My parents decided to celebrate their 50th anniversary in a cool way: a family trip to Montana. This trip was modelled after one a generation earlier, when my grandparents, my uncle, and my mom and dad brought my sister and me along on a Yellowstone Park adventure in the late 1980s. The stories from that
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Epeorus Albertae
In just a few days, the Upper Madison has transformed. Gone are the salmon flies and thick mayfly hatches. You still see some risers, but the windows are brief. One local has refocused on fishing the lakes. Jake at the Slide Inn fly shop says that we are now in an “in between” phase: bug
The 20-Incher Stonefly Pattern
As I’ve written before here, I’m a huge fan of stonefly and midge patterns (more here). In particular, I’ve been looking for new stonefly patterns and came across a great video from Fly Fish Food; a materials list here. I’m a big believer in peacock herl for nymph bodies, and I afterwards heard that its
Farmington Hendricksons
April weather in New England is seemingly untamable. Like a new puppy, it can go from calm to cacophony in a hot minute, unbridled and volatile. And so it was for Jamie Carr and me for our Farmington weekend. It was increasingly unlikely that he and I could meet up in Montana this summer and
