Category Archives: Northern Rockies
Image of The Week: Look Close
Ok, so it’s not the most exciting image you’ve ever seen. That’s not the point. This one just serves as a reminder that it’s spring Baetis time and that’s what you see crawling around on that log. Maybe it’s a … Continue reading
Save the St. Joe and Coeur D’ Alene Cutthroats
I’m a big fan of fishing in north Idaho and I love that area’s cutthroat streams, including the Coeur d’ Alene, St. Joe, Lochsa, Selway, Kelly Creek and Clearwater. Over the past four years there have been catch-and-release only regulations on … Continue reading
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Tagged Coeur d' Alene, Pend Orielle, St. Joe
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Guide’s “Recon” Trip—Bitterroot River
I used to do a lot of fishing with friends, but that’s because I was younger and hung out with dudes in ski towns who had less than demanding jobs and were afforded lots of time off in exchange for … Continue reading
Near Record Fish Count on Idaho’s South Fork Snake
The South Fork Snake is one of Idaho’s best trout fisheries—some would argue that is the gem state’s best fishery—and it hosts some solid rainbow, brown and cutthroat trout. It gets a lot of pressure from locals and the outfitting … Continue reading
Spring Skwala Stonefly Madness Begins
It was too nice not to get out of the house this weekend and throw a line on Montana’s Bitterroot River. My decision was made a little easier when I talked to John and Jed Fitzpatrick and was told that … Continue reading
Posted in Flies, Missoula, Montana, Montana, Northern Rockies
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Anglers: You could be seeing grizzlies and black bears soon
This article just came out and it means that all of us should probably start keeping an eye open for bears when we’re wandering around the banks of streams, or up in the hills this spring. Bear spray? Check. Handgun? … Continue reading
Brown Drakes and Guide Nightmares on Silver Creek
Ketchum, Idaho is one of the greatest places on earth and if I had it to do all over I wouldn’t have moved away from there back in the mid-1990s. For the angler, you’d be hard pressed to find a … Continue reading
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Over Idaho Waters: Drones in the Sky.
If you’re fishing in Idaho this year you may see something other than a bald eagle or a raven flying through the sky. That’s because an Idaho Power Company biologist decided that drone aircraft would be
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Streamers for Big Trout
I penned this story a year or more ago and it ran in the pages of Fly Rod & Reel. I think it’s worth reprinting here because when I read it I get fired up and want to throw a … Continue reading
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Own A Town on the Yellowstone River
Why just own a house in Paradise when you can own a whole town and be the person who collects the rent? That’s a question some would-be home buyers might be asking after the town of Pray, Montana just went … Continue reading
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