Want to jump in with both feet and immerse yourself in the world of some of the busiest fly shops on the planet? Two options in Craig for your perusal – HeadHunters and Crosscurrents are starting their searches for their high season teams. Image via the Headhunters blog post laying out the details…
Sh*t You Hear In A Fly Shop
Hopper season is here. That means that almost every person that comes through the shop is asking about them. Locals, tourists, it really doesn’t matter. One of the most common phrases we’ve heard lately is “you fish a hopper/dropper out here?” Hopper/Dropper is one of those terms that has been written about so much in […]
Any retail store has a lot of light bulbs. Better light, better presentation, better shopping experience. At the shop I work at we have always written the date we put a lightbulb into a fixture. That way we can keep track of how long it lasts before burning out. Somewhere along the line some worker […]
Last week I had the pleasure of heading up to Craig and fishing the Missouri with friend and guide Ken Stock and my friend Ethan (more pictures and story to come later). Longer distance trips with Ken usually involve early starts and lots of coffee. That morning was no exception. Ken makes a habit of […]
Things are getting busier around town and the shop these days. The warm spring has pushed a lot of tourists from the ski slopes to the rivers. We sure don’t mind, a busy March is nothing to complain about. And after a winter of locals and more die hard fishing types, it’s kind of entertaining […]
Three fly tyers walk into a wine bar… It’s always interesting how hearing a conversation out of context can make things pretty damn awkward. Last night after work Ethan and I headed over to the bar near the shop for a drink before the shop’s weekly tying night. The establishment is a pretty swanky place, known […]
You can hear the most random stuff in a fly shop. Monday afternoon I was talking to a friend about the recent showing of the Fly Fishing Film Tour. We were discussing how the first half of the film seemed a little preachy, and how in years past the F3T was more about fish porn and […]
It seems like I often miss the best conversations in the shop. There was one last week that I’m sure we’ll be talking about for a long time. It went something like this: Customer: You think I can throw a 450 grain sink tip on an 8-weight? B: It’s like having sex with a fat […]
It’s been a busy week in the shop. Hell, it’s been a damn busy summer. But it seems like over the past couple of weeks we have had more stupid questions, weird answers, and overall stuff that just makes us look at each other and wonder “WTF?”. Such is life in retail I suppose. Today’s […]
For those of you who don’t know, I work at a fly shop here in Bozeman. Not only is it in Bozeman but it is in downtown Bozeman. Right on Main Street. Due to our location we get a lot of tourist traffic. A LOT of tourist traffic. Which means we deal with a lot of […]
