Dry Flies, Rivers, Trout & Tarpon.

Jul 17, 2016

Coming Home (7-15)

What a perfect way to end my month-long trip. Just a few hours from home, down the stretch. Sometimes we tend to forget the greatness of closer waters. This one's just far enough away to be a destination rather than a day trip, but I can do both. Today is the best day I've ever had here. PMD's and some yellow sallies kept the fish looking up on the first walk-through. The big one got away after quite a show and rodeo. They were all big though. This spring creek is free, close, and I didn't see anyone. Browns, Rainbows, and Cutthroats.

Jul 14, 2016

Madison Quickie (7-14) 850cfs

Happiness is a side channel on the Madison at sunset, and I was there a few hours before sunset. Left Livingston, headed to the 'Fork, and its right on the way. A no-brainer. It did not disappoint. Just as the sun went behind the hill, the trout came to the surface. I never saw a pmd, only caddis swarming about and a few mosquitos buzzing. The channel fish love the spinner at dark though. Note to self: Next time cut back to 4X from the start! I lost some good fish in the cut bank, around willows, and zipping up and down the fast current with the 5x, which happened to be tied on from the Missouri. These Madison fish were hot.

9:45 pm. Gotta love MT summers

Jul 13, 2016

Depuys Return (7-13)

The available rods calendar showed today available for one, and leaving the MO, I couldn't just let that go unclaimed, could I? Just 10 days following the best day I ever had on this creek, with favorable cooler weather. (It snowed above 8,000 feet two days ago!) No wind, cloudy and overcast at times, a high of 70, and just enough PMD's to keep some fish rising non-stop from 8:30am to 6:30 pm. Couldn't really have been any better. Best ever.

Brief shower

Jul 10, 2016

Missouri Encore ( July 7-10)(still 4200cfs)

Its hard to stay away from the best dry fly river in Montana, or America. It was the logical progression right up I-15 from the muddy Beaverhead. It's always good. Not as good this week, as PMD's have been replaced by tricos, and there's more of the day with fewer bugs, but its still the MO, with fish up in the mornings and evenings. Still just enough PMD's for the spinners and cripples to work late mornings and evenings. Even a couple early fish on caddis.