Although the river is clear from ice and slush, the wind has been ripping as steady 45 mph all week. Unfortunately there’s not really any way to beat the wind, but there are ways to make it more bearable. Fishing a stiff switch rod or two-handed rod with a skagit line is one way to…
Strange weather forecast this week – 30-40% chance of snow or rain until Friday. Along with the chance of precipitation is a strong W/SW wind between 34-50 mph, with gusts as high as 75 mph. We haven’t seen anything that windy yet, and at least in terms of wind, the weather man has been off…
The Yellowstone has been changing daily. Pockets of opportunity out there, and if you hit one just right the streamer fishing can actually be really good. Definitely seeing some midge activity when the wind dies down too. In general, this winter has been either warm and windy or cold miserable (at least for fishing). …
In our 2011 8 weight shootout, we gave Hardy’s new 1pc ProAxis 8 weight props for being one of the best casting 8 weights ever made. It feels as light as a 6 weight, casts accurately at all distances, and is one of the few 8 weights that can truly handle a 300 grain sinking…
If you’re looking for some solid fishing opportunities this winter, the Spring Creeks are hard to beat. We saw both midges and baetis on the water last weekend, and although rises were sparse we did see a few workable fish. Unfortunately a lot of the bigger fish are still on redds, but we did see…
We were dealt some pretty tough cards on Monday, (not sure what trumps what – freezing cold, gusting wind, or super sunny)? Anyway, we stuck it out with streamers and I was surprised how well we did for such a blue bird day. “We” as in Johnny caught 10 and I caught 2. His were…
New arrival today from House of Harrop – looks like Christmas came early… Shadow box ready, these impeccable flies are some of the tightest ties you’ll find available anywhere in the world. It is almost a shame to fish these little works of art, but boy do they work! We just received a bunch of…
While Montana has certainly experienced a cold spell, we haven’t seen much early season snow yet. They say in a true La Niña year, the moisture starts late, but when it finally starts to dump, it dumps. I guess all we can do is wait and see what happens. Ski reports have been pretty…
We’ve had a few folks call in this week wanting to float the Yellowstone. While there are times in the middle of the winter you can pull this off, right now is not one of them. Unless you’ve just read Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage and want to duplicate a heroic ice-bound adventure, plan on…