Author Archives: Greg Thomas
Big R’s Online Magazine—December
The boys from Big R fly shop in Great Falls, Mont., run a pretty fine fly shop and they still get their hours on the water. That’s evidenced by BR’s most recent issue of their online magazine. The mag is … Continue reading
Anglers May Have To Choose Between Browns or Rainbows on Idaho’s Silver Creek
Ran across this blog post from David Glasscock at Silver Creek Watch and thought I’d put it out here for discussion. How do all of you feel about rainbows versus browns in central Idaho’s Silver Creeek? If you haven’t fished … Continue reading
Shaun Lawson’s Mega-Flask
Spent some good hours in Bozeman a few weeks ago, in particular a few hours with the Yellowdog Fly Fishing Adventures crew and their friends. We were celebrating the release of Confluence Films’ Waypoints and we were set to see … Continue reading
Posted in Cocktails, Culture, Industry
Tagged Waypoints, Yellowdog Fly Fishing Adventures
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Setback For Southeast Oregon’s Lahontan Cutthroat
It wasn’t like I was about to jump in the truck and head to southeast Oregon to fish Lahontan cutthroat trout, but I do keep my eyes on efforts to reestablish that fish to its traditional watersheds, and I have had … Continue reading
Bonefish and Tarpon Trust’s Belize Flats Trip
About this time of year I start thinking about Caribbean possibilities and this one is particularly intriguing. Fish like crazy and help a great research cause in the process. What’s not to like. Give this a read. Let me know … Continue reading
Legally Poached: How to Find Underfished Water and Trout Without Hookscars
NOTE: I penned this piece for the Spring issue of Fly Rod & Reel, but with the holidays coming I thought you might want to consider putting a Watermaster or some other personal boat on your wishlist. Read on and … Continue reading
SIMMS’ New Vapor Boots
Nineteen-eighty-seven. One split second. Right side of the lane, planting on my left foot. I was going to throw it down on some syrupy-slow center. Ok, I’m 6’ tall and white. I was going high to lay it in. That’s … Continue reading
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Tagged best fly fishing boots, best wading boots, Simms' Vapor Boot, Wading boots
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Speaking Tonight at Missoula’s Union Club
Thought I’d let all of you know that I’ll be presenting to the Outdoor Writer’s Association and University of Montana journalism students tonight at the Union Club in downtown Missoula. It’s all part of OWAA’s Off The Record monthly gathering … Continue reading
Confluence Films’ Waypoints Debuts November 8
Nobody would tell you that Jim Klug doesn’t throw a good party. I’ve been involved in enough of those frays to say, firsthand, that hanging with that boy, the producer at Confluence Films, can be a lot of fun. There’s … Continue reading
Methow Opens for Steelhead
One of the prettiest streams on the planet is Washington’s Methow and it recently opened to fly fishing for steelhead. That should cause an alarm to go off in your brain chiming, “Go there and fish.” The Methow isn’t known … Continue reading
Posted in Spey, Washington
Tagged Fly fishing Methow River steelhead, Upper Columbia steelhead
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