Montana Fly Fishing, reports, conditions, stock photography, commentary and so forth…

No, we were not “targeting” Bulls- just in case you are an agent of the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. He was keeping questionable company among a pack of Mountain Whitefish as he was among a horde that my son couldn’t resist picking on for some late AM fun. He was caught on #18 PT Flashback. If thats “targeting” I better paint my truck black so I blend into the blacktop.

Mountain Whitefish are the aquatic version of Raccoons, they can’t leave anything shiny alone.

One of the few real natives left in the state of Montana. Personally, I’d rather catch Rainbows or Browns but they are a pretty trout. This one was fooled by an Olive Snowshoe Hare Emerger, #16.

We fished one of the smaller rivers in northwest Montana this week. Flows were normal but dropping fast. Temperatures are climbing too so we’ll see what happens. Most of the fish caught were on #16-18 Nymphs. Not a lot hatches going on. I did hear that the Clark Fork was seeing some decent hatches so go figure.
One week to go before we hit the mighty Mo’!

Guess who’s playing here? I picked out a few. Letterman probably didn’t even realize what a lineup he had here. I got the obvious, Earl and Randy Scruggs (acoustic guitar), Steve Martin, Marty Stuart (Mandolin), Vince Gill (first solo, electric), Alvin Lee (second solo, electric), that’s as far as I got.

Now, slow it down a bit. In case you didn’t know, Mark and Chet made a record…

My friend, Bert Gildart, an accomplished writer and photographer recently told me the story about a friend of his who was fishing in Saskatchewan and hooked into a 40+ inch Pike on Black Lake and the ensuing linguistic expression of appreciation of the fish by his guide.

A funny story about how fishermen, in the heat of the battle, choose to verbally express the excitement of the moment. Nice Pike too.