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Bring skwalas. Fish a "hopper/dropper style combo with a foam bodied skwala adult and a nymph about 18 inches below. If the fish are on the dries, cut the nymph off. What a gas, big fish on big dries this early in the season.
Good luck and post pics...just not canine T-Bag photos. 
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Is it still considered Canine T-Bagging if said canine was neutered?  How did Pug's quote go from his Clearwater trip? "I cannot be held responsible for the things I do while intoxicated," I think that was it.
Sounds like a good idea on the hopper dropper combo. So the hopper plays two parts as a possible fly offering, but also as a strike indicator - I like that idea.
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Yep, but instead of a hopper, use a foam bodied skwala stone imitation. 
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Phillipsburg is a great place to stay, but not for fishing Rock Creek. It's pretty cold here, right now. Still a lot of ice. Georgetown lake ice fishing is the place to go if you're in P-Burg. But it's really started to tail off. Stay in Missoula or Rock Creek Lodge, and fish the lower 20 miles of Rock Creek. Same with the Bitterroot. No need to go any further than Stevensville.
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joe, i think its still a little early for the skwalas. bring some march browns though. Ive been seeing a few on the fork already. Thats about it.
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We are seeing them on the little creek I fish sometimes. I got a buddy that fishes them on ROck Creek every St. Patricks day week. Things running late this year?
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Been pretty cold, most of the winter. We haven't had a mid-winter warm-ups. Just got hit with more snow and cold, too.
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yeah things have been late this year since its been so cold lately. Hopefully things will start to warm up in the next couple weeks. i need to go fish.
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Hey Alan, are there any places to camp along the Bitterroot or Rock Creek in those places you mentioned above?
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There's some campgrounds up Rock Creek, that I think would be your best bet. The Bitterroot is a little sketchier, until you get south of Hamilton, and that's really out of your way. Problem is that a lot of the Forest Service campgrounds are closed and behind locked gates this time of year. Kinda irritating......
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Hmm, sketchier doesn't sound good.  Rock Creek might be our only option - Thanks!
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I'd turn off the interstate at Rock Creek and stop at the store to ask about campgrounds that might be open. The Bitterroot is a lot more out of your way and the fishing should be just as good on Rock Creek. Don't want anything to interfere with that run to Butte! Have you tried the Testicle Festival at Rock Creek? Weather is a lot warmer then, and you can have a ball!
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We actually aren't doing the Butte thing this year, I just keep reviving this thread year after year to keep a detailed log of our drunken bafoonery. As luck would have it, we found a primitive cabin that we rented located just west of Rock Creek off of County Road #348. I'll be sure to post pics of the Tom-foolery, and hopefully some nice feesh.
I've heard the "Festival" can get even wilder than Butte, though after doing the Butte thing, I don't see how anything could get crazier than that.
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The Festival makes Butte look like an English tea party with the Queen.......Butte is about a day of green beer, the Festival is about having a ........well, you know what......
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14 below here this morning.......
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I hope the NOAA website is right about it warming up a bit for the next couple days. I think I'm glad we found the cabin rather than having to tent it. Scatch that, I KNOW I'm glad.
Is the Festival this weekend?
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No, festival is late summer. Used to be around Labor Day, but they moved it into August a year or two ago, to coincide with the Hells Angel rally.......
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They had a "T" festival in Jordan one year when we were there deer hunting. They put a piece of plywood on the pool table at the Ranchers bar and some nice local ladies made potato salad and coleslaw. Tom was out back frying nuts and half the town was there eating them. Some old guys were playing the piano and fiddle, man, it was a great time. That's the way things should be. No Hell's Angel's........Just cowboy's
Bacota, don't forget about the Beaverhead in Dillion.
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That went by way too fast. I won't be able to post pics until tomorrow, but fishing was awesome. Used nymphs the whole time under an indicator with either another nymph dropper or San Juan worm, but fish were definitely on the feed! I caught and released at least 20 over the two days of fishing (if it's acceptable to include whitefish in the total) with some really nice bows, cutts and browns. Saw tons of deer, one herd of elk, a coyote and even a couple turkeys (which is the first time I've ever seen one in the wild before). Like I said, I'll get pics up tomorrow.
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Here are some pictures
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that looks fun - nice pics,,,and a new fishing report  this winter is getting wayyyyy long....
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Those wild Montana fish are gorgous. Good times
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