This is quite a fish!!! Dave Thompson, avid fly fisherman from Bozeman, caught this beautiful Brown Trout on the Smith River. Dave is a regular on the Smith when he can get away from his busy office at Brickhouse Creative in Bozeman. Every now and then he finds a day where he can sneak away and make the short drive over to catch fish like this one. We thank Dave for sending us this great photo and also, take a listen to Dave’s cd that is nationally acclaimed to the fishing industry – - Fishing Music!!!!!

We were lucky enough to have our good friend Paris Fleezanis from This is Fly Magazine come out for a visit. We fished hard all weekend, but the weather was perfect. That may sound a bit off saying the weather was perfect, but with a 40 degree temperature change within 24hrs this can actually hurt the fishing on The Smith. Paris fished the banks of the river with pinpoint accuracy throwing huge Montana Fly Company patterns. Although we did manage to turn a few huge Montana Browns nothing of substantial size was landed. Paris did have a fish pushing 10 lbs on but we were unable to land it. Better luck next fishing season.

What a surprise. A good friend of mine came up to the states to attend the Fly Fishing Retailer Show in Denver. We invited him up for a few days at the ranch but unfortunately he could only manage to spend one afternoon with us. Nico (pictured) is a great angler but I’m not sure he put in enough time and deserved this fish. Anyway, check out this 29’ brown from the Smith. Nice work Nico!