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Shuttle Companies:
Beartooth Outfitters (Dan & Nancy) - 682-7525
Meadowlark Shuttles (Connie) - 682-4188 or 581-4626
Dorothy's Shuttle Service (Slide Inn to Ennis Lake) - 682-4886

Fishing Report:

You might see a drop in outflows from Hebgen as they fix the Madison Dam on Ennis Lake. Water temps have plummeted to below 60 degrees over the last few days, meaning your better fishing is going to be in the afternoons while fish get adjusted to the temp swing. Had trips up here yesterday and the fishing was a little on the slow side - probably due to the recent reversal in weather patterns - think that the hopper bite will be off for a few days as we get a deluge of rain. That shouldn't effect clarity, but will put a damper on dry fly fishing. That being said, go below and fish some meat and small nymphs off the back. Until it warms up again don't worry about hopper fishing, maybe by Thursday/Friday though the weather will have warmed up enough. Terrestrial action had been picking up, fish were eating hoppers, still eating small nymphs better, but what the heck you can nymph year round, good luck with hoppers in April... Streamer fishing is good early in the AM, put them away by 10:30 and put on a hopper. Spruce moths are out and about in the highly forrested areas (up higher) and that makes for a nice early morning snack for the fish (that will be on pause with the cool weather though). Things will be changing back and forth with the weather, till it settles in one way or the other, your best bet will be beneath the surface...

Fly pattern suggestions: 
Foam Dave's Hopper: 6-8 Chubby Golden: 6-8-10-12 Baby Boy Hopper Tan & Chartreuse: 12-14 Used Rubber Yellow & Pink: 6-8-10  VW Hopper: 10-12 Little Bit of E: 16-18-20 Purple Lightning Bugs 16; San Juan Worm: 6-8-10 Delektable Brown Stone: 6-8-10 Mr Rubberlegs Hares Ear: 6-8 Mega Pheasant Tail: 6-8 Turds: 6-8-10 Copper Johnson Red: 16-18-20 Mustang Sally: 16-18  Hairy Sculpin Brown & Olive: 2-4 Bow River Bugger Whiteface Blackie: 4-6 San Juan Worms: 10-18, Fathead Tan & White: 2 Sex Dungeons Assorted: 2 Double Screamer Streamers: 2 Bellyache Minnow Tan & Olive: 1/0-2

Last Updated: 8/31/2010

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