Hot weather brings hot fishing. Seems we went from February to August in two weeks. The Big Hole is big water (still over 5k) and fishing with streamers on most days even in the bright sun and 90 degrees. Most recently (yesterday) the whitey bite has been insane and avoiding them is like avoiding rain in Forks or wind in Ellensburg. Large browns are on the streamer/little bug combo in the AM and again after 3 pm.

   The Beaverhead is as good as I have ever seen it both the pogo and the short leash are producing. Fished with an old friend and prior neighbor from 1980 Rodney Roland, we had a stellar day on the Beaverhead fly fishing his first time and landing trout over 20 inches a few times in the day to cap off an insane Sally bite.

   The guide story of the month comes from the Big Hole River a week ago Monday. As if fishing could not get any better, brown trout are attacking boats. We had a 2 ft brown trout surface on a streamer as the angler was recasting, as they do sometimes, while this one was doing its best impression of a Great White at the surface searching for the removed streamer it catches the disturbance of my right oar as we stroll down stream with me verbally wishing the streamer back to the searching brown. It literally turns on the oars entrance and attacks the tip then runs off.

   More from Twin and SW Montana on my next day off the river.