Salmonflies on the Big Hole would be fun! It’s one of those rivers on my “bucket list.” I usually stop around the Bear Trap on the Madison as far as heading north and the Ruby River when going west when I’ve fished Montana. I’d love to spend 2-3 weeks hitting western Montana one of these summers.

This is a slow salmonfly year for me since I was sick at the beginning of the hatch and now this week it’s my daughter’s 12th birthday, my son graduated from high school last night and tomorrow is the last day of school. So nothing doing this week. By next week when I can finally hit the rivers again it will be over. I should be able to pull in a few on a SF pattern though as there are always a few still keying on them.

In the spot I was at, seemed pretty much the same as far as trout pickiness. I have really only had a couple of really amazing fishing experiences with the SF hatch as far as the fishing goes, where they really seemed keyed in enough for me to catch a fair number with a SF imitation.

It’s good to hear the kids weren’t “scared” of them and would catch them. They’re pretty cool. Last night I got out a video I took of them hatching that I took about 7 years ago. It’s definitely something to watch them hatch. Did the kids get a chance to see that too?