Spring FLINGS

FOLLOWING THE WINTER FAMINE, MARCH BROWN AND SKWALA STONEFLY HATCHES BRING TROUT TO THE SURFACE IN DROVES.

By Greg Thomas

I’d like to say that springtime trout fishing is as good as it gets on my home waters in Montana, as well as on many other western streams. But I hesitate to do so, wondering if I’m fond of the fishing in spring only because it arrives on the heels of winter, when frozen fingers are a significant detriment to the joy of angling. In the end, I think spring fishing is as good as I can recall, and here’s why: I recently perused my photo archive, paying close attention to the snapshots taken in March, April and May, and my takeaway was that images don’t lie. Last spring, in fact, I spent numerous days on Montana’s Rock Creek, Bitterroot, Blackfoot and Clark Fork rivers, all of which are within…

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Game & Fish West (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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