October 2009
Baetis. Streamers. Windy as hell. Warming. Few fishers. Wade. Good to great.
The Bitterroot continues to give it up for the dry fly aficionado; the weather has been ideal save for some wind on the day before these storms roll through. I wasn’t on the water yesterday but heard it got tough (wind) in the afternoon. The game is still BWO and mahoganies. Bring a nice assortment [...]
Popped over the past to the Paradise Valley a couple of days ago to discuss a nifty new project concept (hot damn!) with a colleague; it happened to be Monday afternoon in the several hours before our latest little batch of weather moved in. The beauty of the surrounding countryside is truly a two-edge sword; [...]
Counting today there are just four more days left in the Park season. Four more days. Four more days in what has been one of the better ‘west side of the Park’ seasons in recent memory. The Madison continues to fish well to say the least. With 4-5 inches of snow in Bozeman this morning, [...]
Fall has hit the Madison. The Lower has woken back up, the Upper is still kicking ass, and the river is in all around great shape. Fishing the Lower these days is pretty easy. Crawfish, streamers, sculpins, big princes and stonefly nymphs are all taking fish. Look for a pretty good Baetis hatch in the [...]
Jess was dinking around Paradise Valley yesterday. Nifty B&W from the Mallard’s overlook as the storm was rolling in….
This morning’s Island Park webcam screenshot suggests your angling garb today will include your union suit. Blue wings and midges for the hardy – bugs are in the massive 22-24 range. I’d be throwing a soft hackle emerger down there this afternoon but the more polished may prefer a cripple. Winter will be hanging around [...]
It simple seems impossible that this will be our last report on the Firehole for this season. I’ll be damned if it seems like just yesterday we had driven into the Park back in April to say hello to an old friend. There is a lot of water around the region that is fishing [...]
There’s been some damned nice fishing to be done on the Clark Fork lately; I was lucky enough to do a bit with my daughter this weekend. We floated the upper river (above Missoula) on Sunday and did very well on BWO and mahoganies in the afternoon; the wind was manageable and fish were really [...]
In case there is anyone out there wondering just where the hell the Chi Wulff team has been for the past few days, have no fear: we are not going anywhere. This has been an interesting weekend (and a busy one) for a couple of reasons: Work in the real world The imminent closure of [...]
Fall is here in full force and the rivers are feeling it. Rock Creek has reached its fall patterns, with some dries in the afternoon but most of the action taking place subsurface. There is still a fair amount of water in the creek these days, with flows still above the 80th percentile. If you [...]
Took in the ‘world premier’ of Confluence Films’ Rise last night at the Emerson right here in Bozeman along with a hoard of other enthusiastic fly fishing movie buffs. Suffice it to say now that Chris Patterson (director / cinematography) in particular shines again, and the flick offers up what was probably the funniest line [...]
Some nifty brews and entertainment today and tonight……
This past week has been a good one on the river. Air temps have been in the 50s in the afternoons, there have been a couple of days without wind, water temps have cooled over the past several days but are 50 in the flow out of Holter this morning. Baetis and midges for the [...]
