If Genies in bottles were true and a trout fisherman found one, he would most likely ask for money, love and… to be permanently immersed in a Livingston spring creek during the first week in July. The spring creeks are notoriously technical, however during the PMD’s they seem to be
This is a non-fishing post and has to do with some of the other reasons Montana is so great. The Livingston Parade was great this year, Amy, Nadine and I loved spending the afternoon together with our community and others!
Within the last week I have the opportunity to guide on two beautiful Montana lakes. When we arrived one of the lakes the local outfitter told us that we were the first group to ever fish the lake! It was good. That day, Robert Stewart and I enjoyed seeing our
The Missouri River is currently flowing at a massive 21,000+ cfs and do the fish care? Not too much. If a fisherman can find “ticky,” the depth where the flies, er worms, are scooting along the bottom then good things are likely to happen. Finding “ticky” is not entirely too
During the last week the Sacramento crew (including one from Mass.) got a taste of the Missouri River. Long leaders, heavy weights, worms, sow bugs, candy colored thing-a-ma-bobbers and good timing were able to produce fish in challenging conditions. As with the rest of the western U.S. the Missouri River
After tricking a few well educated spring creek trout the Dads enjoyed an unbelievable lunch. The lunch was prepared by the brat chef Charlie who treated us with Matt’s Meats fare. Wow. After refueling we went back to educate some more fish with pheasant tails, z-bro’s, miracle midges, sawyer’s and
Doyt Conn tricked this fish with a well presented Sawyer Pheasant Tail. Nice work D.
Report 05/26/11 Yesterday we fished with our Dads at Armstrong’s Spring Creek. It was a beautiful day complete with a few willing trout, great friends, brats, beer and of course family. A new tradition for the Hansen’s and Conn’s!
