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 […]
Everyone is going salmon fly crazy even though we are still a few weeks away from the main Hatch on the Madison River. Yes there have been reports of toilet bowl rises and spot hatches of bugs on the Big Hole but the real wave is still some time off for us Madisonites. We have […]
June has arrived and with it, the high muddy water that fly-fisherman dread. This is typically a time where anglers put their rods away and turn to the vice to restock fly boxes for the coming months. Muddy water tends to scare the average fly-fisherman into thinking “If I can’t see the bottom I can’t […]
Dear Friends, June has arrived and we are full steam ahead. Town is getting that summer Buzz that we love, the weather is improving by the day, and shorts and sandals are now the norm. We love summer and it shows. Our seasonal staff has arrived and they are ready […]
Our Montana Fly Fishing Guides Kick Plastic We will again be Kicking Plastic on all of our guided trips this year. Each guest will receive a reusable aluminum water bottle to keep after their trip. The guide will have bulk water in other reusable water bottles to refill during the trip. This is just a […]
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Things are big out there and right on the edge of being dangerous. Those who love to float rivers should take heed that the Madison River is running really high and it is extremely dangerous to float. Its a true bummer that the scheduled flush of the Madison occurs during the first big weekend of […]
Website About Guided Fishing Blog Fishing Reports Contact Shop Dear Friends, Stop what your doing for a moment and think of green carpet of the valleys, the slow retreat in the mountain snow line and the beautiful Madison River flowing in the valley. With the this last winter’s snow and recent rains the Valley floors have turned into […]
