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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Montana 2024: Recap and Reprise
I leave Montana tomorrow morning after another amazing fishing trip. The end always brings very mixed feelings: excited to be home but also a touch of heartbreak to leave such an amazing fishery. I guess that is life? Fortunately, the last day was outstanding. The morning featured clouds and no wind. I saw a huge
A Montana Streamer Bite
With temps still high and bug hatches become more scant, I decided to mix it up and throw streamers at dawn. My hope was that fish would be eager to eat. The drive over was stunning. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BlogFlyFish.com (@blogflyfish) Thankfully, it worked: many vicious strikes and some
Back to Nymphing
A local advised me to focus on nymphing now that the local hatches are waning. So, I did, and it was a great morning. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BlogFlyFish.com (@blogflyfish) I both tightlined and threw the bobber. The Sulphur Nymph continued to dupe fish, particularly when it was paired with