Utah Stream Access

I was born and raised and taught to fly fish in Utah. Now I live a mere 3.5 hours to the north of the Beehive State so perhaps its natural that I tend to have some part of my eyes and ears trained on the state. One way to follow the goings on to the […]

A couple of weeks late on this one, but I wanted to give Fly Fisherman’s Ross Purnell some kudos for bringing attention to the stream access fight. Check out his article here in which he calls Utah a “battleground state.” Money quote: The decision was a time for rejoicing for Utah anglers, but it was short-lived. 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 – […]

Two teasers to tempt you to read this month’s new issue of Bloodknot. A great Pebble ad above and a bad-boy list of the front men for various state’s anti-access movements below. Access issues tweak our spidey sense more than just about anything else these days…..

We’re damned fortunate to enjoy some of the most fisher folk favorable stream access laws in the nation here in Montana.  The nifty access we enjoy today has withstood several challenges over the years, the most recent just months ago (Mitchell Slough…). Our friends and fishing brethren in Utah are battling one of the most […]