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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EQHYCWic_c Awesome day out on the water with my brother. The fish were on the prowl and we made the best of it!
While there are some whispers and rumors of fall salmon in some of the river systems, and fall weather patterns loom over us, we are still focused on our warm water fish species and are enjoying every minute of it. Summer is at its peak and we have taken full
Not much has changed on the trout rivers as we continue to cruise through summer. The water is low and clear and the water temperatures are ideal most days, starting cooler in the mornings and warming up later in the day. There aren’t too many bugs on the water, but
Hopper and terrestrial time is continuing with no real change from our fishing report last week. The water levels and temperatures remain steady over the past week. This is such a fun time to fish as we have tricos in the morning and that gets the fish looking up for
An odd, and interesting, week. Overnight lows dipped enough to allow for some better daytime fishing. Canadian smoke painted some wild sunsets. The tricos sparkled in the morning light. The afternoon rise improved dramatically with deer flies, ants, and attractors. The evening mix of light cahills and BWOs was pleasant
August is here and so are August fishing conditions. The rivers are low and clear and with the cooler overnight temperatures, the water temperatures are ideal. It’s a fun time of year to wet-wade with a box or two of flies in your pocket and some tippet and just keep
Temperatures have finally broken from the stranglehold of heat we’ve endured the past couple of weeks. Last night, I was out on the river mousing, and the air temperature dipped all the way down to 42 degrees—it was cold!
You gotta love a season when you can catch a brown trout on a 5-inch long mouse and, a few yours later, a brown trout on a size 26 Trico. It’s this miniature fishing that comes first. There are some true trico devotees at the lodge right now and, a
Northern Angler Fishing Report 7/26/25
This week, we had some tremendous storms roll through the area, and the rivers are up and stained—great news for water levels and fish, especially during a time of year when conditions are typically low