by Jamie Rankin
Sitting down with Montana artist Mimi Matsuda.
Spend enough time on a Montana river, and you’re bound to see a Mimi Matsuda painting unfold before you—a trout rising in a perfect bend, a heron perched on a … Read more...
by Leah Veress
Capturing Montana’s fly fishing scene on film.
As Matthew Devlin wrapped up his fifth season of guiding fishing trips in Missoula, he decided he was ready for a change. It was 2011, and a new stop cropped … Read more...
by Carson Sprague
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not the fish that they are after. —Henry David Thoreau
Growing up in Montana, some of my fondest memories are of fishing the rivers, streams, … Read more...
by Emerald LaFortune
Surviving a divorce boat in the winter.
Our green Coleman canoe gets some strange looks at the river access. There’s snow in the forecast for the afternoon, but for now the sun is out and it’s warming … Read more...
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 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 Adrien Costa
Behind the scenes of the Wretched Mess Fest.
If you happen to have been walking around West Yellowstone in the late 1960s, you may have noticed a peculiar-looking Volkswagen van, sporting moose antlers up front and a … Read more...
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...
