by Randy | Sep 24, 2022 | The Snag Hole
See those fenceposts spray painted day-glo red and orange everywhere you look? This is why. It all started when the Montana Stream Access Law took effect in the early 1980s. Listen to Ennis native Jim Goetz explain it nearly 40 years later. A lot of good came out of...
by Randy | Sep 11, 2022 | The Snag Hole
Montana Standard, Butte, Mt. Paul Siddoway: Crunch time for Big Hole Fisheries Management Plan PAUL SIDDOWAYSep 9, 2022 Dr. Paul Siddoway PAUL SIDDOWAY “The care of rivers is not a question of rivers but of the human heart” – Shozo Tanaka I am...
by Randy | Sep 6, 2022 | River Reports
A monster brown today for Cindy B. Caught in the middle of the day on the #16 Little Red Fly barbless. She put two other whoppers in the net. We fished the Varney stretch. Epic day. Walk The Earth. This great fish was released alive and swam away in fine shape....
by Randy | Aug 15, 2022 | River Reports
Some good times on the river with Matt and Anna. We came up with a few nice ones!
by Randy | Aug 11, 2022 | River Reports
A good day with Kay and Dennis… big bow on the hopper!
by Randy | Aug 8, 2022 | River Reports
Jim found a nice one rising in the creek this morning. Mike Lawson’s Henry’s Fork Hopper did it.
by Randy | Aug 4, 2022 | River Reports
Had some good fishing with the Shipman crew. Miles of smiles!
by Randy | Aug 1, 2022 | River Reports
Walk The Earth
by Randy | Jul 30, 2022 | River Reports
Good fishing this morning with Cindy B. We hit the PMD hatch and were able to match it with #14 Parachute Adams. Many risers… seven nice trout in a row out of the run. Winston 905, spigot ferrule, Ross Cimarron II, 5x tippet. Most excellent!
by Randy | Jul 26, 2022 | The Snag Hole
Last summer we had heavy smoke in the Madison Valley. The Goose Fire started by lightning strike on July 1 and stayed active until officially contained on Aug 9. The fire began in an inaccessible area near Hoodoo Pass and burned 7522 acres. Fishing guides and anglers...
