Early June in SW Montana

Snow melt is beginning to slow in the mountains of SW Montana. All the big rivers are dropping and beginning to clear.

The Big Hole under 6,000 cfs and clear enough to be fishable. We are dragging nymphs deep or fishing streamers off the banks if your arm will handle the constant casting all day. We expect to see adult stone flies next week. In the meantime fish the big stone fly nymph patterns with lots of lead.

The Beaverhead is down and beginning to fish more consistently. Use small nymphs such as serendipity, split backs and micro mays.

The Madison has dropped dramatically but is still off color because of the silt put into the river at the West Fork. If we don't have a great deal of rain in the next week or ten days the Mad should begin to clear enough to be fishable with nymphs.

The Ruby continues to be off color and may not really clear until close to the end of the month. If you get close to the Ruby Dam you can find some clean fishable water and you want to use the normal lineup of nymphs and streamers.

Clark Canyon Reservoir has slowed down since the rainbow spawning finished up. The Fish are more dispersed and you will have to begin to look for them in their summer holding areas.

Keep the faith. We will have good fishing again very shortly!