September Montana Fishing Report

September Montana Fishing Report

September Montana Fishing Report On Monday I was out with long-time Grizzly Rider, Dan. We met early and headed up to the canyon of the Blackfoot. I started Dan off with a dry/dropper rig and he hooked up in the second run, but the fish came unbuttoned. Then it was quiet in the next several […]

Montana Fall Fishing Report

Montana Fall Fishing Report

Montana Fall Fishing Report If you noticed a lack of fishing reports lately, it is because I was on a late summer break to spend time with the family and a few days of bird hunting on the prairie with my dogs. In the middle of that I did manage to sneak out on the […]

August Fly Fishing

August Fly Fishing

August Fly Fishing Monday was another “dog day” with local angler, Herb. There are a few floats each year where Herb’s labs, Gracie and Molly, get to go for a boat ride. These are generally more casual fishing days and today was no exception. We ventured up to the West Fork of the Bitterroot and […]

Early Morning Fly Fishing

Early Morning Fly Fishing

Early Morning Fly Fishing Tuesday I was back out with local angler, Tom, and today we were joined by his wife Lois. We decided to check out a stretch of the lower Blackfoot they had never fished, float behind the old mill site and down into the Clark Fork. We started off throwing nocturnal stone […]

August Fly Fishing Tactics

August Fly Fishing Tactics

August Fly Fishing Tactics Monday was my first chance of the season to get out with long-time local anglers, Mike and Nancy. We picked a stretch of the upper Bitterroot for a short float before the temps got too hot. Mike has really taken a liking to streamer fishing the past couple of years so […]

Spruce Moth Hatch Fishing

Spruce Moth Hatch Fishing

Spruce Moth Hatch Fishing Monday was the first of two days with returning anglers, Jim and Doug. These guys always come over in late July specifically for the Blackfoot so we met super early and went up to the canyon. I started the guys with big single dries and we didn’t move anything in the […]

Hoot Owl Trout Fishing

Hoot Owl Trout Fishing

Hoot Owl Trout Fishing Long-time angler Chris was back in town so we met super early and headed up to his favorite stretch of water, the canyon of the Blackfoot. We launched the boat just as the sun was rising and it was only a couple casts before Chris was tight to a small rainbow […]

Full Moon Fishing in Montana

Full Moon Fishing in Montana

Full Moon Fishing in Montana Monday we were out with long-time angler, Steve, and his family. We met in Hamilton and floated a stretch nearby. I was paired with Steve and Burt while fellow guide, Dave, had sons William and Chaz. We started off with dry/dropper rigs and a couple runs into the day Burt […]