Get off your ass

Now and again we’re compelled, despite our proudly displayed claim of “lying about fly fishing since 2007” above, to be honest about something. In response to several emails like this one (minimally edited in all its glory) that have come in over the past few weeks…… WTF are you guys shilling for tu all the […]

As much as we’d like to keep our heads stuck in the sand when it comes to the challenges facing the environment these days, the freight train of careless environmental stewardship decision making seems to be gathering momentum. Dammit, I’d much rather be chasing redfish on the flats around Rockport or sliding into one of […]

Once again hot off the press from the Madison Gallatin TU Chapter: The ditch rescue has been postponed. The managers of the ditch have not closed the headgates as we were informed on Friday. Seems the managers are at war with a beaver who has taken up residence in the ditch! It appears that the rescue […]

Hot off the press from the Madison Gallatin TU Chapter: As you may know, thousands of trout typically are stranded in the 16-mile-long ditch when the head gate is closed in the fall. In the past volunteers have returned thousands of fish to the Madison River. Valley Garden Ranch, the ditch operator, has been very helpful in […]

Friend Sam Snyder living way up yonder in Alaska put up a post yesterday that caught the attention of many – you need to read this one. (We’ve posted the entire piece here without Sam’s permission this morning – it’s early yet in AK. The title link below takes you right to Sam’s blog – […]

1.  Check out the new Bonefish and Tarpon Trust video above. Tag your bones. 2.  Pick up a copy of Andy Mill’s A Passion for Tarpon. Pete says it’s worth a read. 3.  Add the new Varney gauge on the Madison to the monitoring routine. Simple but mighty useful data. 4.  Tie some of these. […]

More and more folks are enjoying the goodness that YNP has to offer, albeit most from the comfort of their vehicle and the pavement. From Al Nash at the park HQ last Friday: Yellowstone 2010 Visitation Tops 3.6 Million For the second year in a row, and for the third time in the last four […]