Fishing Report

A LITTLE TOUGHER TODAY WITH THE SUN AND WIND

Fishing was still good today on the Missouri.  The bright sun and a little bit of wind to compete with made things a little tougher.  Thatss O.K. I’m always looking for a challenge.  Lightning bugs, Czech nymphs, midges with get you into the game.  The streamer bite was hit and miss.  White was key today!  Nymphing success was in soft tail-outs.  Looking forward to the weekend with increasing temperatures and hopefully less wind.

KINDA A MIDGE/LIGHTNING BUG KINDA OF A DAY!

Montana always teases you in the spring time.  It’s gets nice and everyone gets excited about the weather outside.  Then old man winter shows up and puts a damper on things.  Today was a great day to tie up a bunch of midges and lightning bugs.  For the Missouri its nice to have a endless supply of these bugs.  I got my new phone yesterday (a IPhone4)  and can’t be more pleased.  My wife told me to download the Pandora app and when it comes to fly tying you couldn’t ask for better music.  In my case, I type in Guns and Roses and bam, I start listening to “Sweet Child of Mine.  Next song is Metallica “One” followed by Lynard Synard “Sweet Home Alabama”.  You should try listening to Pandora the next time you tie up a batch of flies.  It’s a great way to enhance the day when you wish you were out on the water.  Can’t wait to be out chasing trout on midges and baetis!

I thought that I would report today on my latest obsession on “fly fishing for pike”.  I can honestly tell you that I don’t know were this came from, but a couple months back I saw a few video’s of anglers fly fishing for pike.  Catching a 40 inch plus fish on a fly seems like a pretty fun thing to do.  The best thing for me while fishing is seeing “the take”.  A week and a half ago I fished the Madison and saw some great takes on my streamer.  I’m already dreaming of the spring and summer days of 20 inch fish on the might Mo taking dries!  My mission in the next month and a half will be to catch a 40 inch plus pike while sight fishing for them!  I just finished a book called “Mastering Pike on the Fly” by Barry Reynolds.  Its a great book on how Barry approaches his pike adventures.  So, today I started tying pike flies that I hope will entice a huge pike.  If anything, with crappy weather outside, it keeps a fly fisherman focused on fly fishing and something new. 

Here is a video I put together from my trip to Belize-San Pedro.  I was able to catch some nice bonefish and had my shots at permit and tarpon.  I guess I will just have to go back.  I hope you enjoy it!