What are the pleasures and pitfalls of running a successful fishing lodge? What’s it really like behind the scenes? And how did a couple kids from New Hampshire end up running one of the most successful fishing and hunting lodges in Montana? . . .
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Pro Tips: Fishing Montana’s Smaller Trout Streams
Written by: The Staff of Montana Angler
It’s not the Madison or the Yellowstone, but streams like this offer great fly fishing for trout.
All photos courtesy Montana Angler
As the winter snow flies in Montana, it is easy for the mind to wander to warmer days spent exploring the intimate streams that we fly anglers hold near and dear to our hearts. Perhaps a sense of . . .
Read MoreTHE GREAT AWAITS #3: Kootenai Country, Montana
Montana’s remote northwestern corner inspires varied reactions from visitors, who come face to face with a sense of their own insignificance in a landscape that feels at once boundless and confining, a world of dark timber and long shadows. And then . . .
Read More4 Hot Tips for Fishing the Madison in August
August is a popular time to visit and fly-fish the Madison River in southwestern Montana. The Madison can fish well during all twelve months of the year, and each month offers a different set . . .
Read MoreTop Tips for Fishing Montana’s Big Canyon Waters
River canyons conjure up angling adventure: Yankee Jim, Bear Trap, the Gorge, the Black Canyon, Land of the Giants, and the Narrows are a few of the named canyon sections of some of the great fly-fishing rivers for trout. In these canyons lie some . . .
Read MorePro Tips: 5 Things to Think About Before Leaving on a Fly-Fishing Trip
As a lifetime traveling fly angler, who now works in the fly-fishing travel industry, I have both experienced and observed several situations that can easily make or break a fly fishing. . .
Read MorePro Tips: How to Fish Safely and Effectively from a Drift Boat
The words “drift boat” cause most fly fishers to immediately go into daydream mode, fantasizing about big, trout-filled, Western rivers. A float trip is usually an all-day event in which a trio—two anglers and a rower–covers miles of river, all the while . . .
Read MoreClassic Story: Reading Between the Lines
A few years ago, Eric Rickstad and I made plans to go to Montana in late April for the Orvis Western Guide Rendezvous. As soon as our travel plans were finalized, Eric started talking . . .
Read MorePro Tips: 3 Keys to Spring Fishing in Montana
Although most anglers visit Montana in the summer, spring trout action here in Big Sky Country can be terrific. During late March and April–and before snow melt really starts–Montana rivers can offer some . . .
Read MorePodcast: Disturbing News on Montana’s Smith River, with David Brooks
The Montana Supreme Court recently reversed a decision that would have blocked a copper mine on the headwaters of the Smith River. Where we thought we had a win in preventing a mine in the wrong place, we now may have to live with that mine and . . .
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