10/11/2021
Testing out my new prototype lures, designed specifically for game fish in the USA inland waterways. Very successful past month visiting Montana to test the lures on trout, which are among the most wary of game fish. Craig Montana, in the Missouri River is an excellent place to fish for these monsters, and also North Yellowstone in the Yellowstone River.
Many anglers higher guides in Craig Montana and float down the Missouri River in drift boats while using their fly rods to cast in the waters, which are abundant with trout, some of them quite large.
Bass, Walleye, Crappie, (pretty much all panfish) also like these lures, which are intended to look more like insects than minnows, and the wings act as a w**d guard, and also a bite depth control. I'm now making some bigger wins to go after Northern Pike and Muskie.
The bite depth controller, w**d deflector not only helps prevent w**d entanglement on the hooks, but also prevents the fish from gut-swallowing the hooks, making it easier to remove the hooks from the fish's mouth, and therefore easier on the fish, which I always catch and release. Minimizing the fish's time out of the water is important for there quick return to foraging.
Another great spot to fish out in Montana is in the northern Yellowstone area on the Yellowstone River. Some great fish in there as well, Brownies and Rainbows are primarily what I caught, after talking with the guys in Livingston Montana, who run Bailey's Fly Shop. If you're out in Montana, be sure to visit Livingston, one of the coolest fly shops ever. The owner was a consultant to the film crew of A River Runs Through It, written and directed by Robert Redford and starring Brad Pitt, a must watch for every fly fishing angler. Most of that movie was actually filmed in Livingston, not Missoula where the movie is set.
Fish on anglers! And enjoy. Be sure to visit Craig, Montana and Livingston. You will not be disappointed!
thefox
foxfishing USA