Streamers on the Bitterroot
I take a trip to Montana’s Bitterroot Valley each spring, usually in March or early April to get in on skwala madness, everything that that big, meaty stonefly affords.
It’s chaos on the ‘root most spring days with untold numbers of rafts Continue reading
A Major Steelhead Adventure
I can’t recall another type of fish that offers so many variables when pursuing them. With steelhed, you never know for sure if the fish have arrived from their saltwater existence to their freshwater natal birthplaces; you Continue reading
The Madison Ramble
I grew up in Seattle back when Seattle had really bad weather. It’s no wonder that Seattle produces so many serial killers—that gray and soaking rain is a real bummer and there are times when depression penetrates the soul. I don’t even Continue reading
Hatch’s Bad-Ass Custom Reels
I’ve been fishing Hatch reels for four or five years now and other than one minor glitch with a prototype I’ve found them to be super-reliable and about the best looking piece of machinery you can hang from your fly rod.
That would look sweet on any stick.
Recently, Hatch launched a line of custom reels, engraved with the art Continue reading
Badest Shorts in the Land
OK, it’s still April and the weather forecaster is calling for six-to 12 inches of snow today with temperatures starting at 37 and falling to the mid-twenties by afternoon. I’m watching wind-driven snow fly by the window right now, lots of it. A freakin’ whiteout. I’ve got the kids today so Continue reading
If you’ve read much of my work, including Fly Bible: Montana you probably know that the Big Hole River is my favorite Montana stream for a variety of reasons, some having to do with spending lots of time on it with friends and family and the great memories associated with those days. Another reason Continue reading
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 the sky. In fact, April is a great time to fish Montana’s main rivers, including the Missouri, Bitterroot, Clark Fork, Bighorn, Madison, Big Hole Continue reading
April Vokey and a cast of Canadians
If the Adventure Angling Group, a Seattle-based fly-fishing film company that dominated the genre for several years, failed in one capacity it’s that its work lacked storylines and relied completely on beautiful landscape and images of fish.
Now the Canadian version of AEG, Fly Max Films, is Continue reading
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 said sixties and seventies in Ennis and Bozeman. How much different could it be to the north, in northwest Montana, on the Res? I told Becky, Continue reading
By Troy Letherman
Some people, my mother for one, operate under the assumption that the life of a fly-fishing writer mostly entails hoovering up all the free gear a guy can find, swilling booze and spanking the occasional ass with the tip section of a new Continue reading