Tricos, moths, hoppers and great flows make the Big Hole a great fishery now. The flow at Maidenrock is 545 cfs which is well above...

The first span of the bridge on the south shore is now gone. This section of the river will reopen as of 2400 hrs. tonight. As you can...

The Big Hole will be  closed to floating from Dewey (George Grant), Greenwood Flat and to 1000 feet below Silver Bridge starting 0800...

The river is flowing at 850 cfs which means those of you using hard boats want to be careful for as some of the rocks are growing. I have...

I have been getting lots of calls asking if Silver Bridge (powerhouse access) is closed. The answer is no. By seeing the equipment being...

It’s July 3rd and look at all the snow still on this peak in the Pintlar Wilderness. Gotta love it. Fishing on top water remains very...

No pics today, sorry. River at 2750 cfs and fishing very good on top water. Mayflies, caddis, stone attractors, yellow sally’s. A guy...

At 3560 cfs the river is well above a thousand  cfs of average flow. This is a good thing. It means the flows for the rest of the season,...

After a crazy week or so things are back to normal on the Big Hole River. Last weekend was totally insane. The salmon flies are gone and...

That fish was not caught on a salmon fly but rather a large streamer by the buggerman himself. Last couple  days have been crazy around...

This super yummy has been catching lots of big fish lately and it looks like it got another one. He actually did it to himself. It looks...

Late this afternoon my neighbor Patricia called me at the shop and  said a raft had just flipped over at the dam and it was floating...

Of over thirty predictions for peak flow, most were not even close. Simmons was the closest with his prediction of 9200 on May 30th. The...

In just the last 24 hours the river has dropped considerably and visibility improved to about two feet. It is now at 75oo cfs and...

Big Hole River 7800 cfs Maidenrock With the rising river it  is getting to the level where it is marginal getting under Browns Bridge....

Nice fish on a little dry fly. The caddis came off day before yesterday and  that afternoon we had stellar fishing. In one  spot Art made...

This shot was taken about a week ago. Looks like some pretty miserable conditions right? It was miserable but these two fisherman were...

This photo was from a couple days ago when it was bright, sunny and a little tough fishing. Simmons and partner still managed to get a...

Just look at the eyes and you can tell this guy has an attitude. That’s the guy who attacked Jim and chased us in the shuttle van twice....

Ben and Zach who guided for me last week decided to do an R&D trip on their own and look what Ben came up with. Measured at an amazing 28...