Category Archives: Culture
Redington’s Find Your Water: Tarpon
Winter here in Montana. But not everywhere. Check out this video from Redington’s Find Your Water series and maybe it will make you feel a little warmer, certainly jealous. But don’t sit there and whine about it. Mexico. Belize. Bahamas. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Videos
Tagged Florida tarpon, fly fishing from a kayak, kayak fishing for tarpon, Redington
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Bundy’s Occupation of Malheur Wildlife Refuge Is A Sham
There are two pieces on the occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge worth reading here, one being a great opinion piece from the New Yorker, and the other an opinion I wrote for Fly Rod & Reel back in September, … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Culture, Oregon
Tagged Bundy New Yorker, Bundy Occupation, Malheur Wildlife Refuge, Takover of federal lands
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Mandated: Release Wild Steelhead on the Hoh, Bogachiel and Sol Duc
If you follow this blog and my writings in other places, you know that more than anything I love wild steelhead. Love the country they live in, love their life history stories, love the way these fish fight, and I … Continue reading
Montana Adopts Mandatory Kill on Walleye
I know there are a lot of guys out there who like fishing for walleye and there are probably a lot more who just like eating them. My experience with walleye is that they don’t like to eat flies, they … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Culture, Montana
Tagged fly fishing for walleye, Montana Fly Fishing, Montana walleye fishing
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Fly Rod & Reel Winter Issue
It’s that time again. I’ve just finished up Fly Rod & Reel’s winter issue and it will be hitting newsstands soon. You’ll find some good holiday reading in this one, including our selection for Angler of They Year. In addition, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Industry
Tagged Angler of The Year, Fly Rod & Reel, subscribe to Fly Rod & Reel
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Winter Task—Organizing Your Flies
It isn’t exactly the dead of winter here in Montana, and probably not where you live either. Actually, it felt like the dead of winter here for about 10 days, with the thermometer never rising above 30 and
Posted in Culture, Flies, Gear
Tagged flies for the Rockies, Organizing flies, winter fly fishing
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Image(s) of The Week
Spent some time in eastern Idaho this past summer as part of a Patagonia press junket that explained the merits of its new waders (more on that soon), and the advantages of tenkara rods for some situations. Also got out … Continue reading
Montana Whitetail Hunting With Daughters
Finally, this boy found some time to get into the field. And the only way I did that was by playing hardball with my girls. Did they want to spend the weekend hunting? No way. They wanted playdates and sleepovers … Continue reading
You Write The Caption—9
This probably isn’t something I would send the kids out to do. Yes, you won’t hear me shouting, “Go play in the fire!” But when someone of reasonable age decides that they have enough moonshine in them to pull off … Continue reading
SIMMS’ Ode To The New Wade-Fisher
It’s not getting any easier to find “fresh” water these days, but the wading angler might have just as good a chance, or better, as someone in a boat. So don’t let your lack of floatation keep you from adventure. … Continue reading