Hot Weather Tricos

More trico fun on the Bighorn.

Hot Weather Tricos from Bighorn Trout Shop on Vimeo.

Bighorn River Tricos

Little bug. Big fun.

Bighorn River Tricos from Bighorn Trout Shop on Vimeo.
Fly fishing on Montana's world famous Bighorn River. This footage was taken during the trico mayfly spinner fall in August of 2016. Tricorythodes are a species of mayfly that hatch in great numbers during late summer and fall on the Bighorn River. These tiny insects bring pods of fish to the surface and provide superb dry fly fishing opportunities. Anglers come from all over the world to experience this hatch.

Tom McGuane: MSU Library Trout and Salmonid Lecture

Some night when you get sick of TV, take an hour and watch something real, something edifying, and maybe even educational. The stories alone are worth the time.

The Scandinavian Way

It's not the easy way; it's the Scandinavian way.

The Scandinavian Way from Inwaders Media on Vimeo.
Two Europeans set out to teach the American flyfisher Simon how to fish "the Scandinavian Way". Somehow Toby from Little Britain gets tangled into this mess... and what a mess it is!

Something Stinks in Montana

Photo: The Washington Times

Please check out Bombs Away on one of our favorite blogs, Fly Fishing In Yellowstone National Park, noting the recent spill of 35 million gallons of sewage effluent into the Gallatin River.

Money quote: "Rich people poop."

Helpful links are offered, including one to the Chi Wulf blog which has done a good job of covering this.

Money quote from Jess McGlothlin on Chi Wulf: "Sewage Effluent Runs Through It."

Breathe

Breathe: A people film about fly-fishing and work. *FULL MOVIE* from RC Cone on Vimeo.

What do you do when the current of work grows so strong you start to drown in it? You take off fishing the scenic waterways of Montana where trout, and the people catching them, teach you how to breathe again. Follow the journey of one man’s fishing adventure that takes him across the state of Montana in search of the next fish, fresh perspective and a more fulfilling life -- after all, staying afloat in this contemporary world is a challenge.
How do you Breathe?

Troutlandia/West Boulder: Once More Before the Snow

Private water. Managed for big fish. Maybe a little like a trout zoo. But then again, I wouldn't mind a chance to give it a try.

TroutLandia from Flylords on Vimeo.
The flyfishing community is so small and badass that sometimes you are offered an opportunity you just can’t pass up. When Will Taylor of @flyshopco sent me a message to come down and check out a stretch of private water in Blue Ridge Georgia, I obviously said yes. Walking through the lush farms and cow pastures, into a dense forest, Will introduced me to a stretch of water that was literally trout heaven. Now I won’t mistake this type of fishing for hunting wild fish in the backcountry of Montana or New Zealand, its a little different. You don’t necessarily have to put the same amount of work in here to come out with a trophy fish. That being said, the fishing was technical, intriguing, and was no doubt, one of the most fun and memorable experiences of my life. The fish are large, mean, and incredibly beautiful…

When all is said and done, however, I'd much rather go to a river like this one.

West Boulder: Once More Before the Snow from Elliott Woods on Vimeo.

Join Mission: Montana on a wilderness fly-fishing trip along the West Boulder River, in southwest Montana's Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. In October, the stream runs cold and the wild cutthroat are fattening up for a long winter.

"Images of the West: The Silence of Art" by James R. Hepworth

Images of the West: The Silence of Art

On poetry and fly fishing

Written by James R. Hepworth  
March 2010

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SO MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN about fly fishing and about poetry — and so little of it written well — that writing about poetry and fly-fishing should count as an easy task, yet neither the art of fly-fishing nor the art of poetry require much discussion. Both are best practiced in silence.

We all know this, yet few of us practice the art of silence well, either.

Read more.

Two More Years Gone

One-on-one with prime Montana trout.

2 years gone from Bryce McLean on Vimeo.
A look back at some of our best moments while fly fishing in Western Montana. We had a great time filming this and we hope you enjoy watching it!

The Last Great Place

A beautiful and thought-provoking film that raises the big question: Why haven't I ever stopped to fish when crossing the Clark Fork eighteen times on Interstate 90?

The Last Great Place from Zangs Films on Vimeo.

The massive Clark Fork watershed comprises an area of over 14 million acres, with its vast network of streams and rivers cascading and meandering for over 28,000 miles through the rugged, mountainous landscape of western Montana. This hard-working watershed supports an intricately woven ecosystem of plants and wildlife in its upper reaches; steep slopes of dense, mixed coniferous forest line the banks of cold, clear streams, with Montana’s native westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi), and wild brown and rainbow trout holding in almost every lie.

Unfortunately, this beautiful system is also heavily relied upon downstream by the agricultural industry in the region. Many cold water tributaries that would otherwise provide suitable spawning habitat, or adequate refuge for native and game fish species during warmer summer months, actually run dry prior to their confluence with the Clark Fork; their flows having been critically reduced by increasing irrigation demands. In an effort to learn more about some of the issues at hand, we connected with Andy Fischer, a Project Manager for the Clark Fork Coalition, to fish a recently restored headwaters stream and discuss some of his organization’s innovative and effective approaches toward conservation and cleanup within the Clark Fork watershed.

Join us as we embark on a week long, self-guided fly fishing trip to explore the unbelievably beautiful, natural landscapes that characterize the headwaters of the immense Clark Fork watershed, and document the sights and sounds of the abundance of wildlife that inhabits this ever-shrinking expanse of western wilderness – an area that many have come to call, The Last Great Place.

Montana Fly Fishing, Fall 2015

Get to the Big Sky country right HERE.

Montana Fly Fishing Magazine, Summer 2015

Great time to be in Montana. Go HERE.

Summer Haze

Montana Fly Fishing Magazine, Winter 2015

Go West, young man. Click HERE.

Montana Fly Fishing Magazine, Fall 2014

Things are looking good back east in Montana.

Late

Bitterroot River Montana Fly Fishing Video - Late from Joe Cummings on Vimeo.

Hopper Madness

It's time....

Hopper Madness Fly Fishing from Lone Peak Outfitters on Vimeo.

Montana Fly Fishing Magazine, Summer 2014

There's no Summer like a Montana Summer. Get it HERE.

The Hatch of Your Dreams

Wait for the last hook up....

Mother's Day Caddis Hatch from Lone Peak Outfitters on Vimeo.

Montana Fly Fishing Magazine, Spring, 2014

Just click HERE.