Category Archives: Montana
Benelli On Assignment, Day Two
Day 2 5:30 a.m. One of the reasons I like living in Montana is seeing such an abundance of wildlife. The ranch I’m currently hunting is filthy with animals and my tally from yesterday reflects that: in 10 hours of … Continue reading
Benelli Hosted Hunt
5:30 a.m Central Montana I’m currently being hosted on a 13,000-acre central-Montana ranch with private access to one of the most unique and trout-rich streams in the West. But I’m not fishing. This time I’m on a hunt as part … Continue reading
Winter fishing, Montana, Idaho
McCrystal, the Creek, and a crack head gone mad Living in a region that sees four distinct seasons has its advantages, but it also has some pitfalls, one being that most of us spend the five quality weather months speeding … Continue reading
Posted in Idaho, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Madison River, Silver Creek, South Fork Boise, TR Mcrystal
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Streamer 101 with Kelly Galloup
All you need to know to smack them. If you’ve thought about chasing the Madison River’s largest brown trout, at once envisioning yourself in a photo hoisting a five-pound-plus hookjawed male, now is the time to do so—air temperatures in … Continue reading
Posted in Flies, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Big Wood River, fall streamer, Kelly Galloup, Madison River, Silver Creek, South Fork Snake
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Whitefish Love/Whitefish Hate
There’s only one place in the world where the Rocky Mountain whitefish gets its due. That’s in Idaho, in the Big Lost River drainage, where whitefish are towing the line
Running The Bulls Missouri River, Montana
Bulls Eye There was a good bank on the Missouri, just down from the dam above Craig, with caddis fluttering and trout rising. We’d waited all day for a hatch, any hatch, and all of a sudden it happened. We … Continue reading
Posted in Montana, Northern Rockies, US & Canada
Tagged Bulls, Kevin Jurgens, Missouri River
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The Gallatin
Bozeman’s Backyard Stream Things weren’t going so good in Gallatin Gateway, Montana; in a three week span I was struck by lightening, attacked by a crazed weasel, informed by a state trooper that my roommates had become prime suspects in … Continue reading
Vagaries of Experience
Editor’s Note: Troy Letherman is the best writer you’ve never heard of. His fly-fishing writing, which is limited in abundance, is absolutely kick-ass. Letherman “gets it” as an angler and his interpretation of a day on the water is no … Continue reading
Posted in Absinthe Lounge, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Bighorn River, Troy Letherman
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