Recent Trip

[twinbridges]

Just back from about 3 1/2 weeks and it has been amazing.  It rained most of June and snowed in the mountains.  Hell, it snowed July 3rd.  The rivers we thought in May were going dry have been rocking.  The Big Hole River at Glen reached 10,800 cfs which is a lot of water.

So for a time we scrambled a bit to find good waters, things settled around 5,000 cfs and that would work.  In the last four days the Big Hole is at around 2300 cfs and about perfect.  If you are a lucky devil out that way it should be spectacular fishing.  Of course we did enjoy th eevening lows of about 40 and day highs about 70....nearly perfect.

I will get some pics up soon but I got to tell you the summer and fall looks like full go with lots of snow still on the upper mountains and the groundwater stocked.

[jwgnc]

Good to hear the water levels have a chance to hold for the summer.  Will there be any Ruby River wild fish in the pics?  I don't think I'll get to go out there this year.

[Trout Maharishi]

 

[twinbridges]

Well....we could have a few more fish pics...and more fish pics....are perhaps a bit of useful info.  From Big Al or Divide of Big Hole Journal blog this morning....Jus sayin....

Big Hole River 1850 cfs

The last few days have been great fishing with lots of top water action. The first half of today was the ultimate. For awhile it was so hot it was almost every other cast we were getting a hit and these were not small fish. We hooked at least eight there were over twenty inches. Three of the biggest simply ate our lunch. They were hooked in farily fast water and just headed up stream and we couldn’t stop em. I had Bob fishing with two fly’s on top as often do and at one point he had two fish on at the same time. This doesn’t happen often with dry’s. One broke off and we boated the other.
As good as the morning was it was the opposite in the mid to late afternoon, actually it totally died for us late afternoon inthe stretch we were on. Bob didn’t really want to do the nymph thing and that was fine with me. So we basically chilled out in the middle of river for the last few miles and talked about the incredible fishing early in the day.

Looks like it’s gonna get a little cooler next few days and that’s a good thing. How about that flow at still 2000 cfs at Melrose? There were those pessimists back in April saying we would be doomed by now—-oh ye of little faith.