Chasing the Cat
by John Holt
A little thumbing your nose at convention is good for the soul. Especially at times like this, when a nine-foot Heddon #35 bamboo fly rod made 85 years ago is used to fling a large weighted woolly … Read more...
Author: Outside Media
Book: The Angler’s Book of Favorite Fishing Quotations
by Josh Bergan
Much has been said about the sport of fishing, which is why Jackie Corley arranged this 104-page compendium entitled The Angler’s Book of Favorite Fishing Quotations (Hatherleigh Press, $12.50). Both beloved and less-well-known lines from past presidents … Read more...
Fly Tying: Purple Parachute
MONTANA STATE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TO DISCUSS SMITH RIVER BONUS POINT SYSTEM
Oct 25, 2023 1:29 PM
HELENA – The Montana State Parks and Recreation Board will meet Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. to discuss adopting rules for a bonus point system for Smith River permits.
The bonus point system rules were … Read more...
Alpine Advise
by Kurt Dehmer
It’s no secret that Montana is home to innumerable high-elevation lakes, and for the intrepid fly angler, these waters offer up some serious adventure potential. The main ingredients for a successful mountain-lake trip are research and planning. … Read more...
Guarding the Gallatin
by Scott Bosse
And what tools can be used to do so.
Anyone with a soul who has ever fished, paddled, or even just laid eyes on the Gallatin River wants to see it protected. More than any feature in … Read more...
Bryozoan Mapping Proposal 2018
Proposal
Mapping the Incidence of PKD Parasites in Paradise Valley, Montana
March 10, 2018
1.0 SUMMARY
The 2016 fish kill in the Yellowstone River focused public attention on proliferative kidney disease (PKD), a condition affecting whitefish and related salmon. … Read more...
Yellowstone River FWP Source Material
2016 Mountain Whitefish Kill on the Yellowstone River Finalx
The link above is a PDF of the FWP source material obtained by Montana Fly Fishing Magazine showing numbers of trout species killed also. This information begins on roughly page 18-19, … Read more...
Yellowstone River Killer!
by Greg Lewis
Montana Fly Fishing Magazine interviews a 30-Year Expert in Bryozoans and PKD on the subject of what caused the unsolved fish-kill from 2016-2017
By most guide and outfitter accounts the Yellowstone River has recovered from the … Read more...
Why is Big Sky Pursuing Direct-Discharge into the Gallatin River…
Answer: “A Fiduciary Responsibility to its (nonresident) Investors…”
Big Sky’s major developers’ are now starting a new PR campaign for direct-discharge into the Gallatin River (beginning in 2018).
It has been revealed in following Water Sewer District meeting–minutes … Read more...