top of page
  • White Facebook Icon
  • White Instagram Icon

Hopper, Dropper

  • Writer: Admin
    Admin
  • Aug 10, 2008
  • 1 min read

Big Hole River 468 cfs —that’s about 40 cfs above the 80 year average at the Melrose station—-ain’t it sweet.

Today is the first day we had good success with a hopper dropper combo. I’ve tried hoppers here and there for the past couple weeks with a few slappers and such but today we got some nice brown trout on them. It was about half and half on top and under. I really hate to admit this after I got Pat sold on the purple haze but they didn’t work worth a dam today. Also Pat if you have never done the streamer thing you are missing one of the finer things in life and I suggest you get after it before it’s too late. Trust me on this one and you will thank me later. Just before noon today there were a few tricos, not the big clouds of them yet but soon. Also at that time the fish were lookin for the little guys and a griffith’s gnat got browns, rainbow and whitefish all in the same area. You gotta take what the river gives ya.

Craig Jones (MT Outfitter #17520) Lia Jones (MT Outfitter #44488) Great Divide Outfitters

PO Box 93/76793 MT Hwy 43 | Divide, MT | 59727 | 406-267-3346

Copyright 2015-2022 Great Divide Outfitters | All Rights Reserved

© 2023 by BLOSSOMCREATIVE LLC.

bottom of page