Montana

Montana Salmon Fly part 1 from Detonation Studios on Vimeo.

Gina Loss, a National Weather Service hydrologist in Great Falls, projects that this year’s runoff in Montana, at least Western Montana, will be “sensational”. A potent weather system has pounded southwestern and southern Montana this weekend with rain and snow. The pic to the right from this morning’s NWS forecast site out of Missoula confirms […]

Another sober reminder of why river access legislation matters so critically to fly fisher folk everywhere plopped into the inbox today. From the Utah Stream Access Coalition: The Utah Stream Access Coalition filed a second lawsuit today to restore public access to Utah’s rivers and streams.  The suit, filed in state court in Summit County, […]

Missed this one last week. Vermillion is back on the Montana FWP’s Commission after another vote (27-23) last Thursday confirmed his appointment. He had been voted off the commission two days earlier in a similar Senate vote. And Montana’s infamous legislative session has finally come to an end.

Despite noted support from Montana TU, Livingston guide Dan Vermillion was voted off the Montana FWP Commission this week. The commission is made up of reps from five geographically mapped districts who are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. A largely party line vote rejected Vermillion’s return to the vice chairmanship of […]

Ice Out/Shoot Out from bryan huskey on Vimeo. The vid we posted here this morning was pulled from Vimeo (what the hell) – another of the shoot out vids became available in the mean time.

Hot off the press in today’s Ravalli Republic – Flathead Hatchery Aims to Revive Westslope Cutthroat Trout. KALISPELL – Montana’s state fish is getting new digs that could help preserve the future of the dwindling species. Wild populations of westslope cutthroat trout have been devastated by decades of habitat loss and more than a century […]

SIMMS shoot-out submission. from Detonation Studios on Vimeo. Fly Fishing Mystery Theater from RA Beattie on Vimeo.

You’ve gotta like a guy who will set fire to crappy legislation with style. Photo credit:  E. Wiley / Helena Independent Record  

Fly Fishing is a Joke from Henry Harrison on Vimeo.

Montana Trout Cut 1 of 2 from RA Beattie on Vimeo.

Buster takes a well deserved poke at Big Sky country.  

Here’s a copy of an email received this morning from the Madison Gallatin Chapter of TU regarding the Yellowstone fisheries issue we noted a few days ago.  Take a couple of minutes today and fire off an email to support YNP’s native cutthroat.  You’ll want to chase these fish some day……. ACTION ALERT! Please take […]

By this time you’ve no doubt seen mention that Arnold Richardson, the Montanan who played the aged but still fishing Norman Mclean in ‘the movie’, recently passed on. There have been several good write ups about Arnold offered up in the past few weeks; probably the best we’ve seen was done by a local Montana […]

Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act unquestionably has created some controversy – we’re impressed with the fact that they been able to get a very diverse group of folks to sit at the same table and chat about key issues.  Is it perfect?  Hell no. TU is behind it for good reasons, I think – […]