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Category: People

Part Timer’s Paean

June 18, 2025 Outside Media Leave a comment

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...

  • People
  • Spring-Summer 2025

Art Imitates Life

June 18, 2025 Outside Media Leave a comment

by Carson Sprague

Sitting down with Montana artist Pam Dolan. 

For Pam Dolan, the river has always been a healing place: a refuge for reverence, reflection, and familial connection through the highs and lows of life. Through her artwork, and … Read more...

  • People
  • Spring-Summer 2025

Joe Brooks, A Man For Montana

December 31, 2024 Outside Media Leave a comment

by Robbins Church

A single conversation can alter not only one life but also the lives of generations of anglers and even the economies of entire states.

One day in the winter of 1951-52, a lion hunter from Livingston, one … Read more...

  • Fall-Winter 2024
  • People

Charting the Waters

April 30, 2024 Outside Media Leave a comment

by Katie Thomas

Renowned Montana writer Thomas McGuane once wrote, “If the trout are lost, smash the state.” He’s been fishing for almost 80 years, just about as long as he’s been writing, and the two activities define him equally. … Read more...

  • People
  • Spring-Summer 2024

Call of the Wild

April 25, 2024 Outside Media Leave a comment

by Jamie Rankin

Montana’s meandering, scenic rivers are known around the globe for their access to wild trout. Fly-fishers come from far and wide to chase browns, rainbows, and even the elusive cutthroat, all of which are born, and grow … Read more...

  • People
  • Spring-Summer 2024

Lady of the Line

December 18, 2023 Outside Media Leave a comment

by Dave Hemphill

It all started in 1952, when Bud Lilly, Montana’s father of fly fishing and often referred to as “a trout’s best friend,” bought his fishing shop in West Yellowstone. Two years later, his wife Pat delivered their … Read more...

  • Fall-Winter 2023
  • People

Local Legend

December 16, 2023 Outside Media Leave a comment

by Dave Hemphill

In Montana, Bud Lilly’s name carries weight. Any angler who has knowledge of the West’s fly-fishing heritage has heard of the man. Legends may be soft-spoken, but their reputations don’t allow them to remain silent.

Born in … Read more...

  • Fall-Winter 2023
  • People

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