Big Sky Anglers / Category 3 Fly Company – NZ Essentials Fly Selection
This assortment of flies for New Zealand has been hand-selected by BSA co-owner Jonathan Heames and most excellent New Zealand guide, Sean Andrews. These fantastic flies from Sean's own, Category 3 Fly Company, are exclusively available online in the US through Big...
12 Days of Christmas – Day Twelve – BSA logo Simms Taco Bag
The 12 days of Christmas finishes up today! Stay tuned for more gear reviews this winter here on the Blog and a huge shout out to all those folks who participated thus far in our online fly shop, thank you very much. The Simms Taco Bag is one of those simple...
12 Days of Christmas – Day Eleven – BSA Sili Pint Set
The glass for the angler who can't have glass. You know they guy, or gal, who just has that uncanny knack for dropping things. Why spill your beer and break the glass? You don't have to any more! The only problem is that you'll have a hard time getting this away...
12 Days of Christmas – Day Ten – KG Mini Streamer Selection
Each year we get asked for streamer patterns that we personally like, flies we fish with and have success with. It's no secret that Kelly Galloup's flies work and their bin appeal is second to none. Kelly has spent a ton of time at the vise and at the river testing...
12 Days of Christmas – Day Nine – Echo Gecko Kids Kit
All of us here at BSA remember our first fly rod like it was yesterday. For most of us who grew up in the 80's and 90's, Fenwick dominated the market with shorter fiberglass fly rods like the one my dad, Tom, built for me; I still use the 8'6" 5 wt. from time to time...
12 Days of Christmas – Day Eight – Learn to Fly Fish Book Set
From our humble beginnings in Joe's garage back in 2004, Big Sky Anglers has been committed to teaching anglers how to fly fish. We do our best to break down the techniques and offer insight all day long during guide trips. It is our goal to help anglers become the...
12 Days of Christmas – Day Seven – Best Tungsten Beadheads of 2019
Yesterday we featured a bunch of great dries and discussed how fishing it dry can happen seven months a year here in West Yellowstone. While that is true, trout aren't always eating dry flies. Angling subsurface is super important and we believe whole heartedly that...
12 Days of Christmas – Day Six – Summer Dry Fly Selection
West Yellowstone is one of those unique places in the world which offers dry fly fishing for nearly seven months of the year. Most of us in the shop prefer to fish dries whenever possible in our daily lives as anglers to our fishing programs as guides. From the...
12 Days of Christmas – Day Five – Fishpond Gift Pack
12 days of Christmas - Day Five - The Fishpond Gift Pack Fishpond is one of the companies that just keeps coming up with great products year after year. From wading nets and boat nets, to hip packs and boats bags they seem to think of darn near everything. We walked...
12 Days of Christmas – Day Three & Four – Dueling Lanyards
12 days of Christmas - Day Three and Four - Dueling Lanyards Over the years we have utilized and seen darn near every single way to carry one's tools of the trade for attaching terminal tackle. What is really comes down to is that everyone has a different idea of...
12 Days of Christmas – Day Two – The Orvis Retro BSA Trucker Hat
12 Days of Christmas - Day Two - The Orvis Retro BSA Trucker Hat Years ago back in Illinois, when I was just a wee lad, I was given a duck brown camo hat by my father Tom. In those days, duck brown camo was the only camo for waterfowl hunting. Wetlands camo...
12 Days of Christmas – Day One – The Patagonia Essential Fly Selection
For the Holiday Season we are kicking things off with a 12 Days of Christmas run here on the blog, Instagram, FB and on our online fly shop. If you're looking for that hard to find gift for that angler in your family, look no further. We will be featuring a new...
The Echo Micro Practice Rod
The Echo Micro Practice Rod (MPR) from the good folks at Rajeff Sports is just what you and your fishy friends need this winter to get you ready for the Green Drake hatch on the Henry's Fork. This little gem was designed for indoor use so need for Mom to make...
FWP News Release – Scoping Process Begins for Madison River Alternatives
Today, FWP announced the beginning of the official scoping process for Madison River recreation management alternatives. This represents a significant step forward in the process, and the first time that the general public has an easy way to express their feelings on...
2019 Rental/Demo Gear Clearance
Hi everyone. We're moving out some of the demo rods from this past year to make room for 2020 demos. This is a great opportunity to get into some lightly used gear at a great discount. As always, these sales are final, and buyer is responsible for shipping costs. ...
Big Sky Anglers Weekly Fishing Report – October 31, 2019
The Yellowstone National Park fishing season comes to a close on Sunday November 3, 2019, and with that we bid adieu to the 2019 Big Sky Country fishing season. It’s been one for the books! This season flew by. It feels like there’s no way it could possibly be over,...
Big Sky Anglers Weekly Fishing Report – October 24, 2019
If you’ve caught fish in Big Sky Country over the past week they have been well earned. Old Man Winter came to town and threw himself one heck of a party complete with snow and sub-freezing temps. Many of those hearty soles who ventured out in the cold and snow were...
Big Sky Anglers Weekly Fishing Report – October 17, 2019
scuzz-y adjective Foul and unpleasant Gray, Cold, Wet Weather - the type we dream about for fall fishing in Big Sky Country The best conditions for epic emergences of beatis mayflies, and rambunctious, migratory brown trout After several days of glorious Indian Summer...
Smarter Than A Goldfish?
It’s Autumn here in the Rockies, and that means there is a war going on between Summer, and Winter weather. This war happens every year. We all know that Winter wins this war every year, eventually, but we never quite know how each battle will play out. Weather can...
Big Sky Anglers Weekly Fishing Report – October 10, 2019
shoul-der sea-son noun a travel period between peak and off-peak seasons a time to explore Big Sky Country without quite so many crowds the point of the season in which the biggest brown trout of the year are caught an opportunity to fish in the sun one day and in...