This past month we had a fun little in-shop employee challenge to see who could catch the
biggest fish during the course of the month. Check out our crew!!! What this did, most of all though, was get everyone out on the river a little more than they usually are. There were many fish caught and there are lots of great pictures to see from our crew. This July worked out perfect with ALL the bugs hatching during the stretch of the month, even the nocturnal stones started working at the end. It was an awesome July! The salmonfly hatch was really good and almost all the big fish that were caught were on the big dry. The bugs we got to see this month were as follows: Salmonflies, Golden Stones, Yellow Sallies, Bomber Caddis, Caddis of all sizes and colors, PMDs, Callibeatis, Green Drakes, Hoppers, Ants, Crane Flies, Epeorous, Spinners, Flavolinias, and Nocturnal Stones!!! And there are some I missed I’m sure, but the point is, there were lots and lots of bugs! The streamer in the middle of the salmon fly hatch was outstanding also. John Gardner came in on top with the biggest fish of the month measuring 22 inches brown and also a nice 20 inch brown, followed by Dan Greene with a 21.5 inch brown and two 21 inch browns. Not far behind were Daniel Johansen and Hannah Holst with some really nice 21 and 20 inch browns. The deal was you had to get a picture of it and measure it with another person or a picture of it against your rod if you were alone. We also let in a special guest, Jim Dawson, with the biggest fish of the month, a 24.5 inch brown and a 23.5 inch rainbow sweeping the scores!!! See you in again in September Jim! All in all, the month of July was just killer! We hope you had a great month also and we hope to see you all in the shop this month!!!
Happy fishing!!! Beartooth crew