by Merle Ann Loman | Jul 7, 2011 | Bitterroot, ii Summer
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| Mike wade fishing the west fork of the Bitterroot River |
I am not sure if Mike has fished in Montana but Petree fished with us in the late ’90’s. Since then, her younger brother, Peter, has fished with us and become a great friend. Petree came up to visit Peter as he has recently moved to the Bozeman area. She and Mike fished the west fork of the Bitterroot River with Jack. It was a beautiful day and good fishing. Our water levels are starting to level off and actually step down a bit. One thing for sure, after the huge winter snowpack, we will have plenty of water in the rivers all summer and into fall.
by Merle Ann Loman | Apr 30, 2011 | Bitterroot, i Spring, Take Your Kids Fishing
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| Nick holding Elinor’s beautiful trout |
This trip was in the middle of April but I am getting caught up with some posts. As you can see, the weather is very cool. People are bundled up, but there have been hatches and the water levels have been good. If you dress right, the fishing is great.
In these photos are Rachel and Elinor. Rachel sent some of the photos in the slideshow, thank you!
And I think this was Elinor’s first fly fishing experience. As you can see, she did well. So did others, it was a good few days on the Bitterroot.
See below for a slideshow.
by Merle Ann Loman | Apr 20, 2011 | Bitterroot, i Spring
Doc was at his Montana home on the Bitterroot for a few weeks in April. Of course he was fishing with friends, on his own and with Jack. I guess Jack is also a friend – but a friend that fishes for a living. Sadly, Doc’s and our good friend and favorite fishing buddy, Terry Nobles, isn’t able to fish any more. At 90 years old, it just doesn’t work for him now. But we visit him with photos and river stories.
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| Bitterroot April 9, 2011 |
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| Doc on the Bitterroot April 9, 2011 |
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| Doc and Terry in April 2009 |
Anyway, here are some photos of the Bitterroot and Doc. The first two are from this spring. The second two are from 2009 when Terry fished with Doc and Jack.
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| Terry with his brown trout on the day he was fishing with Doc. Jack is holding it for him. |
by Merle Ann Loman | Apr 1, 2011 | Bitterroot, i Spring
The Bitterroot River water flow near Darby has tripled in cubic feet per second (cfs). According to Jack, it is one of the fastest “bumps” up he has seen, which is why I say it has jumped up. The rain and warmer temperatures are bringing melted snow into the tributaries.
The Big Hole near Divide, Mont. has also come up from about 400 cfs two days ago to 647 cfs at the time of this writing.
The Clark Fork below Missoula has come up from a little over 3,000 cfs two days ago to 5,510 cfs.
Rock Creek near Clinton was at about 250 cfs two days ago and is now 535 cfs.
The Blackfoot River near Bonner was a little over 1,000 cfs two days ago and is now 2,830 cfs.
Jack and I will heading down to the Darby area later today and I will try to get some photos along the way. Needless to say, the fishing won’t be happening.
Wapiti Waters Stream Flow Links – click this link for more stream-flow information and links to the USGS data sites.
by Merle Ann Loman | Mar 30, 2011 | Bitterroot, i Spring
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| Dusty with a Bitterroot River cutthroat trout |
Dusty and crew came again this spring. They always hit really cool weather. At least it didn’t rain.
This year the crew was Dusty, Don, Gary, Jim and Peter.
I have a few photos from Jack’s camera, a few photos of the river that I took and when I get some others emailed to me, I will include them in the Picasa slideshow.
The group stayed at the Bitterroot River Lodge south of Hamilton, Montana.
Here is the slideshow from our Picasa album on Google.
