On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:52:57 -0000, salmobytes
wrote:

On Jun 19, 12:28 pm, Charles A wrote:

I'm a novice and my family and I have an opportunity to go to Big
Sky,MT this August. Any suggestions on when would be better ie. early/
mid/late August? I love fishing for trout. Used to do quite a bit in
New York state. Since moving to Tenness


The situation here (in Montana) is not good.
The fishing right now (today, for instance) is as good as
it ever gets. But it shouldn't be. On June 20th the Yellowstone
should be flooding, raging and unfishable. Instead it's cool (still)
but low and clear, and the Salmon Flies are hatching 2-3 weeks
early. By August the guides will have to put roller skates on
the bottoms of their driftboats. High altitude hike-ins will be
all that's left..........if the whole state isn't in flames.
This could be a bad fire year.



Well, it seemed as if half of it burned last year, might as well
finish the job.

As a midwesterner I'm used to droughts that last a year or two. The
decades long things you guys experience out west are a climactic
incognita for me.
OTOH, I hear that eastern Montana is actually wet this year. I'm sure
the rattlesnakes appreciate the extra cover. ;^).

g.c.