Category Archives: Northern Rockies
Montana giant trout on streamers. Now Time!
A Jefferson Drift It’s spring in Montana, although we’re supposed to get some major snow tomorrow. May hit the Madison anyway because the fishing is too good right now not to be on the water, no matter what’s falling from … Continue reading
Posted in Flies, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Bighorn River, Frank Kneeshaw, Jefferson River, Madison River, Streamers
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Blackfeet Reservation Lakes, Montana
Giant Trout on the Blackfeet Res It was April, the weather had turned, green grass poking through the scab brown lawn in Ennis, the sun rising higher each day, holding its own against night, winning the battle. The weather report … Continue reading
Posted in Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Blackfeet Reservation, Browning, Duck Lake, lake fishing
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Drink of The Week: Moonshine
Moonshine Madness, Salmon, Idaho style Maybe I shouldn’t admit this, but I once built a still under my grandparent’s deck. I got a few dribbles of liquid, not much, but enough to have probably caused my frustrations with
Posted in Cocktails, Drink of the Week, Idaho, Northern Rockies
Tagged Idaho, Moonshine, Salmon River
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Steelhead on Idaho’s Salmon River
Big Swings, Moonshine Swigs and Steelhead on Idaho’s Salmon I couldn’t take it any longer. The two-hander’s been sitting in the closet and the steelhead have steadily swam upstream in Idaho since last fall. Now they’re just two and a … Continue reading
Madison River Spring Rainbows
Fly Fishing Montana’s Madison River in March It’s been a while since I’ve thrown a rod. I got in a redfish trip during January, but that was short-lived and only gave a little flavor sample of what that Florida fishery … Continue reading
Winter Campout: Idaho’s South Fork Boise River
It’s as easy as this—you get your winter-weary ass off that couch, tie a few Zebra Midges and Brassies, plus a few Parachute Baetis, and you drive an hour from Boise or as long as it takes from anywhere else … Continue reading
Big Hole River Grazing Leases Could Kill Off Grayling
Conservation Group says BLM sending native grayling to extinction. One of the coolest aspects to fishing southwest Montana’s Big Hole River is that you stand the chance, especially on the upper and middle portions of the river, to catch a … Continue reading
Ned’s Dead
A North Idaho Near Disaster Backpack trips into remote trout streams are usually about having too much stuff—too much food, too many pairs of underwear,
Posted in Backcountry, Idaho, Northern Rockies
Tagged bull trout, North Idaho, westslope cutthroat
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Winter Midging 101
Straightforward Midge Tactics Most people think that a trout’s diet consists mostly of big insects, such as the heralded salmonfly, golden stonefly and green drake. But the reality is this: no other insect is as important to trout as the … Continue reading
Tagged Out: Montana Mule Deer
Benelli Day 3 Yesterday was Day 3 of the Benelli On Assignment hunt and there was some pressure to score. We’d seen lots of bucks and tried to stalk a few but, each time, we got busted by does and … Continue reading