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I see you and me in 2023!! yeah yeah yeah.

by Brooks Jessen | Jan 17, 2023

The end of 2022 didn't turn our well for my favorite NFL football team but it's looking up for our Montana rivers. We've had a winter similar to the ones when I was a kid. Who remembers when we had to walk 12 miles to school uphill both ways in snowdrifts and -20...

Thanksgiving 2022 with TroutZoola Montana

by Brooks Jessen | Nov 24, 2022

We at Troutzoola are thankful for an abundance of reasons. We sometimes overlook that being able to work and take guests floating down these amazing rivers in our homeland here in Western Montana is an amazing privilege. We recently met and were lucky to...

June Fishing report 2022 from TroutZoola Montana

by Brooks Jessen | Jun 18, 2022

We have been on the Missouri quite a bit this May and June. The fishing has been really good this year. The Mo had been running 3000 CFS for the past 18 months until recently (they raised it to 7500 cfs below Holter this week). This big push of water is good for...

Spring fishing report.

by Brooks Jessen | Apr 22, 2022

This Spring of 2022 has been a bit colder than normal but we have had some nice windows offering excellent fishing. We started out on the Missouri in March where we were more winter fishing, pink scuds, amex, nymphing some midge stuff and put some awesome bows...

Shoveling water in March of 2022! and adventures with SlipKnot pt. 1

by Brooks Jessen | Mar 15, 2022

I started guiding last week. We took some new guests that were awesome to hang with. One guy was an excellent fisherman, and the other was doing pretty well. Water temps on the bitterroot were really low and the fish weren't swimming to the fly. We caught some but...

Tying, Tying all day long, and the ramblings of an old fishing guide!

by Brooks Jessen | Feb 22, 2022

It is February 22 and about -22 degrees below zero. A good time to tie flies I guess. When you first start tying it's pretty fun. Ones new creations catching hungry trout is a blast. Usually the most banged up, ruffled looking flies catch the most fish. Lately...