River Flows : Hebgen Dam 870 cfs Old Kirby Place 970 cfs Varney Bridge 1030 cfs Lower Madison 1290 cfs With spring still technically a little less than a month away on March 20th it feels as if it’s already here. Some of the birds we don’t see until spring are starting to show up.… Continue reading Signs of Spring, Playing Around in the Channels and the Ice
It’s early February and although it is still winter in Southwestern Montana today felt just a little more like spring than usual. The last week here in Ennis, Montana has been about normal for winter temperatures. So when we get a day around the 40 degree mark there’s one thing that comes to mind for… Continue reading A Bridge, Midge and a Fish
A guide friend and colleague of mine has been putting out some pretty awesome flies lately. By awesome I mean big, multiple articulated, often flashy streamers using a special “material” (more on that in a bit). Now this is not the kind of fly tying that I normally do. I’m a practical, often simple, pragmatic… Continue reading I Don’t Always Tie Big Streamers…
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