Monthly Archives: July 2012

June 27, 28, & 29th, 2012

The salmon flies are officially here as they arrived on our front porch and flew into the shop. The Salmon Fly Spottings are mainly from Palisades down but there are some showing up river from there. The Caddis and Goldens … Continue reading

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July 16-17 2012 Beaverhead Report

After nearly two decades of fishing the Madison, several years stand out vividly as far as fishing is concerned. 2001 comes to mind as one of the best but 2012 was right up there with some of the best fishing … Continue reading

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Week of July 15, 2012

The week started wtih girls that rock. Sarah landed multiple large trout on Goldenstone dries. Yeah Sarah! Then Ann had a big fish day with a beautiful 21" Brown Trout specimen. We enjoyed families all week including: friends’ inlaws learning … Continue reading

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July 2, 2012

Tim and Brian on their tour of Montana rivers with me. The Big Hole gave up Rainbows, Browns, Cuttthroat, Grayling, and Whitefish to us on a variety of dry and wet flies. The hatches included PMD’s, Caddis, Golden Stones and … Continue reading

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July 11, 2012

I had a chance to fish recently for a few hours at Mac Bridge on Wednesday morning. Lately the PMD hatch has been kind of crazy, so that was my focus and nymphing was my choice of weapon for the … Continue reading

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