So I am still without camera after the unfortunate meeting of my DSLR and the South Fork of the Snake. So last weekend when I was up on the Lochsa for the first time I was reduced to the camera on my two-year-old smartphone (I think two years in smart phone technology is akin to […]
Native Fish
Any fly fisherman worth their salt would be hooked by the second and third paragraphs – “Watch this,” Kruse says. He snatches a few grasshoppers off stems of wild brome and tosses them one by one into the stream. As they land on the water, small trout dash to the surface and engulf the insects […]
It doesn’t matter if we’re talking fishing, work, relationships, whatever; everyone has that lofty goal that sits on your “someday” horizon for years. Maybe it’s to get into the 20/20 club with a big fish, or write that book, get that promotion, etc. The moment you achieve one of those goals, you feel like you’re […]
There really is no place like it that I know of. Where else can you sit by the shore and watch native cutthroat trout two feet long rising less than two rod lengths from where you’re standing? It is a place that when hit right, never disappoints. If you know where I’m talking about, please […]
The spoils of Hyalite Creek. This feisty native cutt was the biggest fish of the day. It started pouring rain (and when your rain jacket is older than you are, this is sometimes a problem) shortly afterwards, but the fish kept rising. They all fell to a size 12 black Elk Hair Caddis tied by […]
With Memorial Day under our belts and summer kind of “officially” here, more and more people are thinking about fishing. Tourist season is starting to kick off as well, with many people from all over the place wanting to ply the legendary waters of Montana. For the most part people are wanting to fish the […]
Had a recent conversation with a good friend about the upcoming fly fishing season. (It always seems a bit strange to write the words ‘the upcoming fly fishing season’ after joining the ranks of the fish year round platoon years ago. My friend, on the other hand, hangs up the rod in late October and […]
On of the things SWMBO misses the most about living in the Flathead is the great drive along the eastern shore of the Lake. In the spring when the cherry orchards are in full bloom and the lake is shimmering in the Montana sun the view is so flawless it seems unreal. Pondering such an […]
I tend to agree with Mark at Headhunters that, from the sometimes skewed perspective of a predominantly blue-line fly fisherman, February is probably my least anticipated and enjoyed month of the year. Back in home country the novelty of winter’s cold and snow has passed (this year’s bizarre weather excepted), the days are still achingly […]
Chatting via email this morning with new Chi Wulff friend Dr. Aaron Adams of the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust about various stuff, including politics in Florida these days and he served up the quote of the day… I wonder how much research/conservation we could’ve done with the ~$30 million they spent here on ads in […]
The current issue (Number 4) of Pool 32 has just rolled off the cyber press and there’s a thought provoking piece written by Bob Margulis, one of the trustees of the Wild Steelhead Coalition; the article is entitled Yes We Can – What You Can Do to Save Wild Steelhead. Margulis reviews some of the […]
Montana TU has released their 2011 Annual Report and we’d be remiss if we didn’t call out their efforts in restoring Native Cutts. Sure, Montana TU has a few things to crow about looking back at 2011 – their role in wrestling with the Montana Legislature during the battles just about a year ago over […]
Perusing fly fishing sites these days it seems you hardly have time to sip through your first cup of coffee before running across mention of threats to native fish and their fisheries. As counterintuitive as it might seem at first glance, we think that’s a good thing. No question, reading another angst inducing story about […]
