The dry fly fishing is now outstading throughout the entire length of Big Hole. The water is down around 3800 - 3900 cfs and the fish are looking up. Caddis, Golden Stones, Green Drakes, Brown Drakes, PMD's, Beetles, and Craneflies are bringing the fish up. They are in great shape and we are finding some big fish over 20" on a regular basis.
Cast a tight loop my friends -
Call for up-to-the-minute reports. 406-683-5276.
Fly Box
P.T. Cruzers. Sz. 12- 16 Hot Fly!
Prince Nymphs. Sz. 8-14
San Juan Worms. Sz. 8-12.
Yellow Yummies. Sz. 4
BuggaBullies in white, yellow, orange & grey. Sz. 4
Bow River Buggers. Sz. 4 & 6
Yuk Bugs. Sz. 4-8 Hot Fly!
Bellydancers. Yellow, White. Sz. 4
Rubberleg Stones. Sz. 4-10
Salmonfly Dries. Sz. 4-8
Elk Hair Caddis. Sz. 12-16
Parachute Adams. Sz. 12-16
Purple Haze. Sz. 12 & 14 Hot Fly!
Quigley's Green Drake Sz. 12
Royal Wulff. Sz. 10 - 14
Crystal Humpy. Sz. 12-16
The Big Hole Grayling fly reel - by Abel
There is only one of these "one of a kind" reels left.
The value of this reel will undoubtedly go up in the next few years.
The cost of our last remaining Big Hole Grayling Abel Reel is $995. Give us a call if you are interested. With the sale of this reel we are obligating $200.00 towards the Big Hole Foundation.
Wheat's Lake - July 11th, 2011
supplied by: Tim Tollett's Frontier Anglers RECORDED:79 °FISHING: Excellent
We've had some fantastic fishing on Wheat's the past few days. The fish are takimg damsels, callibaetis, leeches and so on. Big rainbows and browns - up to 8 1/2 pounds! Even on dry flies!!!
If you would like a to spend a day on one our areas best private waters you need to look no further. Wheat's is the place to go for big fish. At $125 per rod it is the perfect, quiet, spot to try your hand at some of the best fish around. There are 10 lb. browns in this lake - we've seen them!
Wheat's is alway fishing - no matter what time of year you're here.
In certain areas the fish have been up sucking midges. While the fishing is not on fire yet we are seeing a few good fish coming from the Horse Prairie end as well as off the Lone Tree campground.
The water needs to warm a bit to get the fish really moving and with the recent "very nice" weather we should see the action improving soon. We'll keep you updated.
Holter Reservoir - May 18th, 2011
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop RECORDED:50 °FISHING: Good
Water is really sketchy in MT right now. In some of the lakes they are turning on though, by turning on I mean the fish are functioning out of the spawn and getting back into their normal feeding habits. Some of the lakes on the front are fishing pretty well. I was on Nilan and got some smaller guys, good for smoking. We got them on AP Emerges, Still Water Nymphs,and Boat Launch Creeps. The big guys weren’t around. I’m going to head up the next two days and see if I can’t find some. I’ve heard some good reports on Willow, Bynum, and the lakes around Browning too. Monday I'm planning on fishing Holter all day for Walleye's. I'm pretty darn excited because I have never been and I'll be with the "PRO".
Bitterroot River - March 18th, 2011
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop RECORDED:50 °FISHING: Fair
Keeter and I floated from Bell Xing to Stevi. It was super slow. We caught 5 on skwalas and 1 on a streamer through out the day. I caught a good brown early in the morning and then Keeter had a bump a little ways after. We threw streamers off and on when we had enough of no dry action. Then we would loose the streamers on snags and switch back to skwalas. We were constantly making up excuses for why they weren't eating what we were throwing. (Keeter lost my last good fly I had tied up that I used the day before.)The action picked up... a little...at about 4:30 but every one we talked to on the water was having a tuff day.
(For the record) Neilsen was on the river catching whitefish.
Blackfoot River - September 29th, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop RECORDED:76 °FISHING: Great
Fishing continues to be pretty solid considering the indian summer we're currently experiencing over here. Chernobyl style attractors and mid-sized tarantulas have the goods on top (along with the purple haze...duh), but you're gonna be playin with a lot of small to mid-sized fish. If you're looking for quality over quanity, go subsurface with bunny style streamers in olive, tan, and black. October caddis have been out as well. Skating a #10 or 12 orange stimi chew toy across the thigh deep rips will get you some very aggressive strikes. Standard bfoot nymphs such as red copper johns, bh princes, red sjw, and smaller sized pt's will keep you into fish throughout periods of high sun (but you'll be playin a lot with whities and squaws...rocky mountain bones and snooks if you will). Look for baetis on days of clouds, which are few and far between right now.
Armstrong's, DePuy's and Nelson's Spring Creek - August 16th, 2010
supplied by: Sweetwater Fly Shop RECORDED:86 °FISHING: Good
Cooler temperatures and overcast skies have made for some great days on the Paradise Valley spring creeks as of late. PMD’s are still lingering on but the big draws are Sulphurs and small terrestrials. The small, size 20-22 mayflies, which have been popping off in large numbers in late afternoon, are best imitated by pale orange Comparadun, Sparkle Dun, and emerger patterns. Prior to the Sulphur hatch, anglers can do well fishing small ant, beetle, and hopper patterns near undercut and grassy banks. And, as always, small nymphs like the Z-Bro, Split-Case PMD, and Miracle Nymph have been turning some very nice fish.
For more up to date reports call Sweetwater at 406.222.9393.
Yellowstone National Park Rivers - June 18th, 2010
supplied by: Sweetwater Fly Shop RECORDED:56 °FISHING: Great
From the sounds of it, it’s time to dust off your soft hackles and head into the park! The Firehole has been fishing very well, with mid-morning Baetis and several waves of afternoon PMD hatches. Grab your favorite fishing buddy, your Sparkle Stackers and a few Comparaduns then head out there!
Rock Creek - June 11th, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop RECORDED:69 °FISHING: Excellent
Very solid fishing on the Creek these days. You have the best of two worlds right now up here; Salmonflies on the sunny days and green drakes (my favorite) on the cloudy, rainy days. Fish are looking up in a bad way right now, so its time to load the boxes with big, bushy, grotesque bugs and get it while the gettin is good. The majority of the Salmonflies are from the Dalles on up to the forks and the drakes are river wide. The flows are up so be careful wading and be very careful floating. If you are floating through the Microburst area around mm 27 make sure you take the left channel. There are some downed trees that create an optical illusion that appears to block the left channel, forcing you right, but trust me you want to stay left. If your are headed up here soon, call us at the shop to get the latest info. on downed trees and sweepers.
Suggested patterns: Big R bugs, cat pukes, widow makers, king kongs, carnage stones, green drakes, werewolfs, H & L varients, royal wulffs, elk hair caddis, twisted babies, twisted X's, madam X's
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