Category Archives: Northern Rockies
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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Chromatose on The Clearwater
Karaoke and Chromers on Idaho’s Clearwater I can say this with certainty: if you want to hit the steelhead early in the morning don’t visit the Oasis or the Clearwater Club in Orofino, Idaho, especially if you see some revved … Continue reading
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
Sucks to be Whitey
Whitey Saves the Day 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 for listing as an endangered species. … Continue reading
Fishing Labs
Note: This story occurred several years ago. The two main characters, Shadow and Moose, are now gone. I’m on night one of a five-day trip to Idaho’s Clearwater River, an attempt to land and release as many of those big, … Continue reading
October Caddis on Idaho’s Kelly Creek
I am not afraid to admit my interest in tailwater streams and large rainbow and brown trout, but cutthroat trout, especially the west-slope cutthroat, are a rare breed and I give them full respect, especially when chasing that beautiful fish … Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry, Flies, Idaho
Tagged Idaho, Kelly Creek, October caddis, westlope cutthroat
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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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