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Yellowstone River = Dry Fly
The Yellowstone River is hitting its summer stride. This Brownie was caught within the first five minutes of the ramp yesterday. The fish went hard for a big PMX. No missing the set on that one. Good times for dad and son…
Size 13 Fish
I wear a size 13 shoe and the foot in this photo is mine. So based on the art class I took when I was about 15 and given the proportional comparison of my foot to the Brownie in the net, that fish in the photo must be huge. Unbelievably,
Boulder River in its Prime
It’s go time currently on the Boulder River. This little jewel of a river never ceases to put smiles on people’s faces. Yesterday this fish (amongst many others) put a big smile on this angler. Good times…
Flies Du Jour
Today’s menu consisted of some meaty Chubby Chernobyl’s followed by some lean bead head pheasant tails. Needless to say the menu was a big success!
Chubby Chernobyl’s and a Blue Raft
There are very few secrets any more about fly fishing in Montana. Today I got to take a father and his daughter fishing on one of our areas “sort of” secrets. This river is special and hopefully will remain so for a long time. In fact the gentleman fighting a
Yellowstone Cutthroat
Today was a special day on the Yellowstone River. With overcast skies and cool temps the fishing result was exceptional. Here is a photo of one of many Yellowstone Cutthroat trout that fell for either a Parachute Adams or a Purple Haze…
Yellowstone River is On!!
Get your Fli Agra, 2 or 3X, get to the Yellowstone and begin enjoying some great fishing. Oh yeah, you should check your Chubby inventory, and maybe pick up some big, foam, orange and black Salmon Flies. Here’s today’s grip and grin from the Yellowstone…
I am not an Invasive Species!
Recently my boat was surveyed by the Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks for evidence of aquatic invasive species. No I didn’t have to produce a birth certificate or passport and the boat passed inspection. The MT FWP is working hard to protect our rivers from such invaders as New Zealand
Missouri River Big Brown Town
Here is a perfect example of why we all love to fish the Missouri River. Julia L. caught this big brown shortly after launching the boat and continued to catch fish all day (even in some afternoon wind gusts). Thanks to Rick and Julia for continuing to begin their yearly
