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Written by: William G. Tapply Bill Tapply sits on the bank, waiting for his turn to cast to rising browns. Photo courtesy Vicki Stiefel Andy and I made our first Montana Trout odyssey in the summer of '87. It took us from the South Fork of the Snake to the Henrys Fork to the Box Canyon to Hebgen Lake to the Madison to the . . .https://news.orvis.com/images/01-fly-fishing/2016/07-jul/tapply1.jpg