My Fishing Trips

I'm way behind on my fly fishing journal entries, so I'll try to catch up by lumping together a group of trips from late March. It's been a really crazy spring.  I mean, spring always brings a healthy dose of rain, wind and snow to this part of the country, but this year has been insane.  Aside from a few short warmups, things were unseasonably cold all spring.  We were 2-3 … [Read more...] about April 2011 Fishing Entries

The warm weather made it way too nice not to get out fishing for at least a couple of hours.  I went over to one of the creeks by the house.  Snowmelt had the water here pretty dirty, but I managed to get a couple of fish.  I took a ride over to the river, thinking I might try it there for a while.  Turns out I wasn't the only one taking advantage of the weather.  There were … [Read more...] about Fishing the Creek 3-12-11

This was the second time I'd gone to the river in about a week.  The water's starting to warm up a bit but has a ways to go.  Caught a few pretty nice ones, and lost a big rainbow. … [Read more...] about Trip to the River 3-9-11

In January in Montana, you never know what kind of weather you're gonna get.  And so far this winter, we'd gotten just about every possible combination of crazy weather imaginable.  After a super cold December, it was nice to feel the warm air for a couple of weeks, even if it meant 40 mile per hour winds that felt like they'd blow the house right off its foundation.  But when … [Read more...] about 2011 – An Early Start

I floated the big river the other day with some friends, in a stretch that I'd otherwise avoid due to the crowds.  We had fun though, and caught good number of trout.  Most of the fish that came to our boat were small, with the exception of this guy.  I figured it was worth snapping a picture or two. … [Read more...] about Big Brown