Category Archives: Flies
Trip Update: Kluane Wilderness Lodge on Wellesley Lake, Yukon Territory
As mentioned previously, I’ve been sifting through some invites to great lodges in Canada and I made a choice last week to visit Kluane Wilderness Lodge in the Yukon Territory. It’s located on Wellesley Lake about a two-hour flight by … Continue reading
Image of the Weekend
Yea, I used just a tad of post production on this one. Still, thought you might like to see. The girls caught this one and I said, if you are going to keep it we are eating it tonight. They … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Northern Rockies, Warmwater
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Bassin’ in Montana
Got in on the tail end of the largemouth spawn in western Montana, specifically on the Flathead Indian Reservation. My girls had a ball hauling in a few good ones. Saw a few five pounders but they didn’t seem interested … Continue reading
Big Ass Bass: Fly Fishing for Largemouth in Western Montana
Thought all of you might like to see the damage I did on bass over the weekend. The result of the only strike I got in the three hours I fished. Didn’t see any bass in the shallows, nor any … Continue reading
The West’s Best Summer Fly-Fishing Hatches
The weather turned here in Missoula, which means it was snowing like crazy, pretty much blizzard conditions, a few days ago, and today it’s in the 60′s and it might make 70 tomorrow. I’m sure we’ll have more rainy and … Continue reading
Prepping For The Bahamas
I’m not writing this to rub it in. I know it’s cold outside. I have six inches of snow on my front lawn right now and it’s gray as can be here in Missoula. We could have another few months … Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry, Culture, Flies, Saltwater, Travel
Tagged Abaco, Bahamas, Bimini, Bonefish, Nervous Waters
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The Greatest Spring Fly for the Northern Rockies
Trying to do my winter deal today, getting ready for the Bahamas, gearing up for a 24-hour mountain bike race in 2013, trying to shave off a few pounds and hit the weights. So I was driving to a health … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Flies, Northern Rockies
Tagged Fly Fishing Northern Rockies, Greg's Incredible Egg, Pheasant Tail Nymph
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Gill Net Restrictions on Lower Columbia Could Enhance All Inland Steelhead Fisheries
Cross your fingers on this one boys. If Washington approves changes in the lower Columbia gill net fisheries, many more steelhead will be allowed to swim upstream and enter a variety of famous waters, including the Deschutes, Klickitat, Grand Ronde, … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Northwest, Spey, Steelhead
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Oregon Votes Down Gill-Net Ban
Oregon voters shot down a ban that would have eliminated non-tribal gill-nets on the lower Columbia River and likely increased fish passage to all the alluring Columbia tributaries, including the Deschutes, Klickitat, Methow, Okanogan, Grand Ronde, Clearwater and Salmon rivers, … Continue reading
