Posts Tagged ‘fly fishing in Montana’
The Importance of Varying Dry Fly Patterns While Fly Fishing in Missoula
Here are some things to keep in mind when preparing a fly fishing expedition in Missoula and planning where to cast your favorite dry flies for trout.... more
FWP “Kids to Fish” Program Allows Anglers to Borrow Gear & Tackle For Free
A popular Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks program that allows kids and their friends or families to check out free fishing rods and tackle is in full swing again this year. ... more
Teaching A Man How to Fish: Guide For Beginners
If you are interested in learning to fish or teaching someone to do so, then this guide is for you.... more
Ducks Unlimited Dumps Access Advocate
By ROB BREEDING- It will be unfortunate if DU's conservation mission suffers due to this misguided decision.... more
Fishing Moose
By ROB BREEDING- I’m not sure I really appreciated how dangerous moose can be until I saw a video of a man who was killed by one on the University of Alaska campus.... more
Dry Rot in the Bitterroot
By ROB BREEDING- The 10th percentile in June means most rivers will be nearly bone dry in August.... more
Dry Rot in the Bitterroot
By ROB BREEDING- The 10th percentile in June means most rivers will be nearly bone dry in August.... more
Psychedelic Trout
By ROB BREEDING- Being late for fishing may be an unpardonable sin for Norman Maclean, but I know one far worse: not going fishing at all.... more
Of River Bondage
By ROB BREEDING- There are many variations of the old saying, “You can judge the true character of a society by the way it treats its …” My rendition: ..."by the way it treats its rivers".... more
Blue-Winged is the New Black
By ROB BREEDING- It's been my kind of winter: a blue-winged olive winter. Hardcore dry fly junkies know the sure signs of blue-winged weather: canceled ice-fishing and pond hockey tournaments. ... more
Trout Numbers Remain High in Missouri River
By BRUCE AUCHLY - Fish surveys this year indicate rainbow and brown trout numbers remain above the long-term average in the Missouri River between Holter Dam and the town of Cascade, says a state fisheries biol... more
Somewhere in the Middle of Montana
By ROB BREEDING. I didn’t toss it all to move to Montana two decades ago because of a song. My primary affliction was trout, and there’s a lot of trout-rich habitat in the Northern Rockies. ... more
A Midsummer Night’s Stream
By MATT DEVLIN - Picture the river as it lays in wait. In perfect veiled darkness, our finned friends hold like sails in the wind, controlling with every pitch and pull, their own place in the world.... more
Summer Solstice: Paint it Black
By MATT DEVLIN - (Video) As the summer solstice comes and goes, the days begin a slight but evident bend towards fall. We’ve been getting busy sharing our rivers, our trout, and our love of fly fishing.... more
Take Her Fishing
By MATT DEVLIN - Take her fishing because she deserves it, to impress her, or to say thank you, or sorry. But Whatever you do, just take her fishing a time or two before the summer.... more
Montana’s Clark Fork River: A Return to Glory
By BRYCE MCLEAN - As most of you probably already know, they opened up the Clark Fork from Turah to Sharon last week. Just like the rest of Missoula I couldn't wait to fish it...and it didn't disappoint.... more
In Love with a River: Montana’s Bitterroot River
By MATT DEVLIN - (VIDEO) I'm frequently asked which of Montana's rivers is my favorite. My answer: the Bitterroot River--why? Because she's the hardest to catch fish out of. ... more
Early Runoff: Is the Skwala Hatch Finished? A Rundown of Area Rivers
By BRYCE MCLEAN - Here's a complete run down of the areas rivers so you can make an educated decision on where you want to fish this week.... more
The Mighty Missouri: My All Time Favorite Trout River
By BRYCE MCLEAN - As much as I love the movie "A River Runs Through it" and as amazing as the fishing on the Blackfoot can be, my all-time favorite trout stream Has to be the Missouri.... more
The Elusive Skwala Hatch
By BRYCE MCLEAN - I have been fishing the skwala hatch since I was 10 years old. And after all that time I've learned: If you think you "definitely" know when it's going to happen, you are most certainly going ... more
The Fish It Guide to Fall Flies
By MATT DEVLIN - The pigskin is flying, the leaves are a’changing, the trout aren’t so willing in the morning. Fall's arrived. Here are the best flies for the season.... more
The Year of the Big Blackfoot
By BRYCE MCLEAN - The Blackfoot River has once again risen to the top of many anglers' lists of the greatest trout streams in North America, and it has been sweet.... more
The Perfect Pair: Montana Craft Beers & Fly Fishing
By MATT DEVLIN & BRYCE MCLEAN - There's no better way to beat the heat than enjoying a cold beer while flyfishing. Here are our favorite local beer and river pairings.... more
A Flyfishing Dream Fulfilled
By BRYCE MCLEAN - Take it from me, go to Belize with a fly rod. There's no place like it. And there are few things like seeing 100 bonefish feeding 60 feet off your boat.... more
Spring Flyfishing Highlights and the Pursuit of a Dream
By BRYCE MCLEAN - (VIDEO) My dad, brother, and I have long dreamt of catching some big 'uns on a salt water fishing trip. The dream will soon be reality.... more
Spring Runoff: Big Wheels Keep on Turnin’
By MATT DEVLIN - When the rivers are blown and life is playing like a bad country song, there's only one thing to do: Ride it out in hope of clear, trout-filled waters.... more
How to Escape the Boat Hatch
By BRYCE MCLEAN - It's no mystery that spring brings good dry fly fishing the Bitterroot. But to escape the crowds, you've gotta venture to other rivers around Western Montana.... more
Zen and the Art of Not Fishing At All
By BRYCE MCLEAN - The other day, I was reminded of one of the great traditions of fly fishing: Not fishing at all, but just enjoying the scenery and watching the river flow by.... more
It’s Skwala Season on the Bitterroot River
By BRYCE MCLEAN - It's a special time of year to fish in Montana. When you look through snowflakes to see a 22-inch brown come up for a dry fly, you'll know what I mean.... more
Skwala Time
By ROB BREEDING. We’re just barely breaking the shackles of winter but things are about to turn on for fly fishers. March heralds the arrival of one of Montana’s great hatches: skwala stoneflies on the Bitt... more
Fly Fishing Film Tour This Friday at the Wilma
By BRYCE MCLEAN - The Fly Fishing Film Tour is this Friday at the Wilma!... more
Fall is for Swinging for Steelhead
By MATT DEVLIN and BRYCE MCLEAN - Fly-fishing for steelhead trout in the high-desert hills of eastern Idaho is all one could ever ask it to be.... more
