by Kurt Dehmer
The story of Bozeman Reel Company
There probably isn’t a small city in the American West more closely associated with fly fishing than Bozeman. Therefore, it would make sense to design, machine, and manufacture fly reels right … Read more...
by Don Thomas
What makes the west slope cutthroat so special?
It’s mid-September on a remote mountain stream that shall go unnamed for reasons understood by all serious anglers. The ambience could not provide a starker contrast to my last … Read more...
KALISPELL — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has confirmed the detection of a non-native brown trout in the Flathead River upstream of Pressentine Fishing Access Site near Evergreen, and anglers are encouraged to submit any additional brown trout caught within … Read more...
by John Barratt
A merger of past and present in the mind of an experienced angler.
Occasionally I wonder if my fondest Madison River recollection is the result of an overactive imagination.
Driving into the Park from West Yellowstone, I … Read more...
by Charley Ducsay
Musings on fishing, from an outside perspective.
It seems that there are three kinds of folks here in Montana, not including those with the privilege of being born here. You’re either a tourist, a part-timer, or a … Read more...
by Katie Thomas
Becoming an outdoors woman in Montana.
Montana is regularly presented to the world as a wild, natural paradise where each of its residents tumbles out of the womb with a fly rod in hand. And that can … Read more...
by Corey Hockett
Chasing cutthroats and other backcountry bounty in the heart of Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness.
The straps on my backpack cut deeper into my shoulders with every step. For a while it felt like nothing more than the … Read more...
By Robbins Church
On a long-ago road trip to a legendary hatch, two young anglers get salmonfly satisfaction.
“Dan Bailey’s,” the voice answered on the other end of the line.
Astonishing, I thought to myself, as I stood at a … Read more...
