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John Gierach is an American author and freelance writer who lives in Larimer County, Colorado. He was born in Illinois in 1946. [1] Gierach graduated from Findlay College in Ohio with a degree in philosophy and a minor in English. [1] In 1969, he moved to Colorado and began fishing nearly every day while working at a silver mine. [2][3]
The Madison River is widely regarded as one of the finest trout fisheries in the world. [6] [7] [8] It is classified as a blue ribbon fishery in Montana, where fly fisherman target brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, and mountain whitefish. [9] Grizzly bears and wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park roam the river valley. [10]
Giant Springs is a large first magnitude spring located near Great Falls, Montana and is the central feature of Giant Springs State Park. Its water has a constant temperature of 54 °F (12 °C) and originates from snowmelt in the Little Belt Mountains, 60 miles (97 km) away. According to chlorofluorocarbon dating, the water takes about 3,000 ...
Westslope cutthroat are common in both headwaters lake and stream environments. They feed mainly on insects and zooplankton. The average length of the fish is about 8-12 inches (30 cm) and rarely exceeds 18 inches (46 cm). The skin has small dark freckle-like spots clustered towards the tail, and is mostly orange-hued.
November 2, 2008. (2008-11-02) (aged 102) Occupation. Fly tying. Known for. Big Hole River conservation, Woven flies. George F. Grant (September 18, 1906 – November 2, 2008) [1] was an American angler, author and conservationist from Butte, Montana. He was active for many years on the Big Hole River.
The Clark Fork River is a tributary to the Columbia River and ultimately, the Pacific Ocean. The Bitterroot River is a Blue Ribbon trout fishery with a healthy population of native westslope cutthroat trout and bull trout. It is the third most fly fished river in Montana behind the Madison and Big Horn Rivers. [2]
The 2024-25 fishing regulations, laid down by the Ohio Division of Wildlife, went into effect March 1.
Superior fly fishing also exists in the surrounding areas of the Rocky Mountains in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Because of a large number of major river systems such as the Yellowstone, Madison, Missouri, Snake, Salmon, and Clark Fork, many hundreds of fast, clear-running streams and high alpine lakes, the region contains a large number of trout.