My good friend Craig and I drove to Craig, (MT town), and fished the MO for a couple of days.
I wanted to break in my new boat and Craig wanted to swing up some fish on his spey rod. He can really bomb line out across the river with that thing, I wanted to try it but I was afraid to embarrass myself. A good caster like Craig can effortlessly shoot 100 feet of line and make it look simple.
The trout weren’t really on the chase so we broke out the nymph rigs and stuck some real nice rainbows. It was fun winter fishing with early summer weather. Today the temps hit 62 degrees. A freaking awesome day!! There weren’t many people on the river and it was a fun trip. Stop into Headhunters if you’re in Craig, they’ll hook you up with the right bugs and whatever else you might need.
Our best nymph was the amex czech size 12 in slower water with a 8 ft leader to the 1st fly. Scuds were working and so was Ray Charles!
I dig my new Eddy, thanks Clackacraft for helping out the guide community, my family and I bombed down to ID Falls and grabbed my boat last week.
Get out there when you can.
Later
Brooks