Montana Spring Creeks

[Keith]

I'm planning a trip south of the border this summer. Has anyone fished Armstrong, Depuy's, or Nelson spring creeks? If you could only fish one, which would be the best?

 

Thanks

 

Keith

[mudkid]

I'm planning a trip south of the border this summer. Has anyone fished Armstrong, Depuy's, or Nelson spring creeks? If you could only fish one, which would be the best?

 

Thanks

 

Keith

 

I have been down there 3 times and the fishing was great. We usually went down at the end of April into May and fished a couple of days on each of the Creeks.

We almost always fished tiny midges 20-24 sized, and olives. 7x fluorocarbon leaders etc. Go to westwinds and talk to Gord. He has been going there since he was a kid

and has all the right flies. Some years we had some decent caddis hatches as well.

[Keith]

I have been down there 3 times and the fishing was great. We usually went down at the end of April into May and fished a couple of days on each of the Creeks.

We almost always fished tiny midges 20-24 sized, and olives. 7x fluorocarbon leaders etc. Go to westwinds and talk to Gord. He has been going there since he was a kid

and has all the right flies. Some years we had some decent caddis hatches as well.

 

Thanks for the tip.

 

Keith

[DonAndersen]

Keith,

 

Mudkid gave you good advice BUT, the fish in all those creeks have seen every type of fly that can be tied on a <22 hook c/w with spider web leaders and the like.

 

The BUT part - - They haven't seen anything else. When you join the herd, you compete for the grass. So as a fellow angler, who was landing fish after fish says - "they've never seen a black Humpy #12 c/w a flourescent orange body". He was landing fish regularly. One trip, I'd tied some #12 olive leech patterns - after the fifth break-off, the 3X went on. Then the fish came to hand.

 

So join the herd, fish <22 flies and 7X. Works. If you wanta land fish, head in the opposite direction on both flies and leaders. A #12 PT and a Humpy.

 

catch ya'

 

 

Don

[Keith]

Keith,

 

Mudkid gave you good advice BUT, the fish in all those creeks have seen every type of fly that can be tied on a <22 hook c/w with spider web leaders and the like.

 

The BUT part - - They haven't seen anything else. When you join the herd, you compete for the grass. So as a fellow angler, who was landing fish after fish says - "they've never seen a black Humpy #12 c/w a flourescent orange body". He was landing fish regularly. One trip, I'd tied some #12 olive leech patterns - after the fifth break-off, the 3X went on. Then the fish came to hand.

 

So join the herd, fish <22 flies and 7X. Works. If you wanta land fish, head in the opposite direction on both flies and leaders. A #12 PT and a Humpy.

 

catch ya'

 

 

Don

 

I appreciate the tip Don. I'll make sure I'm well stocked.