Skills

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 [...]