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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...

Don’t look back, only ahead!

by Brooks Jessen | Jan 1, 2021

The first thing you learn or should learn when racing motorcycles is during a moto/race is to never look back behind you. If you are...

2021 is almost here, whew!

by Brooks Jessen | Nov 29, 2020

Well November is about a wrap. We at Troutzoola had a good fall/ hunting season filling the freezer with antelope, elk, and deer. 2020 had its ups and downs, we kept busy guiding June through October. We took a fair amount of cancellations in the Spring of 2020 due to...