Update: The “Rudie Can’t Fail” photo contest details and rules are now posted! Read about the Rude Trude below, then click here to learn how you could win glory and prizes just by catching a fish on a Rude Trude (perhaps easier said than done), taking […]
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This Yellowstone River report will be short and to the point. The last couple of days of hot temperatures have melted a lot of snow up high. You can see from the above picture of the flow gauge at Corwin Springs, above Yankee Jim Canyon, that […]
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It’s been quite a while since my last Fly Zone entry on February 21, though Dan has continued to soldier on with his posts. My silence hasn’t been due to a lack of fishing or lack of a desire to write about it. It’s new product […]
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Spring baetis (Blue-Winged Olive) mayfly season is starting up on the Paradise Valley spring creeks, just up the road from Sweetwater Fly Shop. It’s one of my favorite times of year to fish the spring creeks. If you’ve never fished any of the spring creeks (or […]
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Paradise Valley was beautiful last week–it’s always beautiful, but mid 50’s air temps in February made it feel even nicer than usual. Yes, there was some wind; there’s always wind as spring struggles to overtake winter along the Rocky […]
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A couple weeks ago, I proclaimed winter’s half way point. Today I’m officially declaring the opening of Western Montana’s 2017’s trout fishing season. Warmer weather has eroded much of the ice that encased the Yellowstone for the last two months. On Sunday, we had customers in […]
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Yesterday, Dan and I attended the “Rally for Public Lands” at the Montana State Capitol building in Helena. We rode in one of the two buses that left Bozeman carrying anglers, fishermen, hunters, and hikers who wanted to show their support for keeping public lands in […]
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I should begin by saying that the title of this post is a bit untrue. The first day of winter was Wednesday, December 21, 2016. The first day of spring isn’t until Monday, March 20, 2017. So technically, when you work the math, mid-winter will be […]
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Yesterday, we were fortunate enough to fish Depuy’s Spring Creek. It was a beautiful Montana day, the sun was out, and the fishing was on. The majority of our morning was spent on the lower section, fishing near Eva’s Hut and the Creek’s confluence with the […]
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What with the colder nights that we’ve had recently, the Yellowstone River is dropping like a rock. This morning, it’s down to about 6000 cfs at Corwin Springs. The river still has a good deal of color, so nymphs and streamers will likely be on the […]
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