New arrival today from House of Harrop – looks like Christmas came early… Shadow box ready, these impeccable flies are some of the tightest ties you’ll find available anywhere in the world. It is almost a shame to fish these little works of art, but boy do they work! We just received a bunch of…
While Montana has certainly experienced a cold spell, we haven’t seen much early season snow yet. They say in a true La Niña year, the moisture starts late, but when it finally starts to dump, it dumps. I guess all we can do is wait and see what happens. Ski reports have been pretty…
We’ve had a few folks call in this week wanting to float the Yellowstone. While there are times in the middle of the winter you can pull this off, right now is not one of them. Unless you’ve just read Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage and want to duplicate a heroic ice-bound adventure, plan on…
This week we had some cold weather roll in, looks like next weekend we’ll have temperatures above freezing again. Around Livingston they said the wind chill was -4! I don’t know if it was that cold, but it was certainly cold enough to freeze every guides about every 10 casts. With slush floating down the…
Although Winter fishing is here to stay, windows of warmer weather do show up from time to time. A savvy angler and internet user can quickly find out what areas of the state look like they are going to fish well on paper. You certainly don’t want to waste gas, time, and money if the…
8 weight rods aren’t only for saltwater! As our good friend and customer Steve Flood found out, a 9 foot 8 weight G. Loomis NRX combined with a Tibor Everglades is the perfect set up for catching huge 10 lb. lake run browns! We joke about 20 over 20 here on the Yellowstone (20 fish…
Like it or not, winter fishing is here to stay. The shelf ice and floating chunks now make it unsafe to float the Yellowstone. Wading is still an option, but even that can be dangerous so watch your step. The best boots this time of year are rubber soles with studs, as they are much…
Let’s face it, catching a 30 inch brown is not an easy task. It takes time, money, dedication, preparation, skills (both on the river and at the vise), years of experience, luck, and perhaps above all, the mindset of a champion – one which is unwilling to give up. An angler might have to…
The browns are in full spawning mode on the creeks right now, which means it’s actually difficult to find a fish that’s not on a redd. I only saw a handful of risers, all of which were dinks and too young to participate in the spawning ritual. Seemed like every 16-20 inch fish in DePuy’s…