]

Posted in Madison River Guided Fly Fishing, Missouri River Guided Fly Fishing, Spring Guide Trips, West Yellowstone Fly Fishing