Ask me why I love fall fishing in Yellowstone Country. Is it big streamers for big browns, tiny fall baetis mayflies on the Paradise Valley spring creeks, solitude in Yellowstone National Park? Is it ‘hopper action without the crowds, cooler weather, cooler water and re-energized fish? […]
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Every great trout water has three “signature hatches,” I’d argue. Applied to the Yellowstone River, you’ve got the Mother’s Day Caddis, swarming over the river prior to runoff and the ‘hopper “hatch” in mid- to late-summer, as the Montana breezes blow chunky terrestrials into the trout’s […]
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At Sweetwater Fly Shop, we believe that you can get the angler on your list something they’ll cherish without spending a fortune! On the other hand, if you want to really splurge, we’ve got that covered as well. This year, we’ve chosen a couple of dozen […]
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At Sweetwater Fly Shop, we believe that you can get the angler on your list something they’ll cherish without spending a fortune! On the other hand, if you want to really splurge, we’ve got that covered as well. This year, we’ve chosen a couple of dozen […]
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Wow, we’ve got so many exciting things to announce right now, it’s hard to know where to start! Why not begin with the most exciting? We’ve recently brought Mollie Simpkins on board as our first-ever Director of Conservation & Education. Mollie will be, and is already, […]
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Tom Herr! Yeah, it’s taken us quite a long while to announce a Grand Prize Winner in our “Rudie Can’t Fail!” photo contest. It was just such a tough choice! All 3 of the photo entries of fish caught on the Rude Trude were nice fish, […]
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The challenge? Catch a fish (any fish) on a Rude Trude, photograph it with the fly, and submit the photo. Easy, don’t you think? Not so fast, now! Well, our “Rudie Can’t Fail” fly fishing photography contest ended Saturday and we’re just now getting the chance […]
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The deadline for our “Rudie Can’t Fail” photo contest is midnight tonight! We gave out a ton of free Rude Trude dry flies, but have only seen photos of 3 Rudie-caught fish so far. Perhaps the challenge of catching a fish on a bad fly was […]
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We’ve been getting some great photos of nice fish that have been caught on a Rude Trude dry fly. For example, Asher Woodson landed the pretty rainbow above on the “Rudie” (he sent another picture that better shows the trout’s size, but we’ll leave you guessing). […]
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We’ve been giving away a bunch of FREE Rude Trude dry flies here at Sweetwater Fly Shop! Have you picked up a few (or a few dozen) yet? Have you fished them? Have you caught fish on them? If you answered “no” to those questions, it’s […]
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