http://montana-flyfish.com Another Montana Fly Fishing Guide Pontification Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:16:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our good friend and Florida Keys Captian Ted Christie invited Eric Adams down for a week of great flats fishing. Our Primary target was the elusive Permit. Three of the 5 days were dedicated to these occasional flats dwellers with one exceptional day where Ted put me on 15 different ... http://montana-flyfish.com/?p=51 Well run off is in full swing and aside from some of the local lakes and a few tailwaters there's not much fishing to be done around here. So a couple of us from Montana Fly Fishing Guides, Sweetwater Fly Shop, and our friend Bob Bergquist are headed to Acklins ... http://montana-flyfish.com/?p=47 We'll run off is pretty much here to stay for the next 5 weeks, however some of the tailwaters are still fishing well. Dr. Smith came out for his annual spring trip with Montana Fly Fishing Guides and we manage to catch a few trout on Armstrong's Spring Creek despite ... http://montana-flyfish.com/?p=43 Well it's almost the middle of May and our cool, wet weather so no signs of letting up. This has made for some great spring fishing so far. However, as of May 8th we are sitting on 124% of normal snow pack. What this means if you're coming out this ... http://montana-flyfish.com/?p=41 Well the Mother's Day Caddis has yet to hit full steam on the Yellowstone River this spring. Our weather has been a mix of snow, rain and cool water temperatures so far. The river is fishing very well between 12pm and 5pm with complex hatches of March Brown and Baetis ... http://montana-flyfish.com/?p=39 This week was great fishing for a number of our clients that took full advantage of our Spring Fishing Discount. We spent several days on the local spring creeks with good midge fishing in the mornings and some dry fly Baetis fishing later in the day. We also got to ... http://montana-flyfish.com/?p=34   Spring time in Montana is toying with us as usual – the weather has been 70+ degrees the last few days but cool weather is forecasted for this weekend.  These warmer temperatures have caused some of the lower snow to start melting and the Yellowstone was a bit off color ... http://montana-flyfish.com/?p=27 [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="R. Lyons with a nice Yellowstone River Cutthroat trout"][/caption] Over the weekend I had the opportunity to guide two different groups. Mr. Lyons and I fished the Yellowstone River from Carter Bridge to 9th street and had a beautiful spring day. Temperatures where in the mid forties ... http://montana-flyfish.com/?p=24 ... is me beating the bottom of my drift boat with a broom handle.  Why?  To remove the 4 inches of ice covering my floor.  Why?  Because I've got two guide trips this weekend and sometimes it's difficult to stay in the boat when it's not iced up.  The weather is ... http://montana-flyfish.com/?p=19 Well spring has sprung and we couldn't be more excited. In fact we've been fishing for the past couple weeks. Eric Adams just got back from a great Florida trip with Captain's Ted Christie and Perry Coleman. The weather was great and the Tarpon and Permit fishing was very good. ... http://montana-flyfish.com/?p=11