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by Brooks Jessen | Jul 6, 2021

June was a crazy month from our business standpoint. The weather was bi polar. We were on the MO a bunch, with my wife and I staying in our camper. Then we'd bomb back to Rock Creek, then back to the Mo, back to the Blackfoot, then Mo, back to Rock Creek, and even a...

2021 Spring fly fishing Photo Collage here at Troutzoola with new friends and old!

by Brooks Jessen | Apr 21, 2021

We have had a nice Spring this 2021 mostly on the Bitterroot, with a few real good days on the Clark Fork, Blackfoot, and the Missouri. We've been on the sticks for a little over a month now and we are headed to the Mo this weekend for about 1 1/2 months. The weather...

Drift boats VS Rafts!

by Brooks Jessen | Mar 20, 2021

Well everyone it is Mid March and the big bugs are showing up on the Bitterroot. I haven't been out floating a bunch this year, February was cold and felt more like the longest month not the shortest. But I'm guiding/ on the sticks today and the age old dilemma is...

Troutzoola Montana Fly Fishing Partnering with Buckets of Love

by Brooks Jessen | Feb 18, 2021

Here we are in the doldrums of February and with them Brooks and I have been discussing mental health. Mental health is a taboo subject no matter how progressive we think we've become. Hopefully we can get to a point where we can express that maybe we're having a...

DON’T HOLD THE LINE!

by Brooks Jessen | Feb 1, 2021

Well it's the first day of February and I am procrastinating fly tying so I will talk about an arguable subject involving hooking fish and playing fish. I'll also share a factual story from last season. Big fish late in the summer are tough to fool on busy rivers here...