Tuesday, June 9, 2009

As distracting and distasteful as it may seem on some days – there are indeed bills to pay, shelter and food to purchase, vehicles to fuel, and clothes to buy – though you probably could wear waders around town here in Bozeman year-round and nobody would fire you a second look.  Several ‘real world’ projects [...]

The recent cool weather and rain has only improved the Madison.  Most of the tribs and feeder creeks are still pumping in a lot of mud, but you can find some clear water that is fishing well. The same spots that were fishing well on the Upper last week continue to do so.  Between Hebgen [...]

While a snap (above) from the Island Park HF webcam this morning  shows no evidence of the weekend’s wintery weather, the flow chart below shows something that we’re really not seeing anywhere else in the neighborhood – below seasonal average flows on a river. Stoneflies more or less swept through the river last week without much [...]

The Gallatin, while not optimal, is certainly fishable.  Flows are down almost 1,700 cfs from their high earlier this week.  The water is still pretty dang muddy, but it is clearing up some.  I know we have been putting up a lot of flow charts lately, but it is a relief to show one with [...]