Join us on our continuous trout road trip!

Lots of trout!!

by Brooks Jessen | Apr 10, 2012

We had some tougher days and had to work real hard to have a 20 fish day in mid to late March. It was colder than normal and about the time bugs would show and the fishing was getting good, some crazy weather would throw us a...

Snow day, kids and dogs on the Bitterroot.

by Brooks Jessen | Apr 6, 2012

It's Good Friday today and since it was snowing, and my client is from Missoula, he decided to fish another day when the hatch should be better. So I rested my shoulders and took care of a few things.Yesterday on the Bitterroot there were two young boys probably...

Over the Mountains and to the MO, the land of big trout we go!!!

by Brooks Jessen | Apr 1, 2012

Well we are day tripping to the Mo. The Root blew out on Saturday so we took off to the Missouri in Craig MT and lit em up in nymphs. It was as good as as I have seen the nymphing there in 12 years. Lots of monster fish eating little pink...

Grinding

by Brooks Jessen | Mar 28, 2012

I guided today in many different weather conditions on the Bitterroot north of Hamilton Montana. It started out raining, then got warm and sunny, then a windstorm/blizzard/monsoon with real cold air blew in. Trees snapping, hail coming down. We...

On the River

by Brooks Jessen | Mar 23, 2012

I've been guiding the last 4 days on the Bitterroot. It was cold, snowy, and windy for 3 days, we caught some fish on dries but for the most part we had to get em on droppers. SJ worms and stonefly nymphs worked best. Yesterday they started...

Fly Fish Guiding 101

by Brooks Jessen | Mar 16, 2012

"You guides show up late for work, grumble about being hung-over, take your guys fishing, and have fun all day every day. When are you going to get a real job"? I hear it all the time. I usually just shrug and say "someday...