John,

I'm not worried about when the snow starts melting 'in earnest' but I 'am concerned about when it starts melting in Yellowstone National Park. Given the flow levels on many Montana rivers without the snow melt it may be a long summer with anglers running around trying to find water that they can fish. As I write this tonight the Big Horn is over 10,000 cfs and the run-off has not even started in Wyoming.