One of my favorite hatches of the year is upon us. The Baetis, or Blue Winged Olive. We’ve been seeing sporadic hatches here and there for a while, but now we are finally seeing some more consistent numbers. As water temps continue to warm up into the mid 40s in most places we’ll be seeing […]
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May is in full swing. The mountains are loaded with snow, and everyone is waiting with bated breath for the real warm weather to hit and runoff to start. Which means fishy folks all over the place are trying to get as much fishing in as possible before that happens. Personally, the early season is […]
As part of our unceasing search to bring you the very best in cutting edge fly fishing and outdoors research / science / general enlightenment, we’re most pleased to share this Bigfoot sightings map via Josh Stevens’ site. Read the full story from GIScience and visualization wunderkind Josh Stevens here; the comment section is well […]
Last week I got a chance to check something off my list that has been there for a long time. I harvested a deer with my bow. This is a fly fishing blog, but indulge me for a minute. A change of pace is good thing now and then. Last year was the first time […]
One of the things I love about Montana is the wildlife. I live right on the edge of town, and you never know what you might see nosing around. Making dinner last week, I happened to look out and catch this young buck moving across the hillside not 60 yards from my living room window. […]
Via the Missoulian – full article here.
Every day I hear more and more reports of sightings. They are coming. When they show up in force, every angler within a thousand mile radius will go bat shit crazy. For good reason too: the Salmonflies are almost here. The only Salmonfly that I have really chased is one followed by the words “Honey […]
Listening in on fly shop conversations can provide one great insight into the human condition. Roughly half of those conversations are about mundane elements of fly fishing and gear and the other half are about mundane elements of life that have distracted (male-centric) fishers for centuries – booze, boobs, weather and other baseless forms of […]
I’ve driven past the Daniel Fish Hatchery on the way to Jackson many times and have had it on my list to explore since I drove down here for an interview this fall. (Hatchery fish aren’t everyone’s cup of tea – I get it. That duly noted, Wyoming’s hatchery and stocking programs have done some […]
This past weekend has proven to me once again that fall really is the best season of the year, hands down. The folks were in town, I got four days off work and the stress of a new job, and it was opening weekend of hunting season. Not to mention the fact that fall is […]
Getting busy with life, work and “stuff” really does put a damper on a lot of stuff. The other night over a burger fishing buddy Shane and I were talking about that very thing. Hell, we haven’t been out fishing together in probably two months. So, we decided to take a evening we both had […]
Salmon Fishing With Humpback Whales in Thorne Bay, Alaska from BRYAN RINGOS on Vimeo. Before you adroitly comment that this isn’t a fly fishing video, let’s agree up front it’s not. The humpbacks rolling an easy cast away makes this one well worth a gander…
Posted in a non-discriminatory manner from a big guy often invited along as the most likely bear target.
Shane and I did a little last minute creeking last night on a new location I hadn’t been before. Timing the return trip, it is five minutes and 45 seconds from my parking lot. Pretty damn awesome. The water was way high and dirty, and we knew the fishing was going to be bad but […]
