Category Archives: Montana
Montana Cleans Up Yellowstone’s Soda Butte Creek
Thought all of you might like to hear this news. Cook City, Montana, of course, is one of fly fishing’s great destinations, offing easy access to the Lamar River, plus Soda Butte Creek, Slough Creek, Trout Lake and many other … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Montana
1 Comment
Southern Boys Getting Northern…or How To Fly Fish
Had the southerly crew up for the weekend, my friends from LA and Phoenix who needed a good dose of Montana Time. They flew in Friday a.m. and by early afternoon they were hooking up with bass and
Posted in Backcountry, Culture, Montana
Tagged Bitterroot River, cutthroats, How to fly fish, Peter Frampton, wilderness
2 Comments
Summer Storms and Fishing in Lightning
In 1996 I had a lightning bolt hit the ground about 10 yards from where I was walking. I thought I took a direct hit because the noise was so violent and I felt a jolt in my left foot. … Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged fishing in lightning, Lightning on the water, western storms
1 Comment
Fly Fishing for Native Cutthroat Trout, Montana
Been keeping an eye on a particular stream that I started fishing last year. Didn’t really understand why there were so many large fish in it. Thought, must be a spring spawning run bringing big dudes out of the main … Continue reading
Posted in Montana, Northern Rockies
2 Comments
Bass in Western Montana
All right, so this isn’t the B.A.S.S. circuit. But this is pretty cool, given a week on week off schedule with my daughters and no friends who fish bass at all. Trout guys. For sure. So I talked a bud … Continue reading
Montana Cutthroat Fly Fishing Commando Mission
Last week. Lots of options. The water rolling high in some places, perfect in others. North Idaho? The Big Hole? West Fork of the Bitterroot? Where to go with so many options? That was the question I had in my … Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry, Montana, Northern Rockies
2 Comments
Fly Fishing for Largemouth Bass
I know it’s trout time and that most people are focussed on moving water and those rainbows and browns rising to dry flies, but there are other options out there, likely close to your home. I passed on Montana’s trout … Continue reading
Posted in Montana
Leave a comment
Fishing Montana’s High Mountain Lakes
You can’t get into all the West’s mountain lakes right now, but most of them below 8,000 feet are accessible, free of ice, and offering eager cutthroat, rainbow and brook trout. A few lakes also hold golden trout, which are … Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Bitterroot Mountain Lakes, brook trout
Leave a comment
The Mount Jumbo Stumble
Things were going well today. A last couple hours with the girls before they head out with their mom for eight days. They’ve got a three-hour drive ahead of them so I decided to wear them out a little. I … Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry, Culture, Missoula, Montana, Montana
6 Comments
Small Stream Fishing in Montana
This is how it goes. You get an e-mail from a friend in Butte. He says he’s off work at five and that the upper Clark Fork looks good. He caught a few fish on dries there the night prior, … Continue reading