Skills

The Reach Cast from R.L. Winston Rod Co. on Vimeo. Jess just spent three days in West Yellowstone fishing with Alice and her husband, perhaps I can pry some pics from her…

2018 Flats Fishing From Skiff from Jon COVICH on Vimeo.

The Angling Company: Direction Change from Catch 1 Films on Vimeo.

Angling Company: Fixing Tailing Loops from Catch 1 Films on Vimeo.

The Angling Company: Working on Your Double-Haul from Catch 1 Films on Vimeo.

Though I’ve never really thought about it before, it seems that the first week or so of March fishers in the Northern Rockies start to dig out from their winter repose and start wiggling fly rods around. With full-on dry fly season yet still a fantasy, the winter spent hucking nymph rigs and the occasional […]

From a link in the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust newsletter this past week comes this gem on the Fly Paper blog – A Primer on the Best Tides for Bonefish. Suggestion one – remember the opening paragraph: In the ocean, the moon is at the controls. Pockmarks and all, the moon is the king. His […]

Mike Swims & Almost Drowns from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo. Cooler weather has allowed flows on many Montana and Yellowstone rivers to back off just a bit, though great caution needs to be exercised during this season of very high water. Even the river running experts get in a pickle now and then. Mind your […]

  Epiphany.  Though I love the word, it’s not all that often that I would classify the thoughts thundering through my skull as anything nearly so substantiative as an epiphany.  Yet just yesterday afternoon while standing nearly waist deep in a run on the Lower Madison, I actually had an epiphany.  Now that I think […]

We’re pleased to offer the third in the three part series on Lightning and Lightning Safety for Fishermen from Bozeman’s Dwight Short.  See Part 1 and Part 2 if you’ve missed them over the past few days.  Lightning and Lightning Safety for Fishermen (Part 3) If a lone fisherman is struck by lightning, there is […]

We’re pleased to offer the second in the three part series on Lightning and Lightning Safety for Fishermen from Bozeman’s Dwight Short.  Here’s a link to Part 1 if you missed it yesterday.  Lightning and Lightning Safety for Fishermen (Part 2) Safety in a thunderstorm obviously best begins by avoiding the storm entirely. Weather reports […]

One of the things we’re most looking forward to is sharing with our readers the knowledge, expertise, wisdom, and general good chi of genuine smart / experienced / good looking folks who have something to share that will improve your fly fishing (and general life) experience.   It is our intent to offer these good folks […]