The winter here in Western Montana has been mild to say the least so far. Temperatures through January and now February have been well above normal and conditions resemble spring. This has been frustrating for hunting coyotes but a blessing to all the fisherman who have had enough of winter already. After the F3T recently toured through Missoula I’m sure most anglers have been out on the water ripping lip. It was so warm the river had bumped 1100 cfs in a day and we were riding out the flat before it dropped again. The forecast was looking gloomy with a strong likelyhood of rain throughout the afternoon. We weren’t super sure if today would be the best day to float. We quickly decided that given it was Monday, what other way would be a great way to kick off the week, so we hit the road and met up with our good friend Josh Rokosch. The boat hit the water and a few bends in the river later and Travis had a solid rainbow.
The next couple hours were full of hookups mainly by Travis. I bet he had me beat 10 to 0 at one point!
And yes vibes were solid all around.
The fishing was surpassing our expectations for what one would think fishing in February would be. There was a short period of time where I almost tied on a skwalla just to see what would happen. I didn’t but the rest of the day was full of plenty of laughs and a few more trout.
Stoked to get back out and see what this spring has to offer!
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-Zack
