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 | May 28, 2020 | Bitterroot River, Brooks Jessen, Fly Fishing, General, Salmon flies
My daughter Logan and I floated the mainstream Bitterroot four days ago as it was on the drop, a bit too high for solid fishing. She did stick a big brown trout looked like, but he popped off before we got a visual. There is some fishing in side channels. A couple...
by Brooks Jessen | Apr 26, 2020 | Bitterroot River, Black Foot River, drift boats, Fly Fishing
Hey guys I hope everyone is staying healthy both physically and mentally. Our family has been trying to make the best of these last few months of social distancing. We’ve tied flies, home schooled, watched a lot of movies, learned how to better play pinochle,...
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 | Mar 4, 2020 | Bitterroot River, Brooks Jessen, Clark Fork River, competitive fly fishing guides, drift boats, ego
Guests may not realize this but guides and outfitters are SUPER competitive and a little like ninth grade girls (although that may be a bit of an insult towards ninth grade girls). They are always scheming about how they can get the better of their...
by Brooks Jessen | Jun 27, 2012 | Bitterroot River, Brooks Jessen
I need to get my camera out more often. Today on the Root we observed a heard of elk with calves and one real nice bull. The bull had a good rack all ready in velvet of course. A mink, a pair of white-tail fawns, 6 white-tail bucks in velvet,...
