"Three Rivers" - An old movie by Montana FWP about Lilly, Bailey, and Grant

Grab some popcorn and a beer and watch this classic from Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks

Oil pipeline spills "up to 50,000 gallons" into Yellowstone River

Yet again, there has been an oil spill in the lower Yellowstone River in Montana.  I guess the Missoulian Newspaper feels this is less important than all of the other bullshit they put in their Breaking News banner at the top of their webpage.  Hmmmm?

Stock footage of an oil pipeline (obviously not the Lower Yellowstone) provided by the Missoulian

Remember the nasty Exxon oil spill in July 2011 near Laurel?  Well, now we've got some more oil in the river, this time near Glendive.  Here's a link to the Missoulian article.   

It's springtime in America

I looked through my logs and noticed that on this day in previous years, I was seeing Mother's Day caddis hatches on the Clark Fork.  We don't get monster hatches like the Yellowstone or Madison but we do get a solid showing if the conditions are right.  This has been a unique year and conditions have not been right yet and I don't know If they ever will be, so far as fishing is concerned.

Mother's Day caddis

March brown emerger

My old snapshot camera used to take great super-macro pictures like this old picture of a Mother's Day Caddis and March brown emerger.  I can't wait to get a macro lens for my real camera.

The Easy Mother's Day Caddis

HOOK: size 20-14 (18-16 is best)
THREAD: 8/0 color to match dubbing
DUBBING: Hand blend Super Fine dry fly dubbing in natural colors (tan, olive, yellow, brown)
WING: CDC oiler puffs
THORAX: Dub some CDC and develop a small thorax over where you tie in the wing

This fly is a great fly for teaching beginners how to tie dry flies.  This is a super effective fly and they are so easy to tie, you can do it while you are driving!


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