Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Bob with a great Jefferson River Rainbow taken on a twitching hopper.
On August 4 we were big fish hunting on the Jefferson River, floating the stretch between Waterloo and Kountz Bridge. The Jefferson is a beautiful river and it takes some concentration to break away from the Montana vista highlighted by the spectacular Tobacco Root Mountains and focus on the fish. The river stage and water coloration was perfect for hopper fishing and we pumped hoppers all day. Action was steady and we got a lot of takes and saw some big fish. We boated several fish but set no records on either numbers or size. These fish wanted movement and we got several hits on the mend away from the bank. The lesson here is to give that hopper a realistic twitch and keep a “Tight Line”. It was a good day of fishing and our expectation is that the Jeff will steadily improve in the coming weeks as the hopper season peaks.
