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Pro Tips: Top 5 Trout Flies for October (Purple edition)

October 06, 2017

When it comes to fall colors, guide Tanner Smith–of Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver, Colorado–really likes purple. Purple flies, that is. Here, he teams up with Colorado Rockies All-Star center . . .

Pro Tips: Top 5 Salmonfly Dries for the Madison River

June 26, 2017

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 . . .