The river is rising, and I don’t mean the fish! We have been experiencing a lot of rain during the cold front that’s descended upon Montana and much of the North West. The river has gone from 4500 cfs to 5950 in the past 2 days. The first day they raised the river it shut the dry fly fishing off.  Any time the river flow gets altered significantly there is a large water temperature change as well. This will often shut the dryfly hatches down.  The nymphing has remained solid despite the rising flows. We will see how it fishes today now that the river has stabilized a bit.

P.S Thanks to Joe and David Brown. It’s great to see father and son spend time on the water. Also, thanks to Bob Marriotts Travel. Pete, Jim, Tom, and Norm were absolutely wonderful to have at the lodge. Many thanks as well to Off the Beaten Path and the Gillmans as well as Mark and Kristen Billowus. The past week was great thanks to all of you!