by Brooks Jessen | Sep 2, 2026 | General
Oh welcome September. The return of football, bird hunting, bow hunting, no 105 degree days so oh yeah Fall is almost here! This summer was hot but not as bad as the previous two years. Hoot owl has been lifted. Pride (our son) has guided almost every day the last...
by Brooks Jessen | Jul 2, 2026 | General
Thank you rain dancers for the precipitation the last two months. The recent fishing has been some of the best fishing we’ve had in the last 10 years. Our son Pride Jessen is guiding for us and some friends/ outfitters. He’s doing awesome. Thanks...
by Brooks Jessen | Mar 3, 2026 | General
Hey everyone we welcome March 2026. We have some news and are excited that our son Pride Jessen is going to do some guiding for us this season. He’s really fishy, a streamer Guru, great fly tyer, caster, northern pike guy, and handles a boat flawlessly. ...
by Brooks Jessen | Aug 12, 2025 | General
Good morning fly fishing aficionados. May and June were extremely productive fishing months. June on the Bitterroot was pretty epic with dries and big fish. Those cloudy, rainy days in late June had some gators on the prowl. We guided a bunch on the...
by Brooks Jessen | May 12, 2025 | General
Currently/ Mid May 2025 the Bitterroot, Clark Fork, and the Blackfoot rivers are in full Spring runoff and flowing at near flood stage. Chocolate brown with the occasional tree, tire, and drowned cow floating by would be my fishing/ river description. The snow pack...
by Brooks Jessen | Jan 15, 2025 | General
Happy new year everyone from Troutzoola. This will be my 25th year rowing a drift boat as a guide and or outfitter in Montana. I was a younger man back in 2000, not so much anymore but I’m still willing and able to pull on the sticks with guests while looking...