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Jordan with a healthy winter brown.
Photo by Josh Almond.
Intro by Josh Almond
Welcome back to the weekly newsletter! I hope you all are enjoying February's bonus day. We started this week with some really nasty weather on Monday, lots of wind and snow. The rest of the week has been all over the place and it looks like we have a good chance for more snow this weekend. I'm glad I seized the opportunity to go fish last weekend as this upcoming one looks to be an opportune time to finish some projects at home.
This past weekend Jordan, Wyatt and I hit the road and headed over to the Beaverhead. Jordan had never fished it and Wyatt and I hadn't fished it since last April. It was a little breezy but the warm air temps and intermittent sunshine made for a great Saturday. The river had a little green tinge from what we guessed was low level snow melt but wasn't dirty. We caught a majority of our fish on midge pupa, but a few ate worms, scuds and baetis nymphs. We had hopes of finding some rising fish but the wind was just steady enough to keep the bugs off the water. Plenty of fun was had and all of us were grateful for an opportunity to get out of the house.
All of us really look forward to this time of year as we usually get a few days where our schedules line up and we can all fish together. Most of the summer we get to catch up before or after fishing but it's rare to get to spend a day together during peak season. So late winter and on into spring we get out whenever possible. Sometimes we hit conditions perfectly and other times we get hit with wild weather, either way we have a lot of fun and even luck into some fish occasionally. We're already chomping at the bit to get out again and once the opportunity arises we'll be back at it.
As always give us a call at the shop, swing in or shoot us an email if you have any questions!
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