





So… it’s September… and it is still going on with the hoppers! I have never seen it like this in my whole short life. Hoppers everywhere. Holy hoppers. Hoppers. Wow. If you are trying to get your dry fly game going, throw a hopper. The ant has picked up a fish or two also, but for the most part… hoppers. We have seen some good days with the sun and heat and have been lucky with that, but when the clouds come out and they are not eating the hopper, they will eat the nymph and/or streamer. They are hungry. The river is in great condition and the fish are in top shape! It has just been soooo goooood this summer… ALLLL SUMMER LONGGG!!!
Flies that have been working for us here at the shop are as follows:


Hoppers:
More-Or-Less Hopper size 12 and 14 in the Pink, Peach, Tan or Yellow
White Cloud Hopper size 10, 12 and 14 in the Yellow or Green
Mongo Hopper size 10 and 12 in the Tan, Peach or Yellow
Panty-Dropper-Hopper size 12 and 14 in the Tan, Pink or Yellow
Yeti Hopper size 12 in Purple or Red
Fat Frank size 10 and 12 in Orange, Yellow or Purple
Fat Albert size 10, 12 and 14 in ALL the colors
Morrish Hopper size 12 and 14 in the Yellow, Pink and Tan




Dries:
Parachute Adams size 10
Circus Peanut 10 and 12 in the Yellow
Delektable Twisted Baby size 12 and 14 in the Tan/Brown
Delektable Twisted Sister size 12 and 14 in the Tan/Brown
Delektable Chubbiness size 14 and 16 in the Cinnamon or Royal
Tantrum size 12 in the Pink
Purple Haze size 16
Delektable Ant size 14 and 16 in the Cinnamon or Red
Yeagers Ant size 12 and 14 in the Red


Nymphs:
Prince
Pheasant Tail
Delektable Lil’ Spanker size 16 in the Pheasant tail and silver
Silver or Pearl Lightening Bug size 12 and 14
Golden Stone Tungsten size 8 and 10
Shop Vac size 14 and 16 in the Olive and Pheasant tail
Tung Dart Green 16


Well, there are a few choices for you if you were having any trouble selecting a bug or two to throw at those wily trout. If you have any questions please feel free to stop by or give us a call! We hope you are having the best summer ever, now get ready for faaaaaall!!!
Happy Fishing!!! -Dang




























































Can you guess the fly of the week? Good job! Hoppers! They are flooding the valley. It is getting ridiculous. The fly bins of hoppers in the fly shops are getting low everywhere but the Beartooth! If you are wondering what the best hopper pattern is… look no further, we have the answer; it is the one on the end of your line! We have Yetis, White Clouds, Tony the Tigers, Fat Alberts, Fat Franks, Hippie Stompers, Mongos, Slammers, Yeagers, Triple Deckers, Super Dave’s, even a Joe or two and a slough of parachute hoppers to beat all. The colors vary as to what is really being eaten though; yellow, green, pink, brown, purple, red, tan, black, cream….you know, all of them. I would just ‘hop’ around from pattern to pattern if I were you. But, turns out I’m not you, so do what you will. As far as the timing goes for when they are eating them the best, the hopper bite seems to be most of the early to mid-day and really good on into the afternoon. That’s seems kind of broad as far as time goes, but every guide that is coming back in the shop is saying it has been lights out on the dry from put-in to take-out. And like I have said already this year, if you are the dry or die guy, then this is your time to shine. Some folks who are just learning are experiencing plenty of visual action, drive by trout, missed takes, and and plenty of bites. Make sure you take the time and watch what is going on to see the take. The action is fun! Enjoy!













Hoppers, Hoppers, and more Hoppers!!! It is hopper season on the Upper Madison River… RIGHT NOW!!! I have not seen this many hoppers in the valley since …. never. Big Dan might say over eight years since…If you want to catch fish on a hopper, now is the time for just that. They are only going to be getting more and more keyed in to them day by day. Double dries are working great right now including Hoppers with different Delektable Chubbyness behind or in front. Also, the Spruce Moths are just getting going and are a good second fly. This is also the time we like to call ‘Hopper Dropper’ time. If you are not getting them on the dry, then they will most likely be eating the dropper you hang under it. PMDs, Caddis and little stones (yellow sally) are all good choices for a dropper. We have been doing well on the Crystal Dip size #16 for the Caddis. People are doing well on the Standard Prince nymph as a Caddis dropper also. I could go through all the possible Droppers you could use, but ill only list a few of the heavy hitters we have seen here in the past week.


Some of the Hoppers we’ve seen go out the door and down the hatch are as follows

The flying ant is also out there and will be working more as the summer progresses on.





This past week we have been experiencing what a fixed damn can do for your river …just like last year, it is becoming quite the epic dry fly season! The water is still up and cold and the bugs are just going crazy. PMDs , Caddis, Sallies, tale end of the Goldens and Salmons, and even the start of the Hopper. Beetles and ants are starting to work as well. So, if you are into the dry fly action more than the subsurface, this is your time to shine my friends. I hope you are all getting a chance to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather. It has been stellar conditions everyday with a very consistent afternoon thunderstorm (3-5pm). After the rain it is on again with the evening hatch. The Mayflies and Spinners are thick like a blanket. The Caddis….wow! Streamer action is pretty good as well if you get bored of all the bugs and maybe during the storm and cloud cover. We have seen some pretty good fish give it up to the streamer. We have also seen the streamer get the attention and the little nymph on the back get all the action. Do what you will with it.








































begging you and telling you to use dry flies


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Dear Friends and Family of the surrounding Madison Valley and the rest of the world, I give you…. The Madison River fishing report.











