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Check out the flows on Belt right now. The creek isn’t as bad as some other places in the state. But as you can see in the pictures, it is about to knock the bridges out above and below the Sluiceboxes. If the one up by Monarch blows out, which it looks pretty darn close, it will really mess the float up through the canyon. Keep a good watch on it especially in the next few weeks as it starts to warm up… Read more

My dad and I had to make a family trip to South Dakota recently to our family's farmstead near Sisseton, SD.  A long drive, lots of window time, and plenty of great conversation later we found ourselves back across the flat lands of the dakotas where we could finally see mountains again.  In case you haven't driven across eastern Montana and the dakotas before, it's flat... not kind of flat, like between "Great Falls and Havre flat"... it's so flat that there is no... Read more

Calvin and Tom, the guys behind the counter that have serviced the fly fishing community of Ponderay are now working a couple blocks away to set up Big R Fly Shop II in Ponderay, ID.  Sandpoint (Ponderay) is home to both, and both have great passion for the fly fishing oppotunities the area has to offer.  Lots of inventory has been pouring in the store and we hope to offer the northern panhandle a tuned fly fishing offering that hasn't been done before.  Lots of feedback... Read more

This time of year its easy for most people to talk them self’s out of going fishing and when it starts you hear about it everywhere, First with the local news hyping it way out of proportion by saying that every year the “flood of the century” is on its way, then the first person you know who sees a muddy tributary starts spewing this info to everyone they know. Soon everyone is back to golfing, knitting, rollerblading or whatever the heck normal people do waiting for the... Read more

Good thing we are seeing some more rain.  I think everything was really drying up after 2 or 3 days of no precip.  However, fishing has been fairly consistent.  KK is out fishing the lakes the next couple days and Justin has been out on the lakes and reservoirs as well and getting some good fish.  We have been hearing more good reports right now from the Missouri right below the dam than we have heard in a while.  Nymphing has been consistent with worms, fire bead... Read more

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I fished the Mo last night late...got on the water about 7 and we did pretty well.  Fished from the Dam to Wolf Creek Bridge, and it looked to me that most anglers from the day were fishing up in that area as well.  Tons of midges on the water, as well as bwo's but the flows being 12,400 cfs seems to keep consistently rising fish inconsistent.  Fish were rising in a few spots but for the amount of food on top of the water, it is obvious that the flows are affecting the dry fly... Read more

Waters in small creeks and streams around central Montana continue to rise, with some reported out of their banks as of Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Great Falls issued a flood warning for Fergus County, meaning flooding there is imminent or already reported. According to the warning, Big Spring Creek and Beaver Creek are out of their banks in places, and minor flooding is occurring. The Judith River also continues to rise, according to the weather service. A... Read more

Probably one of the most unique new footwear products we saw at the shows last year was a brand called "Brew Shoes."  Brew Shoes are slip on mock style shoe for casual attire (apri fly fishing).  The shoes colors are named after micro brews such as a Mocha Porter or Hazelnut Brown.  They come in a sturdy 6 pack handled box, the treads are bottles so you leave a cool pattern when you are walking around, they are treated to be water and stain resistent, the tread is... Read more

Here is a summary of the latest outing from the North Middle School Fishing Club. NMS Hooked on Fishing not Drugs "Wow weeks are going by fast it is almost end of school .  The fishing club took 8 kids on a fishing trip to Baileys Res. on May 7th .  Only one snag our bus broke down so we took kids in our own vehicles.  The weather was mixed  the fishing was fun but the catching lacked.  We had only one fish caught it was by Jacob Barnhart a 20 inch pike on... Read more