Back in Kentucky we’d always have an evening shower in the summer but everything’s a little bigger in Big Sky Country. Someone sent me these pictures of the storm that pounded Bozeman yesterday and broke car windows everywhere which huge hail stones.
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Even though I’ve been fishing pretty much every day for weeks now I really haven’t had much to report. It’s been a series of mediocre days, a lot of time spent splashing around looking for the fish that everyone else is catching. So, in that way… today’s report will be no different.
I woke up this morning not really wanting to go out but with no furniture to sit on, being pretty much caught up on work and nothing else to do but tie flies… I forced myself to go fish. (I know it’s a tough life.)
The Madison hasn’t been treating me to well lately so naturally that’s where I headed, only to find the midge hatch has increased exponentially in the last few days since my last trip over. However, in spite the biblical midge hatch it was windy and sunny and I never found one fish feeding on top.
Look close… that scum on the water is a midge cluster the size of a house boat.
So it was another beautiful day enjoying the great outdoors. Six hours on the water and ony one fish… although I am happy to report that one fish was a 21 inch brown, who I might have lucked into by hitting him on the head with that size 20 zebra midge.
- @TweetingHunter Thanks for checking it out. in reply to TweetingHunter #
- @TweetingHunter Sorry about that but you've got to get to a river. #
- Can You Cast A Vote as well as you Can Cast a Fly? – http://b2l.me/jjryn (via @Outdooress) #
- This I can relate to. http://chilp.it/88ac18 #
- @TweetingHunter Great post… I can relate. in reply to TweetingHunter #
- Little windy for my taste but just had another day hammering them on a #18 Griffith's gnat. #
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I set off this morning with a the intention of going to Livingston to fish the Yellowstone but with a last minute change of plans I ended up on the Lower Madison. After a bunch of nothing the midges started coming off really heavy and I found plenty of fish interested in dries.
Turned out to be some of the best dry fly fishing I’ve had in a few months. A beautiful cloudy, midge filled day.
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- off to the Gallatin… #
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I came across the North American Black Bear Research Center in Minnesota who has a Bear Cam set up in the den of this mother and cub. Pretty interesting.
Bear Cam Link: http://www.bear.org/website/visit-us/lily-den-cam.html
We’re seeing temperatures pushing up near 50 this week so you can bet I’ll be on the rivers.
After my beating on the Madison Friday I figured I’d head over to the Gallatin to see if I could change my luck. I did, and managed to catch a number of decent browns; all on #18 midges. Unfortunately, I lost a couple that were really nice… one in particular which was easily 20+ who broke me off… stupid fish.
All in all, a good day on the river.
- Had a good couple of hours on the Gallatin yesterday. #
- Spending the day on the Madison… #
- Spent the day on the stretch of the Madison that doesn't contain fish… #
- Finally spending some time at the vise today… midges and rusty spinners. #
- @artlanderjr You bet… in reply to artlanderjr #
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I know it’s been a while since I posted but I’ve been both a little preoccupied and a bit unmotivated. I guess starting a blog during a major life change wasn’t the best idea but I think the move is finally complete and I’m settled enough to get back at it. Well… at least as settled as I can get with only the things I could fit in a Expedition and a dilapidated wooden drift boat.
As some of you know I recently made the permanent move from Las Vegas to Bozeman, MT to run the camp full time. I’d like to say it was a smooth, well planned and organized move… but if I did, I’d be lying.
We packed our 3000 sq. ft. house up and stuffed it into a 20×20 storage unit, Emily and the fingerling moved into my mother in laws house temporarily and I took what I needed to live for the summer and headed north. I’ve rented a little farm house and upon arrival realized I have perhaps allowed the trout bum thing to get out of hand. Apparently all I thought I needed was a truck load of fishing gear. So, after spending $200 on things I should have brought like towels, a light, and a chair… I’m rattling around in one room with no furniture except a folding table for fly tying and one for a desk and sleeping on a mat on the floor. A mat!
The good news is that I can now purchase a resident fishing license.
I have managed a few fishing days since arriving. I stopped on the way up to fish the Beaverhead; only had about an hour but made a couple of hook ups. I fished the Gallatin a couple of times this past week with a little success and then today I fished the Lower Madison. Folks around here claim it’s fishing great… well, either I picked the stretch with no fish or something is rubbing off from some of the blogs I read. 
For the most part it’s going well and I’m glad to be out of Vegas and in fly fishing Mecca.
- Moving to Bozeman… in the middle of the last packing push but Vegas is putting up a fight… #
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- Listening to: Fly Fishing Trout Lakes: A Biologist's Point Of View – Part II
Brian Chan – http://chilp.it/80fc94 #
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Wild Bonneville Cutthroat caught in Leeds Creek in St. George, Utah.
As some of you know one of the only things which can rival my passion for fly fishing is my passion for homeschooling (actually “unschooling”) my daughter. My approach relies heavily on sparking passion and experiencing life in a practical form. If you’re interested you might see my other blog on homeschooling: www.scottthrasher.com.
Fly fishing has been a great class room and I’m lucky that the small fry shares in my passion for the outdoors.
So, I’d like to share a few photos of my little fishing and fly tying buddy and a video taken the other day at the tying bench.
Note: Thanks to www.365flyfish.com where I discovered this nifty little flipbook plugin.
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