I caught the Arctic Grayling in the photos above in Hyalite Reservoir near Bozeman. The fish are beautiful and wild, spawning in the creek above the lake. And they are completely protected. You are not allowed to kill any of them or to fish in […]
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Your 2015 Montana fishing license is only good through Monday; the 2016 license year starts on Tuesday (March 1). Don’t get caught out with an expired license! You can buy 2016 licenses now, no need to wait until after Tuesday. As Paul wrote last week, license […]
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The curse of the GoPro continues, and it’s mighty strong voodoo! When the camera is rolling, I may as well take a nap, for as little action as I’ve been getting “on film.” As soon as the battery dies, the fish start eating. It’s gotten to […]
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So a few weeks ago, my wife and I flew to Florida to visit her family. Part of that trip included a day of fly fishing for redfish. Conditions were dreadful which made the fishing even worse (more about that another time). In fact, the most […]
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There’s a reason why the photo above is from four years ago and the video below is from last winter. It’s not because I didn’t catch trout yesterday. I did. Rather, it’s because the GoPro battery only lasts two hours, and (mercifully) I didn’t take a […]
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A nice 17 inch brown trout caught last week on a Rubber Legs nymph above the Yellowstone River’s Yankee Jim Canyon. The calendar claims that it’s still February, but the air temperature in Southwestern Montana feels much more like spring. My Pennsylvania family members have […]
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Yesterday’s fly fishing on the Yellowstone River was not easy. I should have known that things would be tough when I hooked and lost a nice fish on my first cast. After that, nothing, for a long time. After a while, a couple of whitefish, but […]
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First a short fishing update, then a bit about a simple, deadly technique that a lot of people don’t think to try. I got out for a couple of hours of fly fishing on the Yellowstone River yesterday. I headed up above Yankee Jim Canyon to […]
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Today would be a good day to get out and fish the Yellowstone River or the Paradise Valley spring creeks. Relatively warm, not too much wind…. If you can do it (pesky jobs!), head out today and get a little respite from cabin fever. A lot […]
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The day began with a beautiful sunrise and the promise of some warmer air temperatures, maybe even 50 degrees. It was breezy at our place in Paradise Valley, but when we got out of the car along the Yellowstone River above Yankee Jim Canyon, the air […]
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