by Brooks Jessen | Dec 17, 2025 | Bitterroot River, Blackfoot River, Clark Fork River, Missouri River near Craig MT, SheepCreek Mine Opposition
This last 2025 season marked over a quarter century that I’ve been rowing guests down our Montana rivers. Every year brings a new set of challenges. I recently had Lasik eye surgery and my distance vision is awesome. Now I’ll be able to see a brown...
by Brooks Jessen | Aug 12, 2025 | General
Good morning fly fishing aficionados. May and June were extremely productive fishing months. June on the Bitterroot was pretty epic with dries and big fish. Those cloudy, rainy days in late June had some gators on the prowl. We guided a bunch on the...
by Brooks Jessen | May 12, 2025 | General
Currently/ Mid May 2025 the Bitterroot, Clark Fork, and the Blackfoot rivers are in full Spring runoff and flowing at near flood stage. Chocolate brown with the occasional tree, tire, and drowned cow floating by would be my fishing/ river description. The snow pack...
by Brooks Jessen | Jan 15, 2025 | General
Happy new year everyone from Troutzoola. This will be my 25th year rowing a drift boat as a guide and or outfitter in Montana. I was a younger man back in 2000, not so much anymore but I’m still willing and able to pull on the sticks with guests while looking...
by Brooks Jessen | Sep 24, 2024 | General
Hey friends we haven’t posted/updated in a while so here is a quick report with some late summer early fall 2024 photos. We had unseasonably hot weather/ drought in July prompting statewide fishing restrictions and closures. I didn’t feel like pressuring...
