Chewys been on the road a bit with the warm weather and the early ice off checking out some of the open waters from Craig to Gallatin Gateway, over the divide to some local freestones to bring YOU an up to date fishing dispatch from the road. First the local waters… Flows Below Holter: 4920 cfs.. read more →

09 Feb 2015
February 9, 2015

Small River, Big Reward

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It’s February in Montana, but you wouldn’t know it looking at the weather. Spring like conditions this past weekend brought strong winds, warm temps, and rain to the region. But no matter the wind and the rain, warm temps will bring anglers to the river. Instead of following the masses, I chose to explore new.. read more →

According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the Northwest is supposed to experience above-normal temperatures this Winter. Although we are currently average in most of our regions for snowpack across the State according to today’s SNOWTEL Report by the Natural Resources Conservation service (NRCS), after a two-day hiatus Montana is again experiencing the more Spring-like temperatures and.. read more →

Flows Below Holter: 5030 cfs (normally 4800) …. Water Temperature: ….35 Flows Below Hauser: 5190 cfs (normally 3670) …. Water Temperature: low to mid 30’s…. Looks like another unseasonably warm week ahead for all you fine folks is central Montana. Weather pushing into the mid to high 50s from Helena to Wolf Creek and west over the divide.. read more →

The countdown is down to SIX HOURS until the 2015 F3T at The Grandstreet Theater hosted by the Pat Barnes chapter of Trout Unlimited. We have a limited number of tickets left at our Helena shop but they’re going FAST!  We’ll have tickets until around 2 p.m for $15 each then you’ll have to take.. read more →

Flows Below Holter: 4800 cfs (normally 4900)…. Water Temperature: 34° F…. Flows Below Hauser: 4930 cfs (normally 3720)…. Water Temperature: low to mid 30’s…. Crazy warm and beautiful weather (for January) the past few days has made for some pretty sweet conditions to get out and wet a line.  The fishing on the MO has been pretty good.. read more →

  That’s right folks, only 5 DAYS left before the 2015 Fly Fishing Film Tour!! We’ve still got tickets for sale here in our Helena Shop, save some cash and possible heartache by getting them NOW! Only $15 to get in the door (cash or check only), $18 if you wait until you show up to.. read more →

  Only 9 DAYS left to get your tickets to the 2015 F3T at Grandstreet Theater here in Helena hosted by the Pat Barnes Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Thats right people, your well spent money doesn’t go to some Hollywood uppity-up, it goes to the hard working folks at TU working hard to protect and promote healthy.. read more →

Flows Below Holter: 4860 cfs…. Water Temperature: 33.8° F…. Flows Below Hauser: 5120 cfs…. Water Temperature: COLD…. Fingers crossed for the week ahead. If the weather man is right, it could be the break lots of use have been waiting for! Kick cabin fever in the gonads and get out there people! Looking like temps peaking this weekend.. read more →

Me too! Barbecue, baked, broiled & broasted. However the edible critter is not what I am referring to. Those of us who “lose ’em in the summer and tie ’em in the winter” know of what I speak. That incredibly beautiful, genetically spectacular, OMG bird of valuable feathers. The hen gives us the softer with more.. read more →