There are a few things that Montana is never short on – great fly fishing, big sky, changing weather, and wind. The transitional weather we’re having has made it seem pretty damned windy lately; I was on the river yesterday and it was windy as hell.
I can only think of one truly useful thing the wind is good for (hey, I may be old but I’m not dead.)
Just like last week blue wings and mahoganies are stealing the show, and the sections of the river have been fishing very well. I was down in the Stevensville area yesterday and we had some fun on streamers later in the day as well.
It doesn’t look like we’re going to experience the whack of cold air that the central part of the state is going to have over the next few days. Lows for Missoula are forecast to be 7 Saturday morning and 6 Sunday morning, though we’ll be back above freezing both days with sun – it will probably be comfortably fishable late in the day, and they’re talking 60 by next Tuesday. That’s more like it for this time of year.
Tags: River - Bitterroot
