by Brooks Jessen | Apr 21, 2021 | General
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...
by Brooks Jessen | Mar 20, 2021 | Bitterroot River, Clark Fork River, General
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...
by Brooks Jessen | Jan 1, 2021 | General
https://troutzoolamontana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210101_102122-1.mp4 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 worried about who is catching you, you will only lose...
by Brooks Jessen | Nov 29, 2020 | General
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...
by Brooks Jessen | Oct 11, 2020 | General
A recent event occurred that has reawakened our family to how vulnerable, temporary, perhaps insignificant the lives of the wild birds, animals, vegetation, our beloved families, and our pets (mostly dogs, we are dog people), can be. These amazing rivers that we have...
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...