Joe Cummings isn’t going to win any video-naming awards–a bit on the nose, don’t you think?–but this production provides plenty of great visuals, from epic drone shots to closeups of beautiful . . .
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Photo of the Day: A First-Fish Surprise in Montana
Written by: Kubie Brown
The first fish of the day turned out to be a real beaut.
Photo by Sam Brown
Expect the unexpected. With the waters dropping in Montana and fishing starting to pick up, my brother Sam and I headed to the Boulder River in Big Timber, hoping to stick a few rainbows on . . .
Read MorePro Tips: Top 5 Salmonfly Dries for the Madison River
Written by: John Way, The Tackle Shop
The huge salmonflies can bring even the biggest Madison River trout to the surface.
Photo by John Way
It is that time of year, when everyone is salmonfly crazy around Montana. People talk in hushed tones at the bars about where the hatch is and where the trout are eating the dry fly. Of the . . .
Read MorePhotos: Family Fishing Day at the Ranch
Written by: Kaitlin Groundwater, Madison Valley Ranch
What’s better than witnessing the joy of a child discovering the magic of fly fishing?
Photos courtesy Madison Valley Ranch
Fly fishing has an amazing of way bringing people together. At Madison Valley Ranch, our staff, their families, and friends came together for a Family Fishing Day last weekend. We did . . .
Read MorePhotos: Scenes from OGR17 in Missoula
Orvis’s Shawn Combs shows off a sweet Montana brown in the runup to OGR17.
Photo by Jim Kershaw
The 2017 Orvis Guide Rendezvous kicked off yesterday in Missoula, Montana. For more than 30 years, Orvis has been hosting a conference for professional fly-fishing guides from around the . . .
Read MoreA Bighorn Guide’s Top 7 Sowbug Patterns
Written by: Steve Galletta, Bighorn Angler Fly Shop & Lodge
On tailwaters and spring creeks, you can’t go wrong with a sowbug pattern.
Photos by Steve Galletta
In tailwater rivers and spring creeks, crustaceans such as sowbugs provide a consistent source of protein throughout the year. On famous tailwater rivers such as the Bighorn and Missouri . . .
Read MoreTop 10 Midge Patterns for Tailwaters
Written by: Bryen Venema, Bighorn Angler
Orvis Charlotte Store Manager Mary Griffin caught this 22-inch South Holsten brown on a tiny midge imitation.
Photo by Trey Oliver
Whether you are fishing the Bighorn, the Missouri, or a tailwater elsewhere in the country, midges are among the most important hatches. These tiny patterns have proven themselves as. . .
Read MoreVideo: Fly-Fishing the Gallatin in 360 Degrees
Surely, this can’t be the first fly-fishing video featuring 360-degree technology, but it’s the first one I’ve seen. Shot by a company called InsideMT, it offers views of anglers on Montana’s Gallatin . . .
Read More5 Questions with Tim Linehan: A Fly-Fishing Life in Northwestern Montana
Tim Linehan has now spent more than half his life on the rivers of northwestern Montana.
Photo courtesy Tim Linehan
A quarter-century ago, Tim Linehan did something that so many Eastern anglers have dreamed of: he packed everything he owned into his car and moved to Montana to become a. . .
Read More“Embrace the Worm!”
John Herzer of Blackfoot River Outfitters samples a Skwala. He claims they are very tasty.
Photo by Tom Rosenbauer
“Embrace the worm” is what my friend John Herzer of Blackfoot River Outfitters in Missoula always tells me. Every year, when we have our Orvis Guide Rendezvous and Down the Hatch. . .
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