The first days of spring are pretty magical. You feel comfortable outside without a coat on and you can just feel the new life in the air. It’s even better when the wind isn’t blowing a million miles an hour and your girl wants to go fishing. And it’s better than that still when she […]
Jake McGlothlin
It’s Wednesday. Halfway through the week. Yesterday’s skiff of snow has already melted off. The sun is shining and the forecast is calling for another unseasonably warm day. You check Facebook to get the latest update on the play-by-play float trip your buddy is doing. Looks like they caught another big one. Damn. If you […]
Working for a creative team like I do now is a very different environment than a retail fly shop. It gives us the chance to work with some pretty incredible people doing pretty incredible things. One of the projects that Seacat Creative has been working on for a good portion of the past year has […]
Time flies when you’re having fun. New job that is a pretty great demand on my time, the depths of winter, and a new engagement all combine to make the days fly by. Next thing you know the first week of February is gone and the possibility of late winter midges with skwalas and early […]
I was sitting at my desk at work yesterday and realized that I was starting my fourth week there. It’s been almost a month. Wow. Time flies. I then realized that I have barely gone fishing in a couple of months. Hunting season, girlfriend, and work have been priorities. But we’re coming up on one […]
It’s snowing outside. Right now as I’m sitting at my desk writing this. The transition from fall to winter seems to have snuck up on us quickly this year. November always brings with it some winter-y weather, and this year is no exception. Sure, we’ll have a number of days that just feel great. Warm […]
Fall is a time of changes. Leaves change, the weather changes, we all know the drill. I’m excited to announce a change of my own. I will no longer be working at the fly shop. An opportunity has come up over the past couple of weeks that I simply couldn’t turn down. For pretty much […]
This is a fly fishing blog, so I won’t drag this post out. Last weekend I had the opportunity to go antelope hunting with my girlfriend’s dad. I have chased antelope with a bow once before (to great frustration and no success) and was excited to do it with a rifle this time. He and […]
By some stroke of luck I happened to get last Saturday off. Fishing buddy Shane was also free. We haven’t fished together since he came home to Montana this spring. Varney to Burnt Tree? Sure, why not. The night before’s planning and packing was helped along by a couple of gin and tonics and elk […]
When you find a girl who genuinely enjoys fishing, you better keep her around. She’s been trying to get me to take her fishing every chance we can, and sadly we haven’t gone as much as we should. A few nights ago we were able to run up to Hyalite Creek for a few hours […]
Fall is the time of big browns. Everyone knows that. Especially all the people lining the well known spots on the Upper Madison right now. At the shop we’re hearing reports of shoulder to shoulder fishing in some places already. It’s only going to get busier for a while… Worth it? Probably. But this crush […]
You only get two days off a week. Fishing is good. It’s hunting season. You have a choice. Do you go after these: Or these: Make your decision and make it well. Fall is fleeting.
It was hot and sunny and we had a lot more time to kill between morning and evening hunts than we figured. Setting up camp only takes so long. With the river close and a new switch rod to break in we decided to hit the water. We didn’t really expect to catch anything given […]
Whatever your chosen labor might be, however many hours and days and years and heart and blood, sweat and tears you pour into it, Happy Labor Day. Today is a day to celebrate the working people so we raise a glass to you. But I would especially like to say let’s celebrate all of those who don’t […]
