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Like the weather in the Rockies, the fishing changes drastically by the season; seasoned anglers know to choose fall for the smorgasbord of flies, fish, and Montana sky. The fall is a classical symphony set to the immortal percussive beat of a Montana river and sky. By mid-September, the high water temperatures return to bone chilling normal and the intense insect activity resumes. This is the time of the year trout, bugs and anglers alike realize the band is on its last set and we must get out and dance. Fish feed with reckless abandon on Mahogany duns, blue winged olives and the prince of fall, the October caddis, as they look ahead to shorter days and a long winter.
The Blackfoot River
The Blackfoot River was immortalized in Norman Maclean’s book “A River Runs Through It,” which later became a successful film by the same name. Seven miles of the famous “Big” Blackfoot River run right through the heart of Paws Up Ranch. If you could imagine the perfect western freestone trout stream, the Blackfoot would be it. The beauty and scenery are unmatched by any river in Montana, with deep emerald pools followed by fast boulder-strewn pocket water, which flows into bubbling choppy riffles and waist deep clear runs. Trout inhabit practically every inch of this river – primarily cutthroat and rainbow with a good population of monster brown trout as well. Because of the proximity to the Resort, the Blackfoot is considered our ‘home water’ and our guides know every rock, run, and riffle. In other words, the most productive, secret fishing holes will not be kept secret from you. The dry-fly fishing on the Blackfoot has been described as both forgiving and phenomenal.
The Missouri
Looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity for successful fly fishing? The blue-ribbon Missouri river, just 90-minutes from The Resort at Paws Up, provides the angler with some of the best fishing in the west. The legendary blanket hatches of mayflies and caddis make every fish in the Missouri look to the surface. Known as primarily a rainbow fishery, this gentle-sloped tail water fishery has been seeing an increasing number of browns in the past few years. No fly-fishing career is complete until you spend a day on Montana’s historic “Big Mo.”
The Clark Fork
The Clark Fork has been called “the best river in the west that no one knows about” and “the under-utilized jewel of Western Montana.” This classic dry-fly river holds hard-fighting rainbows and features long riffles, runs and very few pools. Because of the significant size of this high producing river, most fishing is done from a drift boat and wading opportunities are scarce. Every fly-fisherman should experience two things in his/her angling experience: casting under the Big Sky and fighting a rainbow out of the Clark Fork.
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