The first week on the island has been everything its cracked up to be. We have had a little rough weather but that has not stopped Lia,...

Great Divide Fly Shop has been closed for almost a month. The guns were sighted in, hunting clothes dusted off, and hiking boots broken...

This weather has been changing dramatically from week to week, one day its 5 inches of snow on the deck, and the next is 65 and sunny. ...

We will be closing up for the 2019 season on October 22, 2019. Craig drew an antelope tag in West Dakota, so we are going to take...

SW Montana received its first mountain top snowfall overnight. The leaves are beginning to change, and Al is watching out for bears...

This Big Hole has been undergoing its fall changes. The river is starting to bounce back as ditches are being shut down and water is...

The Big Hole is still dropping despite the record rainfall in July and near record rainfall in August. The night time temps have been...

The trico hatch has been pretty solid for the past week or so. If you are a wade fishermen, don’t disregard the upper river. I waded...

The lower Big Hole, from Notch Bottom to the confluence with the Beaverhead River entered hoot owl restrictions, effective today, Aug 8....

We’re a little behind on our Big Hole reports, July has flown by. We will keep this short and simple. Flows have dropped below 600 cfs at...

The heat of the summer is upon us. The big bugs of the spring are dwindling and we are seeing some of the small bug hatches begin in...

It seems every time I sit down to write a river report we are on the entry or exit of a cold front. But hell, we’ll take it in June. The...

It seems almost every regional angler is keeping their eyes peeled for the arrival of our big bugs, the salmonfly. I was betting on...

Spring flew by, and June is upon us. The river has been holding between 2,000 cfs and 3,000 cfs (Dickie Bridge) for the past week, and...

The river has been dropping for a week due to our cold weather.  The hatches seem to be at a stand still, waiting for the sun to come...

The Big Hole saw its first busy weekend of the season, and with it came some pretty great fishing. We hope you enjoyed it, because...

The last time I went up river to fish I caught one sucker, may have snagged it, but I landed it none the less.  The weather was crap,...

The river has had some big jumps in the last four days, and the clarity isn’t great; a lot like coffee actually. Bright buggers and...

The good news is that the ice jams are coming out in a hurry.  We are clear of jams up to from Sportsmans Campground.  There is one more...

It’s the time of the year when we all start wondering when the upriver ice jams will start to break free and send Volkswagen size...