Fly Fishing Education
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April 18, 2011
This explanation of Electrofishing is straight from Montana FWP. For years, myself and many others, have been against electrofishing and after sitting through detailed lectures given by biologists I still feel the same way. Do we really need it? Does the public really care how many trout are in Montana’s rivers? Would you still come out [...]
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April 7, 2011
The biot body stonefly might be the only other stonefly nymph I fish, although the prince nymph is hard to beat…..I cannot lie, so add that to the list…..3 patterns to imitate these insects. The first biot stoneflies I saw were tied by Mike Mercer, his Epoxyback still gets’em good, all the way down to the [...]
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March 23, 2011
Over the past several years, anglers and biologist alike, have noticed a decline in Rocky Mountain Whitefish on the Madison River. Some anglers believe that Whitefish are a plague to the Rocky Mountains and when this resentment comes aboard my vessel, I kick it to the curb. Whitefish are just that – fish. [...]
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March 22, 2011
Recieved this today from FOAM: House Bill 309, the ‘ditch’ bill, was tabled in the Senate Ag committee this afternoon. Amendments were offered to strip the bill of any mention of redefining what is a ditch and related access issues and to update the Stream Access law to reflect corrections from the so-called ‘Galt Decision’ [...]
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February 21, 2011
Robin Cunningham, the ED of the Fishing Outfitters Association of Montana has attended every session in Helena as our ear to the grindstone for almost 2 decades. Two weeks ago he informed those of us attending the Board of Directors Meeting in Bozeman about HB 309. Robin has been keeping us informed all along the way. There [...]
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January 11, 2011
The Felt Ban is heating up in Montana. There is a proposed bill in the Montana legislature that will ban felt soled wading boots starting October 1, 2011. There is tons of information out there to educate everyone about the serious issues of Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS). Google it and read about it. Felt is [...]
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April 5, 2010
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April 4, 2010
The Buzzball Cripple My buddy Mark Raisler, co-owner of Headhunters Fly Shop, showed me Lafontaine’s Buzzball a bunch of years while on the Missouri….he may have still been cooking at The Trout Shop Cafe at that time. When I have fished the Buzzball on the Madison, well, you just can’t see it that well. I have [...]
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March 28, 2010
Simms no longer makes these……a good thing in the long run. Slip-sliding away……………… Felt, for most of us around the Madison and Yellowstone, is essential to safe wading and not busting your butt in the river. The upper 9 miles of the Missouri is pretty easy to wade without felt, but try getting out of [...]
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February 10, 2010
Two bulls on the Madsion. During the winter months, large wildlife such as elk are creatures of habit. They live in the same neck of the woods, not wanting to expend their fat reserves on needless travel in deep snow. Even with the threat of death from wolf predation, the two bulls above won’t move [...]
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