Local’s Prerogative

John Juracek dropped a little fishing report zen in the latest Blue Ribbon Flies newsletter (their image above); a more traditional West Yellowstone fishing report, and from where we sit a damned fine and consistent one, can be found here on the Blue Ribbon Flies site.

From a recent MGTU email – Want to help fish and wildlife in the Gallatin Valley? Trout Unlimited has developed an app that allows volunteers to easily assess stream crossing structures as potential barriers to aquatic organisms. This app is similar to the one TU had last year that the high school students in Big […]

The GoFundMe listing has the brief story; some asshole (or assholes) thought they’d make some sort of statement last Wednesday the 14th and slashed tires on over 30 vehicles, many belonging to guides working the river. For those who haven’t seen access parking lots on big Western rivers very often, guide rigs are pretty damned […]

Once again a hearty wish for a safe, happy, and prosperous 4th of July from team ChiWulff. Get outside, soak up some sun and make some vitamin D, throw a fly (if your local waters are cool enough or your fish are otherwise suited for warm weather – we’re chasing pond panfish and bass this […]

Once again, I’d very much encourage you and yours to take a bit of time on this Memorial Day to seek out a quiet place, or one of the many gatherings of like-minded folks around the country, and remember those who have fallen in service of our country. As noted a year ago, Hillsdale College […]

In Paul Brandt’s filming debut, he joins friend Paul Norris and legendary fly-fishing guide, Naoto Aoki, on a journey that is both a look into his consuming passion for fly fishing and an ode to his hometown of Calgary, which he dubs as the World’s Largest Fly Fishing Lodge.

A recent nifty offering from the Flood Tide Journal – Shrimpin’ Ain’t Easy; be sure to open the digital publication in the middle of the linked page for the full story.

For those residing in the Northern Hemisphere, today marks for most the shortest day of the year – the winter solstice. It wasn’t until spending years in Kalispell up in the corner of Northwest Montana that we as a family really began to appreciate the winter solstice. While cranking away 65-70 hours per week in […]

A hearty happy Thanksgiving to all of our Chi Wulff compadres across the fruited plain today. May your day be full of great food, big fish, some time under the Big Sky wherever that might be today, and meaningful time with family (and gasp! – even friends). Cook up a storm and then get outside. […]

When it comes to thinking about moving waters, for as long as I can remember back in time me and my clan have been fascinating by Western freestones, big and small, and we’ve forever been digging around through the rocks and pebbles looking for bits and pieces of time and place frozen into polished stones […]

Here’s a nifty read from Brett French in the Missoulian covering an increasingly popular Montana river you probably haven’t heard much about in the past – the Marias. Have a buddy who runs it for the smallies and pike… Image via the linked article in the Missoulian.

I’d very much encourage you and yours to take a bit of time on this Memorial Day, as different a Memorial Day as this will be for most of us, to seek out a quiet place and remember those who have fallen in service of their country. Hillsdale College happens to have put together a […]