Life’s funny. No matter what happens, no matter how wild and weird circumstances are, somehow there’s always some little irony, some little “funny” thing that happens to twist what’s expected on its head. Most recently that twist came in the form of an email from the team up at HeadHunters fly shop up on Montana’s […]
Women in Fly Fishing
Fire Girl Jess sent this over from her outpost in the wilds of western Wyoming this morning. Free is good. Involving more women in fly fishing is great. Trout Unlimited needs the powerful voice of female anglers. As a woman angler and conservationist, I’d like to thank you for your support of Trout Unlimited. Please […]
Yesterday I introduced to you Camille Egdorf, fly fisher extraordinaire. Today, I would like to go into a little more detail about her experiences in the wilds of the Alaskan bush. Like I had mentioned earlier, the Egdorf family owns and operates two fishing camps in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. Dave and Kim […]
It is rare to meet a young woman with skill, incredible passion and active involvement in the sport of fly fishing. It is even more rare when that young woman has been fly fishing almost since she could hold a rod, and spends four months of the year in the Alaskan bush country. Until just […]
Though today her name might not immediately cause the sun and beer addled brain of the average fly fisherman in America to make all necessary connections for immediate recognition – that’s soon to change in the case of Camille Egdorf. Anyone who’s seen Red Gold and the Drake’s Fly Fishing Film Festival this year has […]
That time of year has finally arrived – the promise of spring is in the air, taunting mountainfolk, a hint of the summer to come. And, as all too often happens in the north country, there are days when the approach of spring is delayed by a late, last blast of winter. Snow, rain, wind, […]
Spring has sprung, or so it seems, here in southwestern and western Montana. Time has come to crack the windows open, air out the house, and, of course, pull out the warm weather fishing gear. Baggies replace long underwear, tee shirts replace fleece, and Tevas take their rightful place as the ultimate summer footwear. While […]
