Fall Fly Fishing Montana and why it’s the time to be here!
Madison River brown late summer 2013 MT
Releasing another fine Madison brown back to
For some fishermen, fair weather is a must and they plan their trips bas...
Every adventure begins with an idea and this trip was no different. My wife Jessie and I got a wild hair to get lost in the backcountry and experience the wilderness while leaving behind the crowds. There is no bigger wi...
Montana, Bulgaria We went on a day trip on a tail water type of river in the north-west part of Bulgaria , searching for big rainbows - really really big rainbows . Size varies from 500 grams up to 10 kilo fish !! The w...
Noah Rosenthal, Los Angeles, CAIt was Tuesday September 2nd and I was in the middle of the last shooting day of the feature filmBand of Robbers (a modern day telling of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as adults) when the email ...
Fd: Where did your love of making watercolors of trout come from?Carol: I moved to Dillon, Montana, a fly fishing paradise, and a friend asked me for fish and landscape paintings for a beautiful little fishing cabin that...
Fd: How’s your life these days in Montana? What spots do you fish?Ben Pierce: Life in Montana is great. I grew up on a small dairy farm in central Massachusetts and headed west when I was 18 years old. My grandfather t...
MID JULY IS A PERFECT TIME FOR LOTS OF MONTANA RIVERS AND IT’S HARD NOT TO LOVE THE MEADOW SECTION OF THE GALLATIN RIVER AS IT FLOWS OUT OF WEST YELLOWSTONE PARK.
"For those of us who come into Montana in late June and early July from the Northwest, a series of great stops along the way; Rock Creek, the Missouri River, and the Henry’s Fork."For more of David’s work and to get ...
Dave and Amelia Jensen have been working in the fly-fishing world for nearly 20 years as guides, lodge owners, writers, photographers & videographers. Here's some info on their latest project, something trout anglers...
Missoula, Montana, United States My fishing partner (MaseFace Killa) and I left work early to hit the river because it seemed like the right thing to do. By 3:00pm we were leaving an undisclosed Montana TownPump with boa...
As a seasoned Montana fly fishing guide, I am frequently asked questions about fly tackle, fly rod reviews, reels and rod and line combinations. A client called me recently and said he wanted to buy a new fly rod for hi...
Great little hopper i developed in montana now being distributed through rainys. called "repeat offender" go to the site and check it out!http://www.rainysflies.com/Flies/flies_Detail.php?ProductID=1371
Fd: How was life in Montana during your childhood? Tom: My dad grew up in Yellowstone Park in the 1920’s, he would take us there almost most every summer, one of the earliest memories I have of using a fly rod was on ...
I learned about this fly some time ago, when I first started in the Fly Fishing guide business. My co-workers told me to look for it in the Montana Fly Co. directory. At first I thought it was just another kind of Cherno...
This famous fly was designed to imitate large dark stonefly nymphs of North America. It was first tied by Lew Oatman of New York. The stonefly nymph essentially lives in fast flowing freestone rivers. This style of nymph...
Ft. Smith, Montana, United States Weather was overcast the first day, and sunny the next. Flows were a bit above average. Water clarity was 1ft max, very cloudy due to an algae bloom. Fishing was decent, but you had to w...
Sage Ambassador & Owner of Headhunters Fly Shop Mark Raisler covers what you need for spring trout fishing.http://www.sageflyfish.com/blog/05/2014/spring-trout-fishing-montana/
Tied on a snelled hook. [url=http://montana-riverboats.com/index.php?fpage=Fly-Tying/Sandy-Pittendrigh/Lathe/The-Lathe.jpg] ....how to tie it ... [/url]
"Have to admit it was pretty cool when my dad wanted to paint one of my photos." Words by pro-photographer Dan Armstrong on his latest project made together with his father, artist John Armstrong. Here's more about it.Fd...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âYellowstone River closed in response to on going fish kill.â ~Montana Fish and Wildlife Website
The parasite that is killing whitefish and trout in the Yellowstone is prese...
The film Eastern Rises (2009) introduced the greater flyfishing world to the mouse crushing antics of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula rainbows. It has since become a cult classic and, much like earlier Felt Soul Media pro...
Growing up and currently residing in Montana, Dan Armstrong has always been captivated by the expansive outdoor environment and in touch with the form and light created by its diversity. With over 15 years of professiona...
Created in 1964 by Dan Nick Naranchi of Twin Bridges, Montana, this old design was named after one of the most famous rivers in the area, the Big Hole.
According to Joe Brooks, this fine fly looks something like a lo...
Last night, members of Congress came up with a bipartisan agreement to include significant land protections within a defense authorization bill that will likely come up for a vote in the House of Representatives this wee...
What is Whirling
Disease?
The whirling disease parasite, Myxobolus
cerebralis, is native to Europe and was first described in Germany in 1903.
Whirling disease is the descriptive side effect
produced by a complex rela...
Fd: What came first for you, writing or photography?FG: I’ve always written—I filled notebook after notebook as a kid with trip journals, fiction, poetry, you name it. I started dabbling with a small camera at age 16...
Fly Tyer, Spring 1988Fast Sinking Streamers"Aren't there any good sculpin patterns that don't have the deer hair head," I asked? "You bet," said George Kelly. "I've got one I call the Foxy Lady and I really believe in i...
George Francis Grant was without a doubt an accomplished artist at developing techniques to shape hackles using animal hair. His skill went beyond the ones of a regular tier. In his books, “Master Fly Weaver” and ...
1) Wooley Bugger- First developed to imitate crayfish for Pennsylvania's Susquahanna. I keep them in several sizes and with and without coneheads #10-#4 black, brown, olive and variations like the Yellow Yummie and JJ...
I live in Western Montana. I don't have much opportunity for warm water fishing. I wish I did. These would be well suited to fly rod smallmouth bass fishing I think.They're also remarkably effective for trout. I cast t...
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields?RMB: I have been fly fishing since I was ten years old (I am now 66), my dad taught me. I went to the Univ...
First published in Rod and Reel: 2/15/1985Roadkill StreamersOf the 364 four pound (or larger) trout painted on the walls of DanBailey's Fly Shop in Livingston Montana:7% were taken on small wet flies.12% were t...
For many years mayflies have been taken for hexs, but these are not related, they only have similar sizes in the adult stage. Chiloporter nymphs are skilled swimmers that live close to the shore in fast waters of stre...
Conservation in the West — particularly efforts to protect key parcels of public lands — is trapped in the partisan gridlock that grips Washington. But the package of lands bills that passed Congress in mid-December ...
Rubber legged flies have always been very popular in Patagonia. Bitch Creek and Rubber Legs patterns were used a lot during the 70´s as well as the Leoni´s Barbarous and Montana flies with antennae and rubber tails....
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields?AD: I started painting when I was 6... That's my earliest memory. Fly fishing art began in 1997. The gal...
Sprawling across more than 3,400 square miles of mostly Wyoming territory, Yellowstone National Park houses a rich blend of exploding geysers, an active volcano, its very own Grand Canyon, world-class waters with native ...
We're really proud to announce our collaboration with Trout Unlimited. For those who are unaware, Trout Unlimited is a non-profit organization from the United States which was founded in 1959, which now counts with mo...
The original Woolly Worm pattern is said to have originated in the Ozarks as a bass fly. Its real popularity, however, came when Don Martinez, a West Yellowstone, Montana fly tier, commercialized the pattern in the 1950s...
Fd: How were your beginnings in fly fishing?
Todd: I was fortunate to have been born in Helena, Montana. My folks met each other and married in Bozeman, Montana, while attending college at Montana State University back...
Snell a hook with backing. Put a needle in the vise horizontally. Skewer the needle into the back end of the swivel. Snag a rubber band into the bend of the hook. Snag the other end of the rubber band around the back end...
July 4, 2010Nine days ago I fished Montana's Gallatin River when it was a foot higher and a lot browner than this (I didn't get a photo that day). Yesterday the water was a bit lower and yet--as you can see--still raging...
Fd: What would you recommend to the anglers who want to have better pictures of their fishing trips and catches? Nick: Pay attention to the lighting and the background. The background many times can be just as important ...
To My Fellow Fly Fishing Nuts;Hello from a beautiful Spring Day in B.C. that’s screaming; Yard Work, Spring Cleaning, Spring Skiing, and Golf at me at the same time. It’s all helping me re enter society after another...
Fd: How did you get into fly fishing? Thom: I was raised to love the water, particularly the ocean. My father had me in SCUBA gear by the time I was 13. I became PADI certified in 1972. With this background, my wife boug...
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields? BH: My art career started in the back of my school notebooks. Instead of taking notes, I was drawing! I ...