by Brooks Jessen | May 26, 2023 | Beaverhead River, beavers, Bitter root, Bitter Root river, Bitterroot River, Black Foot River, Clark Fork River, craig MT camping
We’ve had some excellent Spring Fishing the last couple of months. We’ve mainly been on the Missouri with a few stints on the Clark Fork, Bitterroot, and the Blackfoot. I guided for a permit holder on the Bighole river a few days. I also have been doing...
by Brooks Jessen | Apr 22, 2022 | awesome clients, Bitter root, Bitter Root river, Bitterroot River, Black Foot River, Brooks Jessen, Clark Fork, Clark Fork River, Clark Fork Toads, drift boats, Fishing updates and other fishy gossip, Fly Fishing, friends, General, guide success, Missouri, Missouri River, my family, professional fishing guide
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...
by Brooks Jessen | Feb 18, 2021 | Bitter root, Bitter Root river, Bitterroot River, Black Foot River, Clark Fork, Clark Fork River, drift boats, Fly Fishing
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...
by Brooks Jessen | Jun 28, 2020 | Bitter Root river, Bitterroot River, Clark Fork, Clark Fork River, Fly Fishing, General, jumping rainbow trout, Missouri River, professional fishing guide, Rock Creek, Salmon flies
We have been kind of all over the map the last couple of weeks. Missouri near Craig back to Rock Creek, upper Bitterroot to the Blackfoot, and mid Bitterroot while taking a daring shot at the Mighty Clark Fork west of Missoula. Most of our rivers are substantially...
by Brooks Jessen | Apr 25, 2020 | Bitter root, Bitter Root river, Bitterroot River, Fly Fishing
Most of our days lately have been super quiet, as I’m sure they are for most folks. Again, as with most of the world our business has been on hold. I don’t want to talk about all the things we are all missing, today I’d like to be appreciative. We...
by Brooks Jessen | Jan 8, 2013 | 1st trout of 2013, Bitter Root river, vile vikings fans
I caught my1st trout of the year and then a few more today on the Bitter root. Some nice cutty’s not huge but an awesome way to break in 2013. The nymphing was good. A hare’s ear was the bug they wanted, it...