Fantasy Fishing

So there are no trout bigger than 16 inches in Montana, at least according to one sport attempting to impersonate a fly fisher I ran into a few days ago. I won’t bore you with all of the conversation; though it is worth noting this encounter has made the top three on my all time […]

Back a few weeks ago (damn, try a month ago…) I hacked out this post and promised a deeper look into the worlds of pay to play and fantasy fly fishing. Pay to play is easy to understand; what constitutes fantasy fishing might generate more discussion. See the linked post for what we’ll suggest should be […]

Pay to play fly fishing. For decades just saying the words left behind a bitter taste in my mouth and the subtle reek of landed aristocracy in the air. Bad attitude? Maybe. But I blame it on my ‘fly fishing childhood’. For my buddies and I cutting our fly fishing teeth in mid-80’s Utah, regional […]