Local’s Prerogative

Aside from being the best fishing of the year, Fall is also the season when most fly tiers seriously look at their depleted fly boxes and start to think about what to tie to replenish them.  It is also the time of year when you realize that the streamer bite is really on, and you […]

There is a certain pride to doing things yourself.  Tying your own flies, building your own rods, hell even changing your own oil in your car. Most people these days don’t seem to want to do anything for themselves.  If someone else can do it for just a little cash, that’s better, right? Wrong. There […]

When you have plans for your weekend, all you can think about on your Friday are those plans.  The clock slows down, and each hour lasts longer than the one before. Finally, that blissful moment arrives and you can clock out. Ahhhhhhh. A lot of folks like to sleep in on their weekends, take it […]

Not only does the fall bring with it a change in season, change in weather, and change in fishing tactics, it also brings a change in the crowd around town.  The college kids show back up, most of the tourist families are gone, and things start to settle back into some semblance of routine.  Fall […]

I got a typical call framed in an unusual way last night. It was from a guy we’d met some years before in a very non-fishy setting though he perked right up when he discovered we were from Montana and tossed a fly here and there around the neighborhood. He lives ‘down south’, which for […]

Purely Pacific Northwest from John Eklund on Vimeo.

Fall is my favorite time of year.  Waking up early this morning, there was a definite hint of crispness in the chilly air.  It wouldn’t be hard at all to imagine the sky full of low hanging clouds and drizzle, which is the perfect fall weather.  It’s going to feel like summer later today, but […]

Last week I got off work late and had half an hour or so before the sun set. It had been a long day and I needed to get out and cast. Somehow. So I headed to the recreational entity that is Bozeman Pond. A city park with a several acre lake that is more […]

With fall coming up fast (on the calendar anyway), it’s time to start making preparations to get the most out of those precious few months that you can.  For outdoorsmen, fall is prime time.  It’s the time of year we look forward to for months in advance. Here in Montana, there is a lot to […]

Spring in Twin Bridges from corey kruitbosch on Vimeo.

This is that magical time of year when towns all throughout the country fill up with people that are just passing through and seem to just get in the way. They’re the people who you can pick out of a crowd at 200 yards, due to their brand new bright blue cowboy hats, hiking boots […]

It’s good to be local.  Not just in this area, but anywhere.  Locals know the best places to eat, the most scenic backroads, who has the cheapest gas in town, and the best fishing spots in the area. Local’s also have the power to exercise what I call “Local’s Prerogative”. Local’s Prerogative is the ability […]