Category Archives: US & Canada
Bull Trout on the Skagit
You only need a minute and forty-six seconds to take a lungful of air and refresh your late Monday attitude. This short is from Travis Lowe, our Canadian brother who owns Cinema Digital Production. I’ve fished the Skagit, where these … Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry, British Columbia, CANADA, Northwest, Spey
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Memories from Haida Gwaii
Thought I’d throw a little Monday morning photographic love your way and share some images from paradise. See, it’s February now, and in the Pacific Northwest that means the best steelhead of the year are about to arrive—native winter slabs … Continue reading
ShutterBugs: Travis DuBois
Often during July in Alaska, where I grew up, my family would slide our jetboat into the clear waters of my home river somewhere between eight and 10 p.m. Even at that time the summer sun lit up the sky … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Northwest
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The Aces of Spey
In the early-2000s I was engaged to an Oregon girl who’s father was a rabid Northwest flyfisher. Appealingly, he owned a cabin on British Columbia’s Kispiox River and showed me photos of several 30-pound steelhead he’d caught there. When I … Continue reading
Posted in CANADA, Gear, George Cook, Northwest, Spey
Tagged Andrew Bennett, George Cook, Spey rods
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How Adam Trina Built Montana Fly Company
NOTE: I penned this piece for Big Sky Journal last year. Thought all of you might enjoy the read, too. And thanks to Travis Lowe for the image and video. Check out more of Lowe’s work at Spring Creek Film. Adam … Continue reading
Posted in Flies, Industry, Northern Rockies
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ShutterBugs
I’m a photo junkie and shoot plenty with my battered but still functioning Nikon D-200. Over time I’ve assembled a big collection of images and I sell them often enough to know that they entertain people. So, occasionally, I’ll post … Continue reading
Posted in Northern Rockies
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RC Cone’s New Film: Breathe
RC Cone is a photographer/videographer/shredder/and part-time angler who lives in Jackson, Wyoming. He took on a cool project last summer and included me in the shoot, where he interviewed various anglers on what being on the water meant to them, … Continue reading
Posted in Industry, Northwest, Videos
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Wolf Speak from Montana—kill ’em all
Nick Gevock and I share a couple things in common. First, he owns a house in Ennis, Montana that he can’t sell and, secondly, he and I have both had our lives threatened by the same Ennis outfitter. In addition, … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Northern Rockies, Uncategorized
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Bigfoot Alert, Missouri River, Montana
Had I known this, I never would have been so eager to hit that right-at-dark summer caddis hatch that is so famous and productive on Montana’s Missouri River. Fact is, I wonder if it’s even safe to roam the streets … Continue reading
Posted in Absinthe Lounge, Northern Rockies
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Forest Fires Have Montana’s Bitterroot Back on Track
I remember the Bitterroot Valley’s major fires in 2000 and 2003 and what that did to the attitudes of anglers—basically, it beat them down and many thought that the Bitterroot and its all important tributary streams would be destroyed, along … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Montana, Northern Rockies
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