Fly Fishing Blog
Category: Gear Reviews
Streamer and Nymph Rods for Bozeman
Post Date: 03/07/2023
“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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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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Category: Gear Reviews
Dry Fly Bozeman Fly Rods
Post Date: 02/09/2023
“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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Category: News & Updates
Featured on Fly Lords Fly Shop Tour
Post Date: 02/02/2023
Check out this series of videos from Fly Lords that features the staff and myself at Fins & Feathers of Bozeman last fall.....
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Category: Gear Reviews
Versatile Bozeman Fly Rods
Post Date: 01/31/2023
“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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Category: News & Updates
Denver Fly-Fishing Show
Post Date: 01/29/2023
Are you on the Colorado front-range or planning to attend the Fly-Fishing Show in Denver on Feb 17-19? If so, please stop by the Yellow Dog Fly-Fishing.....
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Conservation Updates
Post Date: 01/28/2023
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper is a local conservation group that closely monitors pollution and development across SW Montana with the intent of keeping our rivers filled with clean, cold water....
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Category: Vintage
Missouri River Fly Fishing Guide Trips
Post Date: 01/26/2023
“May on the Missouri River” is back once again for 2023 with Bozeman-based Fins & Feathers Guide Service. We will be heading up to Craig, Montana in late April, offering...
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G. Loomis NRX+ 595 is my preferred Strike Indicator Nymphing fly rod
Post Date: 01/24/2023
The G. Loomis NRX+ 595is my “go-to” fly rod for most of the indicator nymphing style of fly-fishing that is a constant part of most of days on the water...
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Skwala Fishing Gear in my Kit
Post Date: 01/22/2023
I’ve been home for a little over a week now and yes, I am growing restless. Thankfully, I got the call that there is an opening on a trip to...
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Spring Special : Madison River Guide Trips
Post Date: 01/21/2023
The Madison River - between Ennis Lake and Hebgen Dam – is commonly referred to as the “Upper Madison” by anglers around the world. This year-round fishery has long been...
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Category: News & Updates
MGTU Annual Banquet
Post Date: 01/20/2023
Madison Gallatin Trout Unlimited's 51st Annual TroutFest Banquet will be held on Saturday, February 25th, 2023 at 5:00 PM at the Best Western Gran Tree Inn in Bozeman....
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Category: Gear Reviews
Sage ENFORCER Reels
Post Date: 01/19/2023
Also new this year from Sage is their latest series of high-performance fly reels in the ENFORCER series. I fished this reel in the 9/10 size on my several trips...
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Category: Montana Rivers
Lower Madison Fly-Fishing Outing
Post Date: 01/14/2023
I made a quick run out to the lower Madison River today to make some casts with one of my newer and yet to be fished rods – a Winston...
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Category: Montana Rivers
Lower Madison River Fly-Fishing
Post Date: 01/13/2023
The Lower Madison River is considered to be the stretches of the Madison River, below or downstream of Ennis Lake. Ennis Lake was formed in 1901 by the creation of...
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Category: Gear Reviews
Sage SALT R8 Fly Rod Review
Post Date: 01/12/2023
The new flagship saltwater fly rod from SAGE will be out and for sale on January 17!...
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Category: Education
Top Midge Fly Patterns for Bozeman Fly-Fishing
Post Date: 01/11/2023
Matching the hatch is a key aspect in finding success when fly-fishing for Trout – if success is measured by bringing fish to the net, that is....
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Category: News & Updates
Explorations on the Fly
Post Date: 01/10/2023
The seas – yes, the seas – were rough as I powered blindly across unknown waters with seawater in my eyes and a feeling of excitement that has become all...
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Category: Education
Fly Fishing Bozeman Midge Hatches
Post Date: 01/09/2023
Winter fly-fishing around Bozeman offers respite from the summer crowds and chaos of the daily commutes around town with half-plowed roads and our ever-increasing pool of terrible drivers. Head out...
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Category: News & Updates
Bozeman Fly-Fishing 2023 Update
Post Date: 01/04/2023
Here we are, brining in the new year with the holiday festivities officially in the rearview mirror and eyes locked on what’s come for 2023. The last 2 months of...
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Category: News & Updates
Fins & Feathers Bozeman Guide Goes for Steel
Post Date: 12/22/2022
Tim Peterson headed north this fall, following a busy fly-fishing guide season here in Bozeman, in pursuit of wild Steelhead and solace on the rivers of British Columbia....
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Category: News & Updates
Montana 2023 Snowpack Update - Early
Post Date: 12/09/2022
Here we are in early December 2022 and all the talk around Bozeman is the snow in the mountains and around town. Piles of snow are stacking up in parking...
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Category: News & Updates
Redfish Fly-Fishing in Lousiana
Post Date: 12/09/2022
Redfish are certainly one of my favorite fish on the fly rod as they aren’t too picky in terms of fly selection or presentation and they live in some really...
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