Every year about this time I like to make a trip to Slough Creek in Yellowstone National Park to try my hand at catching a late season Yellowstone Cutthroat. The fall is a special time to visit anywhere in Yellowstone but I especially like to visit the northeast corner of the park and fish not [...]
A couple of weeks ago the guys here at the shop decided it was time for me to be introduced to the fine art of fly fishing for carp. I have been fly fishing for over forty years now and if anyone had told me the day would come when I would purposely go out [...]
Last week I thought I might write a blog about fishing for brook trout, a fish that is prized by some but despised by many. This is a non-native fish that many blame for the disappearance of Montana’s native cutthroats, especially in headwater streams where brook trout have been extensively planted, both legally and illegally, [...]
Last week my wife and I found ourselves with the same day off and of course we were going to go fishing. But where to go was the question of the day. The Gallatin River was still a little too high and off color, the Yellowstone was still way too high and off color, the [...]
With reports of salmon flies hatching on the upper Madison pouring in daily I decided I better get up there and get in on the action. I have to say I drove to the upper river with guarded optimism. During the 35 years I have lived and fished in Montana I could count the number [...]