March through May: runoff is still coming down and the water is cold and pushy. Trips run short and low to the bank, targeting the slack water where fish are holding out of the current. This is early-season water, not summer water, and the trip is booked to match it.
June through August: the water clears and warms, hatches come off reliably at dawn and dusk, and this is when full-day and multi-day trips make sense. Most of the calendar fills here first.
September through November: cooling water and a second, harder bite as fish feed up before winter. Half-day trips return as the light shortens, and this is the last stretch before the boat comes out for the year.
December through February: the boat is out of the water. Ice and low flows make the float unsafe and the fish sluggish enough that running a trip would not be fair to them or to you. We do not book this stretch, and we will tell you that instead of taking your date.
Check which window your date falls in before you book - what is in season changes what the trip looks like, not just when it happens.
