Montana Fly Fishing Report
Fly Fishing on the Madison and Missouri RiversUncategorized
Looking forward…..Fall is almost here.Not sure where time has gone this summer, down the river I suppose. Seems like it should only be the first of July, but here we are sitting at the third week of August. Morning temps have been hovering around 35 degrees and a hint of Fall is in the air. Upland Bird season starts in [...] 
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Terrestrials…..yes he ate it!Aspens are turning…..elk are bugling. Trout love terrestrials and by this time of the year hopper, ants and beetles are a mainstay of their diet. Both rainbows and browns will eat these flies, but they are tricky….sneeky, very sneeky. I know from experience that most of these rises are infact ligitimate eats, but most folks [...]
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Gallatin is clear and nymphing well.The Gallatin is fishing really well in the Canyon right now and the clarity is hanging in there. 2 days ago, I fished dries for a while without a rise and then put on nymphs and got’em. The stonefly pictured above was my number one fly and below it I had a purple prince. I came up [...]
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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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One Flake at a time…For some reason, Mother Nature has decided to go easy on us so far this winter. There is not much for accumulation around 6666 ft, but there is enough snow for touring in Yellowstone and the area’s backcountry on skis at higher elevations. Molly and I dusted off the AT gear and headed out to [...]
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More Hebgen NewsThe following new release came from PPLs website: http://www.pplmontana.com/ PPL Montana continues effort to reduce water flow past Hebgen Dam Engineers from PPL Montana continue to work on ways to reduce the flow of water past the Hebgen Dam after damage to the dam’s intake structure allowed water flows in the Madison River to [...]
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Summer time and the living easy…The flow out of Hebgen is 1100 cfs, up from a few days ago at 860. The float stretch is crusing along at 1430 cfs which makes fishing dry flies from the boat very enjoyable. The fish are healthy and continue to eat both sub surface and above. I was on the river 19 out [...]
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a new season is upon us74 degrees is one heck of a way to start MT’s General Season Opener after a long winter endured. The weekend weather was nice to see, but it is bringing down the snow pack like a pack of wolves on a old tired bull elk in Lamar Valley. Luckily, we have Quake Lake to filter out [...]
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