Orvis Guide Rendezvous 2015 & Down the Hatch

Beaverhead River Brown

 Just returned from the 2015 Orvis Guide Rendezvous, and as usual, what an great time! Took off a few days early and spent a couple of days fishing the Beaverhead, Big Hole and Jefferson Rivers near Twin Bridges and it didn't disappoint. Caught some nice fish and floated some beautiful country with good friends and Eagle Nest Lodge managers John and Becca Shirley. John managed this beautiful Beaverhead brown trout on a streamer, a wooley bugger of course!

John with a good one.

Rigged and Ready.

Tobacco Root mountains from the Big Hole.

 Spent the weekend in Missoula for the OGR taking in a few seminars, some good music, and talking to vendors representing different products from boats to coolers. Things kick off this week as far as the guide season goes, and the Bighorn has been fishing great. Hopefully the dry fly fishing keeps on going for a while to come.

Who says you can't surf in Montana?

Down The Hatch Festival in Missoula.

Little Smokies live and loud.