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Punching Tags in Montana
Got away for a few days with my father, Fred, and visited some great family friends in northern Montana. Great dinners. Lots of laughs. World Series games on motel TVs. Chicken fried steak for dinner. And a couple nice animals … Continue reading
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Skate ‘dat Fly. Feel the Thrill.
Let’s say you’ve just been through a few days of bliss, banging up steelhead on light sinktips and whatever your delivery of choice is—Fall Favorite, sunken Muddler, Pick ‘yer Pocket… And now, all of a sudden you’ve got skating in … Continue reading
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Where in the World: Photo Contest
Here’s the second version of our Where in the World photo contest where you, the angler, gets to twist your brain for an answer. This is one of my favorite shots of all time, not a fly-fishing specific image, you’ll … Continue reading
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Where in the World Photo Contest
I’ll try to do these contests as often as I can, perhaps on a weekly basis, with the support of my great sponsors. This week’s prize is a Hatch Outdoors bottle cap opener in the design of a fish tail. … Continue reading
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Brown Trout After Dark
This isn’t something I do every day, but every once in a while I brave the dark and the possibility of bumping into bears or snakes or whatever else crawls around at night and has the ability to bite, and I throw for … Continue reading
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The West’s Small Streams: Go time now
Dry flies, eager rainbows and cutts If you’re an angler living in the West and have entrepreneurial spirit, this is the best time of the year. Here’s why: after a major spring/early summer runoff, when freestone rivers were bent out … Continue reading
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Bitterroot Cutthroats
Fast Float—West Fork Bitterroot The water is still high in most of the northern Rockie’s drainages, but some are running relatively clear and offering decent fishing. The West Fork of the Bitterroot and the mainstem Bitterroot are good examples. Took … Continue reading
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The Big Move: Missoula, Montana
Notice a dearth of posts lately? Ah, life in the way of creativity. Let’s see. Put Fly Rod & Reel’s Angling Adventures issue to bed in April; put FRR’s Summer issue to bed 10 days ago; emptied a house in … Continue reading
Thomas named Fly Rod & Reel’s New Editor
Thought all of you would like to know that I’m taking the helm at Fly Rod & Reel. This is going to be a blast to do and it will be good for Angler’s Tonic, too. I’ll continue to produce Tonic … Continue reading
Tourney Time: Let the madness begin
I barely made it through college because I was a gym-rat, basketball junkie who put up 50 when I wanted to and then walked around like I was a god, even though I couldn’t have garnered a contract in the … Continue reading
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