Kelly Galloup lives in Montana’s Madison Valley and owns Slide Inn fly shop on the banks of the Madison River. Having lived about 50 miles apart for the past eight years, we managed a few days on the water together, not enough, that’s for sure, but enough to know that he is the king of having big trout on the brain. If it’s not five pounds or bigger Continue reading
Kelly Galloup’s Giant Rainbow
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Smith River Float Applications Due Today
A little late is better than nothing right? Ok, if you plan to float central Montana’s Smith River this year you have to have your application postmarked or completed online today.
Why bother? Because the Smith River provides the most unique float-fishing option in the Lower Forty-Eight, giving anglers 65 miles of gorgeous river to fish between two Continue reading
Rene Harrop Predicts Sweet Fishing on Henry’s Fork in 2012
All of you probably know that Rene Harrop is the man, an eastern Idaho angling legend who is indelibly tied to the Henry’s Fork River, including the famous Harriman/Railroad Ranch section that is, arguably, the best dry-fly trout water in the western United States.
I hear you Silver Creek and I do agree with you—but the masses typically name the ‘fork as the best, and if you hit it at the right time, during green drakes or Continue reading
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Which Animal Are You?
It’s valentines day and everyone is happy and generous and walking around with the warm cuddly feeling. I guess I don’t really want to destroy that sensation, stick a sword in the spirit so to speak. But, ok, I’ll just say it—love is overrated. At least in our world. In nature it’s a little more manageable. Here are a few valentines day love stories straight Continue reading
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Tonic Geocache Winner
Ok, first an admission. When I set the Redington/Sage geocache it was in the morning and totally freakin’ freezing, not only for me but for Myka and Tate, too. Myka dunked a hand in the snow and said, “Dad, I’m fweezing. I’m fweezing. We have to go. Dad, dad, it hurts.” I tried to write down the coordinates from my GPS and the ballpoint pen froze. I was rushing, be sure. When I made it back home, after stashing Continue reading
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Simplot’s Two-Headed Fish in Idaho
This is some pretty scary news coming out of southeast Idaho and western Wyoming where that area’s border rivers offer some great flyfishing for anglers out of Jackson, Wyo., and Idaho Falls. But that’s where Simplot is mining phosphate and in the process creating some freakshow fish, including two-headed Continue reading
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If You Grew Up In The Northwest: Classic Beer Commercial
If you grew up in the Northwest in the 1970s this commercial is probably part of your childhood experience. And if you grew up in Seattle, you know that town kind of went to hell when the old neon red Rainier sign, located right next to I-5, was replaced with the glowing green Tully’s Coffee sign. Some things in life aren’t right, but Rainier nailed it when they produced this classic beer commercial. Grab some buds this weekend? No way, fella’. Grab some tallboy Rainier cans and enjoy.
Alaska Peninsula Wolves Chowing Down on Salmon
Found this interesting piece in the Anchorage Daily News and it resonated with me. I fished the Alaska Peninsula last summer and I didn’t see any wolves, but I saw 34 grizzlies. The Peninsula is wild, wild, wild country and I kind of felt like bait while wandering around with a seven-weight spey rod. That’s Continue reading
Connect: What do you know. A video with a message.
Are you getting what you need with your ad dollars in video? In Connect you do.
There are a lot of dollars being sprinkled around fly fishing today, mostly to support video projects that may or may not give a company some air time at one or more of the film tours that roll across the country each year. Their presence on the tour, of course, depends on whether they are even good enough to make the cut. And many of them aren’t.
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ShutterBugs: Tonic Posters
Thought you might find this trio of posters entertaining to see. Would love to know if you like any of these or if you think they’re dirt. I put them together for AT’s sponsorship of the media lounge at the International Fly Tackle Dealer Show in New Orleans in August. Maybe I’ll do something different for our 2012 sponsorships. Or not. Really relying on you guys here. I’m kind of partial to the carp image, but that chrome one with the sea lice is pretty killer Continue reading
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