Big Fish 2010

For those of you that missed it, have a look at our "BIG FISH 2010" page. They are not all up yet so check back to see what March/April looked like. It was a great spring!

The Blackfoot, Bitterroot and CF are fishing well. We are in a "once in a decade" period of clear water. There are big gray drakes, fluttering stones and some caddis out on all of our major rivers. The fish are tuned in to most of the usual patterns. This is always a tough time of year to predict but this year May will be exceptional. This is a big fish month.

It's nice to see what's going on on the CF after the apocalyptic dam removal. Last week was very buggy on the lower river and the fishing was great. We saw three salmonflies on the 27th of april. Mayflies were nice and thick that whole week and the big willow stones were almost gross. We had several good days with fish in the 15-19" category. What was most pleasing was the football-like shape of most of the fish and their general condition was excellent. Very much improved from even two years ago. Hooray! Next stop- Mother's Day caddis! What a great time to fish in Montana!


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