Now that Salmon Flies have made their hatch progression from the lower reaches to the upper river towards Lyon's Bridge we are happy to report a...
Author: Mike Stack
Fly Tying How-to: Tying a Dry / Dropper Rig
One of the most effective ways to fly fish for trout is to employ a dry dropper rig allowing you to fish to both surface feeders and sub-surface...
How to Fish a Streamer and a Dropper Nymph
The Bunny and Beadhead One of our favorite and most successful tactics for catching big trout is to add a dropper nymph off the back of your...
Tying The No-Slip Mono Loop
In this fly tying video I demonstrate how to tie the no-slip mono loop, a knot credited to Mr. Lefty Kreh in his book Fishing Knots. I use this knot...
Fly Tying How-To: A Faster Way to Tie the Blood Knot
One of the most common and useful knots for joining sections of leader or tippet material is the blood knot or barrel knot. Although most anglers...
Montana FWP Hoot Owl Restriction and River Closures Update 8/1/16
As feared, weather conditions have continued to be hot and dry, bringing warm water temps on many southwest Montana rivers. Warm temperatures mean...
Hoot Owl Restrictions return to Sections of The Big Hole River 7-23-16
The cooling off trend after the funnel cloud producing storm that bumped and cooled flows enough to end the Hoot Owl restrictions has ended. Recent...
Montana FWP lifts Hoot Owl Restrictions on lower Big Hole 7-14-16
The recent (July 10th) funnel cloud storm produced much needed precipitation around much of southwest Montana. As a result, MT FWP regional...
Montana FWP Additional Hoot-Owl Restrictions Update 7/3/16
With recent summer temperatures reaching into the nineties, the water temperatures on many of our area rivers have reached the threshold for...
Madison River Fishing Report 6-29-16
The Madison River's fabled Salmon Fly hatch is still going strong on the upper river from Palisades to Storey Ditch and we're catching some great...