

Fall is starting to look more like winter here in western Montana, snow and cold rains have arrived, and it is a great time to be on the water whether flyfishing or hunting...or both. I have been trying to get my studies done as quickly as possible, to take advantage of the great outdoor opportunities this time of year provides. To follow my adventures more closely out west, you can check out my personal blog at flyfishingwest.wordpress.com/.

The leaves are now changing rapidly in the river bottoms of the west. Hatches of hecuba, mahagony, and trico mayflies are coming off on the Bitterroot and Clark Fork rivers. Duck and archery seasons have now opened, and many hunters have already put bull elk on the ground. Here is what fall looks like in Montana. For more stories and photos, you can check out my blog at http://flyfishingwest.wordpress.com/ .



This past Labor Day weekend a handful of my friends and I traveled from our home of Missoula, Mt to Fernie, British Columbia. We were there in search of the large Cutthroat and Bull Trout that inhabit these waters. We camped out of our cars for the weekend and fished as much as we possibly could, all while living off of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and the like. Here is a few pictures from the trip. For the full story and more photos, you can visit my blog at flyfishingwest.wordpress.com/.


The air is warm, the sun is shining, and the trout are rising. Sounds like summer in Montana. I've been fishing a lot lately, and doing some guiding. I have also started my own blog to chronicle my experiences out west with a little more detail. You can follow it here at http://flyfishingwest.wordpress.com. Here are some pictures of the last month or so. Wherever you are in the country, enjoy the summer fishing!
My friend Jordan and I with a Blackfoot Cutthroat
Salmonflies create crazy trout
Bitterroot Brown
Bitterroot Rainbow
Charlie with his first trout on a fly
Over the past couple months, I've been busy with school, and of course, fishing. It helps to take a break from studying when some of Montana's best water is only a half hour or so from my dorm room. Fishing in western Montana this spring was good. Abundant skwala stoneflies on the rivers around Missoula made for some very consisnent nymphing and spots of awesome dry fly fishing. When the rivers were high and muddy, my fishing buddies and I made trips over the Continental Divide to the Missouri and Beaverhead rivers for some equally great spring fishing.
Only a few weeks ago, I finished up finals and came home for a stay of about a month. So far in Minnesota and Wisconsin I've got into some good smallmouth fishing on the St. Croix River, and ran into a few active early season muskies.
Not too long from now, though, I will be headed back to western Montana to work as a fly fishing guide for the summer. My Endorsing Outfitter is Robert Gary #7970 who can be reached at 406-240-6679. This will be my first summer away from the lakes of the Midwest, trading in for the rivers of the Rockies.
Here are some pictures of my past couple of months of fishing in Montana. Enjoy summer fishing!








Since I have been attending the University of Montana this year, I have been very busy with school, hunting and fishing. I've gotten behind in blogging, so heres a few pictures to chronicle my adventures over the past year.
Bitterroot River
Doubled up on the Missouri
My friend Ben with a nice 'bow

Bitterroot Rainbow
Grilling ducks on campus, look good?

The scenery is usually pretty good
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