by admin | Mar 13, 2018 | 03. TECHNIQUES & STREAMCRAFT, 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Hebgen Lake
It was 3 degrees and snowing here in Montana as I wrote this a couple weeks back. Skiing season. Maybe ice fishing season. But a few days before writing it was nearly 50 degrees, and now it seems like the first lower elevation melt is really on. A couple of my...
by admin | Aug 30, 2017 | 02. NEWS & EVENTS, Fly Casting
Welcome to the information page of the First Annual West Yellowstone Trout Spey Days! This event is the brainchild of Big Sky Anglers co-owner Justin Spence, and Sage/Rio/Redington rep Kurt Kruger. This year we’re keeping things small and low key, and...
by admin | Aug 28, 2017 | Flies and Fly Tying
As you probably know, a solar eclipse was visible across the entire United States on August 21st. The band of “totality” became a tourist destination as amateur astronomers, photographer, and thousands of interested citizens flocked to those zones to experience...
by admin | Aug 11, 2017 | Flies and Fly Tying, Hebgen Lake, Match The Hatch
A while back I wrote a post about Callibaetis and Chironomids where the punch line was that my buddy and I wanted the fish to be eating Callibaetis but they were really on chironomids. Well that was then, and this is now… Callibaetis and damselflies have been...
by admin | Jun 4, 2017 | 03. TECHNIQUES & STREAMCRAFT, 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Hebgen Lake, Match The Hatch
By now you’d think I could not be fooled. You’d think that I’d know better after so many seasons fishing stillwaters. But I still fall into the trap nearly every time. And it happened again just the other day. My fishing partner and I arrived at the lake...
by admin | Apr 20, 2017 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, 10. THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE, Match The Hatch, Missouri River
From time to time my daily schedule takes me along the river. I don’t necessarily get to pick what time of day I’m driving past, or what the weather will be like when I’m there, so fishing conditions aren’t always optimal. But I do always try to stop at a few...
