For spring fishing, think small skinny nymphs

For spring fishing, think small skinny nymphs

A few years ago I bludgeoned a chance at some big fish. I do that frequently, but this time was special. I was fishing with Russ Laughlin on a busman's holiday on the Bitterroot. We pulled up on an island where a side-channel on the other side might hold some big fish early in the year.. Later, when everything warms up, this side channel gets too warm and too low. The big browns and...