Website About Guided Fishing Blog Fishing Reports Contact Shop Dear Friends, Summer is almost over and fall is almost upon us. The Madison River is still holding strong with flows and temps and the fishing this summer has been great. If you’r going to be in Ennis this Friday stop down to the Fly Fishing Festival for a […]
Website About Guided Fishing Blog Fishing Reports Contact Shop Dear Friends, Mid-summer is here, Ennis and the Madison Valley are busy and the living is easy. With the good snow pack from this winter the Madison River still has plenty of water in it, fish are looking at dry flies and the weather can’t be beat. […]
In Southwest Montana summer has arrived in full force! Now that we are sweating through our shirts it has become a popular topic in the shop. So let’s shed some light on this subject! It’s been up in the 90’s for a couple days here and there, the average temp for July is 85 degrees, […]
Five Cure’s for the Common After Salmon Fly Blues Salmon fly season is a crazy time for dedicated fisherman, guides and shop staff alike. The arctic like days are at their longest of the year, fishing late is the norm and taking out with headlamps at 10:30 is common practice to catch the evening rise and […]
Ladies! Style and function have never come so easily together than with the Korkers Buckskin Mary wading boot. New to 2017, the Mary is the first boot of its kind. This is the first wading boot made by Korkers that is designed specifically for women, making it the most unique boot in its class. This […]
We are very honored and humbled to be awarded the 2017 Orvis Outfitter of the Year Award at the Guides Rendezvous this past April. This is a huge award and a goal of all Orvis Endorsed Operations world wide. Orvis has been giving out these awards for over 30 years to give recognition to an […]
t’s a hot summer day in Ennis Montana and you’ve been on the river all day in pursuit of the mythical 20 inch brown that currently is in your net. This fish has eluded you all day, finally you get the chance to take a picture with it and show everyone just how good of […]
It is that time of year and everyone is salmon fly crazy around Montana. People talk in hushed tones at the bars about where the hatch is and where they are eating the dry fly. Of the thousands of fisherman that try and hit the hatch each year there are an equal number of […]
If you have ever been near the ocean you probably have seen the vast amounts of plastic trash floating or washed up on the beaches. In fact, almost all the plastic ever created is still with us today. To combat this and try and do our little part to make the planet a […]
Embrace the Girdle bug You might know this fly by a bunch of different names such as Pats, Pedro, turd, rubber leg but for the next month or so if you are fishing the Madison River you need to embrace the girdle bug. The first rubber leg stone fly nymphs in this genre were tied […]