Comments on: The Montana Fly Fishing Road Trip Continues: This Time an Even Smaller Stream

By: Montana Road Trip 2009: Fly Fishing Tiny Alpine Meadows for 100 Year-Old Mussels? | The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:25:55 +0000

[...] tiny meadow stream carefully not mentioned by name here was one we fly fished last year, and the fly fishing was the same small stream festival I remembered from 12 months [...]

By: Montana Road Trip 2009: Fly Fishing a Small Cutthroat Trout Stream | The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:40:11 +0000

[...] back at home, I’ve got one more day to report (this on a tiny meadow stream some of you will recognize from last year’s report), and we may be headed to Georgetown Lake in pursuit of bigger trout (and fewer aching [...]

By: Jonathan Kelly

Jonathan Kelly — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:43:24 +0000

Um, freakin’ killer photos and content. Very well done.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:50:57 +0000

Just wonderful Tom

By: My first true trout rod | Michael Gracie

My first true trout rod | Michael Gracie — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:02:29 +0000

[...] profusely about his seemingly never-ending trip to Montana, and the latest of his jaunts was to yet another untouched small stream. While reading Tom’s blow-by-blow this I heard a rattling in the closet – it was the LL [...]

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:21:16 +0000

Garnet: Most of the big rivers were still out of shape for my trip, though I like the little guys anyway.

Farmer: The stealth and casting accuracy required make small streams a bigger test than many are willing to say. I love ‘em.

By: Farmer de Ville

Farmer de Ville — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:14:14 +0000

Nice. I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of fishing tiny streams. To my mind – while the trout tend to be small – they can be big fun…

Farmer

By: Garnet

Garnet — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:57:53 +0000

I got back from the Ennis area a few weeks ago, where the water was high, fast, and muddy save for a lone creek or two. Those photos are making me supremely jealous. I might just have to go back and give it another go. Sigh . . . if only.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:05:24 +0000

Further Correction: Three extra inches make that rod even more unwieldy. Do yourself a favor and send it to:

Underground Rod Rescue (A Home for Under-appreciated fly rods).

Yes, I know. We do good things for the world here.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:31:54 +0000

Typo correction – 389LL. I’m sure the extra 3 inches make it useless for small streams, so I won’t bother sending it ;-) .

By: Alabama flygirl

Alabama flygirl — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:43:27 +0000

While jumping up and down with my hand raised like a little kid in school…I say…

“Pick me!! Take me!!”

Great report!

By: yuhina

yuhina — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:13:17 +0000

hmmm… fishing in the paradise! jealous… : )

By: Jean-Paul Lipton

Jean-Paul Lipton — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:24:55 +0000

nice. that stream reminds me of some of the small streams found in MN, often deeper than they are wide.

By: fishskicanoe

fishskicanoe — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:10:48 +0000

These reports are getting better and better!

By: hugh koontz

hugh koontz — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:07:06 +0000

What a pretty place to hang out. Nice color to the fish too.
Damn, you don’t even have to worry about your backcast…what a thought.