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Third Saturday in May means the start of the Montana general fishing season. Now most of those streams I had to pass by are fair game.

Regards,
Scott

Doug,

Nice fly; for the little ones I use a Dai Riki 135 for the wider hook gap.

Regards,
Scott

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river is alive with bugs - caddis, March Browns, stoneflies big-and-small, all which would probably draw interest, but it's so much fun fishing the perch float I see no need to change.
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two feet visibility. not going in much deeper; river's honkin along pretty good and the softer water along the banks looks to be the place for dries
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Continuing the search for some clear, running water. Guy in the local flyshop lets on that a stream just down the road (relatively speaking) is high, but clean and THE big bugs are coming off. I...

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that's more like it


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leaving the tight contour lines behind


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I dare ya


http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j189/pattersbkg/Montana 2013/Tailwater/IMG_6012.jpg

Looking for a little clean, moving water.


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Departure was delayed by mechanical difficulties so Dawn's crack was seen on the wrong side of the mountains

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Bruce,

A hare's ear softhackle has worked very well for me when grey foxes are on the move but not on top.

Regards,
Scott

Mike,

Did you dampen them before tying? Makes them a lot easier to work with.

Regards,
Scott

You know you're at the border when, instead of "No Trespassing" the signs say "Take Off, Eh?"

Regards,
Scott

Not for a mayfly, but for stoneflies and caddis:


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Sweet fly, very nicely tied.

Regards,
Scott

Amazing what a week of 80 degree days can do (same range, different perspective)

5/5/2013

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5/14/2013
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If you're just talking nymphs the North Fork Special has worked pretty well for me:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j189/pattersbkg/tyin/IMG_2865.jpg

Stuff like the Pickle/Rubberlegs series...

Nice fish; welcome to the forum.

Regards,
Scott

Agreed; probably the likely outcome. Considering there used to be very, very limited access to the river, the 5 FWP sites below the dam, and the county road crossings provide fishermen the ability...

Shouldn't have said stream access, it's more of who owns the stream bottom in rivers determined to navigable; e.g. in states like Wyoming and Colorado (and many others), the landowner also controls...

Alan,

Excellent, as always. When you were forming the Wally Wing, did you just moisten the duck flank? I found that I had to place the feather I was using in a damp paper towel and microwave it...

Joe,

Sounds like a great trip; looking forward to seeing the pics. Were the caddis grannoms?

Regards,
Scott

Hi, valvguy1. Welcome to the forum.

Regards,
Scott

Hans,

Nice fly; I could see that working on run-ups from Hebgen in the fall.

Regards,
Scott

When I bought my original pair of Freestones, they were a good product at a decent price, and I got 4 good years out of them. Over the past few years Simms decided to outsource production of their...

Isn't that the truth? Last time, I talked to their sales rep (I was sitting at the Pine Creek access, south of Livingston, about 30 miles from their office), who told me flat out he'd replace them,...