May 17th 2014 Opening Day!

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Beartooth Flyfishing

Mark and Kim enjoyed a nice opening day with more regular action. The river flows were IMG_0468 SM IMG_0460 SMsteady for a couple days, the clarity was good. The catch was on streamers and stone flies.

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May 18th-May 23rd, 2014 Beaverhead

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Beartooth Flyfishing

As the Madison River came up and dirty, folks started fishing more of the tail waterOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA IMG_1364 SMIMG_1366 SMIMG_1365 SMopportunities such as the Beaverhead River.

 

 

Ryan and Bronson were fortunate to have a week on the river and caught a variety of Trout during their stay. You can see they like to express themselves with their mouths wide open like the trout they landed. They are growing fins and starting to act like the fish. They sure had a bunch of fun.

 

 

 

 

Ryan provided a list of bugs they used: Soft Hackle Sow Bug  #16 and #18 pink or dead tan; Ray Charles #18 Pink and Tan; JuJu Baetis  #18 Olive and Purple; Rainbow Warrior #18 and #20; Sawyer Pheasant Tail #18 Red; Halfback Emerger Baetis #18; Halfback Emerger PMD #16; Studly Baetis #18; Cranefly Larvae Olive #8 and #10; Zebra Midge Black/Copper; Black/Silver,Red/Silver #18; $3 Dips Original Brown #16; Z Wing Caddis #16 Olive and Tan; Trico Spinner #20; Pheasant Tail Nymph #16 – #20; and the Sparkle Dun Baetis #18 – #22.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brandon took Jim and Keefer over to the Beaverhead and they had a good day. The water did come up while they were fishing. They were working it with Ray Charles in Tan and Gray without the hot head then tried some streamer action in Black and Olive.

 

The Beaverhead is still fishing well. The water levels are low and clear at this time.

 

Nancy

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April 28th, May 2nd, and May 6th, 2014

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Beartooth Flyfishing

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The river flows came up these two weeks. The water visibility was still clear. The fishing was still good but not the regular steady bite like the week before.

 

 

 

Jim caught some nice trout on Stone Fly Nymphs while enjoying his cigar and relaxing.

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Scott was fishing strictly streamers with a sinking line. He caught some nice sized fish and again the bite was not as steady.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hienie had a similar day as Jim on stone fly nymphs. He experienced more weather conditions including snow. It got a bit chilly.

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April 25th, 2014

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Beartooth Flyfishing

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The weather ended up much friendlier than expected and the fishing was very friendly. The original forecast was going to be rain. Jim fished with Brandon and had a really good day.

 

They stopped taking pictures at less than 17 inches. Then they just stopped taking pictures and enjoyed the catching which was regular. The later part of the day did slow down for no particular reason.

 

The trout were eating stone flies, mostly size #8’s and #10’s and they also ate a smaller #14 CDC Prince pattern.

 

Enjoy!

Nancy

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April 10, 2014

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Beartooth Flyfishing

Hienie, our newly settled in neighbor, and Brandon had a great day on the river.IMG_0434 SM IMG_0438 SM IMG_0440 SM

The weather warmed up and the fish were biting all day. The “W” was calm that day.  The flies included: Delektable Mega Prince in #6 and #8, Delektable Hurless Gray Stone in #6 and #8, Pat’s Rubberlegs in Black #8, and they tried some Micro May Flies and some Caddis Emergers. Other boats have scored on similar bugs and tried the Shop Vac and a variety of Midges. This week we heard success stories on the Delektable Hurless Purple Stone and the Delektable Mega Prince in Olive.

This is the time of year when there are Skwalla stones below the surface, Caddis Emergers are there, and some Midges and Baetis are out. McAtee, Storey Ditch, Varney, 8 Mile, and Burnt Tree Hole are clear for boat launching. The Ennis take out is closed. Early season is a great time of year to get out and fish.

Enjoy!

Nancy

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