Sometimes it might seem like there is only one fish per mile on the lower Swan but if it’s like the fish that Brent landed yesterday then it makes for an ok day.

Nice bow from the lower Swan River

There are salmon flies, golden stones, & caddis on the lower Swan right now. Will the fish decide to eat them soon?

Over the coming weeks, federal officials say, grasshoppers will likely hatch in bigger numbers than any year since 1985. A federal survey of 17 states taken last fall found critically high numbers of adult grasshoppers in parts of Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Each mature female lays hundreds of eggs. So “the population could be very, very high this year,” said Charles Brown, who manages grasshopper suppression for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Get'm early.....they sold out of every fly shop in Montana last year.

Not so good for the farmers but should be a good thing for the fly angler. I know it’s still May but it’s going to be an early hopper year with our current snow pack.  I have a few new home brewed hoppers that are waiting……