Fly Fishing Blog
Category: Montana Rivers
Top 10 Blue-Winged Olive Dries for Bozeman Montana Fly Fishing
Post Date: 10/02/2023
Blue-Winged Olive(BWO) hatches have started on the Bozeman area rivers, making for exceptional Montana fly-fishing opportunities with dry flies....
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Category: Gear Reviews
Streamer and Nymph Rods for Bozeman
Post Date: 09/26/2023
“After 23 years of guiding and owning a fly shop in Bozeman, there are very few fly rods that I haven’t at least given a good cast at one point...
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Bozeman Streamer Fly-Fishing
Post Date: 09/14/2023
If you are fortunate enough to be in the Bozeman area this fall, get prepared for some of the most enjoyable fishing of the year by making sure your streamer...
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Category: Montana Rivers
Fly Fishing the Upper Madison River | Middle Stretches
Post Date: 09/11/2023
The middle reaches of the upper Madison River include some of the most productive drift-boat waters on the river. Montana fly fishing generally defines this piece of river as beginning...
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Category: News & Updates
Reconnecting Side Channels on the Bighorn River
Post Date: 09/06/2023
The Bighorn River Alliance is spearheading efforts to maintain and enhance the Bighorn River fishery through a variety of efforts, none of which will be more beneficial than their plans...
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Category: Montana Rivers
Fly Fishing the Lower Madison River
Post Date: 09/01/2023
The lower Madison is consistently one of the favorite choices of our Bozeman fly-fishing guides, whether we are fishing with clients or on our own. We are fortunate to have...
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Category: News & Updates
Fall 2023 Upper Madison FWP Shocking Schedule
Post Date: 08/30/2023
FWP is tentatively scheduled to sample between the lakes on Sept 5th, at Pine Butte Sept. 6-8, 14, 15, 18, and finally at Varney Sept. 19-21 and 26-28. Those dates...
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Category: News & Updates
Kendjam Lodge Fly-Fishing in Brazil
Post Date: 08/29/2023
The sun was fading under the jungle behind me, while respite from the stifling heat seemed further now than it had all day. Granite outcroppings, the size of a small...
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Category: Gear Reviews
Winston AIR 2 Fly Rod Experience
Post Date: 08/17/2023
The Air 2 was recognized by the Fly-Fishing Industry in 2022 as the “Best of Show Freshwater Fly Rod” at the 2022 International Fly Tackle Dealer show in Salt Lake...
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Category: News & Updates
Protect Water Quality in Montana
Post Date: 08/15/2023
Montana water quality is under constant attack as a result of short-sighted development plans, outdated agricultural practices, and mediocre government oversight....
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Category: Montana Rivers
Summer fly-fishing the lower Yellowstone River
Post Date: 08/14/2023
The lower Yellowstone River is full of character with long runs, deep pools, bedrock ledges, rocky outcroppings, skinny riffles, and mid-river gravel bars that change throughout the year....
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Category: News & Updates
5 Best Hopper Patterns for the Bozeman Area
Post Date: 08/12/2023
“Hopper fishing” is one of the quintessential Montana fly-fishing experiences, characterized by long drifts and care-free eats by wild trout of all sizes and species....
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Category: Vintage
Fly Fishing the East Gallatin River
Post Date: 08/07/2023
The East Gallatin River forms just to the east of downtown Bozeman and runs its course in a northery direction to its confluence with the West Gallatin River near Manhattan...
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Bozeman Fly Fishing Update Summer 2023
Post Date: 07/31/2023
Hopper fishing has gotten good across the region with the Yellowstone and Madison both yielding some great days and fish in late July....
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Category: Montana Rivers
Bighorn River June Report
Post Date: 06/16/2023
We found most of our fish in the fast, shallow water around the inside bends and ledges....
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Category: News & Updates
Tarpon Time in 2023
Post Date: 06/08/2023
Clouds were gathering, the wind had turned from gusty to steady, fish had quit rolling hours ago and we had about 15 minutes to go before we had to call...
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Category: News & Updates
May on the Missouri Wrap 2023
Post Date: 06/01/2023
Our “2023 Spring on the Missouri” wrapped up over Memorial Day Weekend with a couple days of heavy rains and erratic river flows. However, we still managed to find plenty...
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Category: News & Updates
Missouri River Spring Fly Fishing Update
Post Date: 05/09/2023
Sunny skies and the warm breath of a Montana morning greeted me today at the boat ramp on the Missouri River, near Craig, Montana....
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Category: Gear Reviews
Fly Line Choice for Indicator Nymph Fly Fishing
Post Date: 05/05/2023
Modern fly line chemistry and taper designs – when paired with the proper fly-rod and fly-fishing application – deliver more performance than ever before....
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Category: News & Updates
Top 10 Missouri River Flies - Early May 2023
Post Date: 04/28/2023
Spring on the Missouri is “heating” up with warm weather in the cards for the next week. Expect water conditions to start changing daily with increasing snowmelt coming in from...
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Category: News & Updates
Missouri River Montana Fly Fishing Update
Post Date: 04/26/2023
Spring has finally sprung the last few days up here in central Montana along the Missouri River. Geese are on the nests, green is starting to replace white and brown...
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Category: News & Updates
And the road goes on forever...
Post Date: 04/16/2023
The last several months of life have been nothing short of spectacular for me, following the sale of Fins and Feathers of Bozeman fly shop to Yellow Dog Travel las...
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Category: News & Updates
Gallatin River Conservation News
Post Date: 04/15/2023
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has formally declared the middle segment of the Gallatin River 'impaired' by algal blooms under Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act....
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Bozeman Fly Fishing Conditions Update
Post Date: 04/13/2023
Its winter once again here in Montana (it really hasn’t stopped yet) as we awoke to another fresh coating of snow in town and in the mountains....
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Category: News & Updates
Punta Gorda Permit Fly-Fishing
Post Date: 02/26/2023
I recently returned from my first trip to Punta Gorda (PG) in southern Belize where I fished with friends of mine while staying at Garbutt’s Fishing Lodge. Primarily known as...
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Category: Gear Reviews
Favorite Sowbug and Scud Fly Patterns
Post Date: 02/25/2023
Scuds and Sowbugs are freshwater Crustaceans commonly found throughout lakes and reservoirs around the globe....
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Category: News & Updates
Bozeman Fly-Fishing Forecast 2023 - Feb. 16
Post Date: 02/16/2023
The snowpack continues to be very strong as we head into the 2023 fly-fishing season in Southwest Montana. Earlier in the winter,...
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