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February 9th, 2021

12 Days of Merry Merry Christmas—Day 5–MFC River Camo Poly Fly Box

We realize the holiday season can be difficult, time consuming, stressful and crazy.  Especially if you have a fisherman or woman on your list to shop for.   We are try to take the stress out of this holiday season by giving you some ideas of great gifts.  Each day will feature a new gift […]

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February 9th, 2021

12 Days of Merry Merry Christmas– Day 4-Fish Pond Dog Bow Wow Travel Bowl

We realize the holiday season can be difficult, time consuming, stressful and crazy.  Especially if you have a fisherman or woman on your list to shop for.   We are try to take the stress out of this holiday season by giving you some ideas of great gifts.  Each day will feature a new gift […]

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February 9th, 2021

12 Days of Merry Merry Christmas— Day 3– Tilley LTM6 Airflo Hat

We realize the holiday season can be difficult, time consuming, stressful and crazy.  Especially if you have a fisherman or woman on your list to shop for.   We are try to take the stress out of this holiday season by giving you some ideas of great gifts.  Each day will feature a new gift […]

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February 9th, 2021

Transitional times

The cool nip that holds in the morning air from the night before is lasting longer these days.  Drives into work reminds us that shorter days and longer nights are on the horizon.   A full moon in the recent past and soon the above mentioned transitions should reset the fishes clocks into the power […]

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February 9th, 2021

Oh September!

Oh September what a glorious month it is to be on the Madison and in Montana. The first chill of fall, leaves of gold, cooler days and nights, and fish that are re-energized. If a person could only spend one week fishing the Madison each year and wanted good fishing, stable water and great views […]

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February 9th, 2021

Dog days and tiny treats.

With the month of August rolling through we have had good reports of Callibaetis and Trico’s out on the lake. If you seek a little more movement in your fly line than the still water pursuit the upper Madison has been producing well and good news if you are planning on hitting the river this […]

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February 9th, 2021

With each passing day through the heart of August

With each passing day through the heart of August the question we get at the shop the most is what access point has the most hopper’s.  Good news bad news is I have yet to hear about one specific section of the river having the banks loaded up with hopper’s, but everyday I hear reports […]

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February 9th, 2021

Crawling or hopping into August?

Standing on the banks of the river in shorts well quickly bring a reminder of the progress ant colonies have made this summer.  August is officially upon us and for me it has always signaled a time to look to the shrubs and grass before the seine net.  Yes there are ants along the rivers […]

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February 9th, 2021

A Madison river destination

Being my first season here in the Madison Valley there are several things that I am impressed with.  Whether it be the sheer number of insects in one of the intense hatches or how many different hatches you well see going on at the same time.  It is also amazing to see all of the […]

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February 9th, 2021

Good nights creating good dry fly bites.

FlyAgra and Dust for the tips of fresh Leaders. With the appearance of the nocturnal’s skittering around at night the trout have really set their eyes in an up position. We have had a lot of people coming in stocking up on Chubby Chernobyl’s Purple Haze and Elk Hair Caddis to name a few. It […]

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