The final days of the season are always bittersweet. Currently, there is an arctic cold front hanging around that with any luck will loosen its grip soon! It's the kind of cold that makes most fishing guides think twice about their profession.
We wrapped up our 2011 season a few days ago on the Missouri. Fishing was a bit tough but I suspect it was operator error? If you could rip a streamer in front of a nose or two, you could of moved a few fish and probably even got one to the net... quite a few but that was not the case this past weekend.
The Ritchie family blew into Montana in September and tore 'em up everywhere they fished. My ace crew of guides shined and we could not have pulled off this trip without them. Steve Wilson had my long time client and good friend Mark Baker out on the Upper Madison recently and they had a fantastic day!
It was a late start to the season due to the abundance of snowpack but once the rivers settled, the fishing was solid from start to finish. This is not the last post but one of several before we give up on the cold and are Southbound. Check back in a few for more of the 2011 season in review. To be continued...
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