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Friday i had the good fortune of fishing the missouri river, a truly amazing piece of big water with big fish close enough to bozeman to be able to get in the water after a 45 minute drive, depending on were you access.  First i tried the go to Delekta sex fly in size 14(killer bug all over right now) trailed by midge pupas(red and grey twinkles size 18 and zebra midge size 18). A fairly standard pattern for the missouri which produced a couple decent trout then i noticed fish rising to the incredible adult midge hatch these sunny days have been bring

Last thursday i woke up with the burning desire to hike and find different spots in the gallatin canyon.  I spent the first thirty minutes of the day just moving my feet to get away from the usual spots.  My efforts were generously awarded with first stumbling upon a pod of trout in slow gin clear water occasionally rising to midges.  After landing about ten gorgeous 10"-14" rainbows on orange blood worms (size 14) and olive, black, or brown rubberlegs (size 6-10) i felt confident enough to switch to dries.

So, the fishing on the Lower Madison has been so good, I can't stay away from it. I went back again today and found that the fish didn't want anything but crayfish patterns and midge nymphs. I even threw a San Juan Worm and an egg for a bit, and not even a nibble.....Fine with me.

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This week Pete and I headed west and found ourselves floating the Lower Madison looking for pre-spawn Rainbows. Those of you familiar with this stretch of water know that trying to unlock its secrets can be an exercise in futility. Pete and got lucky and hit the Madison on one of her good days and were rewarded with sun shine, low winds, and hungry trout. Though we did find a couple of fish from the boat, most were caught while wading and thoroughly fishing the small pockets and runs.

Here at The Bozeman Angler, if we're not on the water chasing winter trout, we're sitting at the tying bench, pounding away at feathers, dubbing, and flash to create tantalizing treats with big fish dreams dancing in our heads.

This past week of decent weather has allowed us to move around local waters with comfortability and good fishing results.  Tuesday I hiked the East Gallatin and finally got into my first good sized fish on the east for this Winter!

This week, former Bozeman Angler spey guru, Lawrence Stuemke, joined Peter and I for a day on Armstrong's Spring creek. For those of you that haven't messed around on this world famous pieces of private water, this one of those places that can, and often does, humble the most skilled fly anglers. The water is about 50 degrees year round, gin clear, and full of educated trout.

This last week has brought us some mighty fine fishing weather, so Pete, Jay, and myself took full advantage of the warm temps and hit some local water. The fishing reports that we’ve been getting in the shop the last few days have been so inconsistent, it’s been hard to gat a read on what the fish are doing.

I kicked off the 2010 fishing season in the Bear Trap Canyon on the Madison River with my gal pal, Sarah and local trout sicko, Sam Bergman. We got up real good and early to get a jump on the fish before they knew what hit'em. Like, 11:00 in the morning early. One of the nice thing about fishing trout in the winter is that you don't have to bust your fanny to the river at the crack of dawn in order to get there before the other fishermen and the heat of the day.