Big Hole River in late July
Scott Warren guided with Jack on the Big Hole River. The photos show this young woman with her first trout EVER. Pretty cool. And, she caught more fish that day including a brown trout.
Paul on the Bitterroot River, again – keeps coming back
Paul is the brother of my great friend Nancy. He lives in Washington
State but comes to Montana to visit Nancy and family. He has many
talents and loves to fish. The photos are from his camera and since
Nancy was on this float, I think she probably took them. Thanks Paul and
Nancy!
State but comes to Montana to visit Nancy and family. He has many
talents and loves to fish. The photos are from his camera and since
Nancy was on this float, I think she probably took them. Thanks Paul and
Nancy!
Petree and Mike back in Montana to fly fish
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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.
Cool spring fishing on the Bitterroot River
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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.
Fishing the Bitterroot in early April with Doc Bolton
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. |
