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I made of list of issues we had this year, and we plan to remedy to make it to the water faster in 2011. 1.  I will remember my anchor, and not have to tie rocks to my drift boat. 2.  We are going to carry boat plugs at the store this year. 3.  The amount of breakfast burritos and Hot Stuff pizza I have eaten at the Ulm gas station has to be unhealthy, and I will make sandwiches in the morning this year. 4.  I plan on drinking more water in the boat, and less of the... Read more

The recent article below from Field and Stream has a great idea...especially if you have shoe boxes full of lines like I do...and we are going to have a full closet which is okay because we have an image to uphold here. "If you're looking for a way to save money on fly tackle replacement, one of the easiest (yet most neglected) things to do is take care of your fly line. Rather than leaving that line of yours spooled on a reel, then stuffed in some drawer or shelf to rot and crack... Read more

I can't do this...   Macabi #1 from Fish Porn on Vimeo. Read more

As our world becomes more and more reliant on the use of technology, there can be many advantages as well as many drawbacks.  First let’s talk of the things that bother us.  Some people just can’t leave their cell’s behind while they are fishing… there is nothing that irks me more than hearing a ringtone of Garth Brooks going off in someone’s wader’s as we’re floating.  Or people, especially the younger generation, decide that it is more... Read more

Here is a short film from a student in California that submitted a grant to research migration barriers and the effects these barriers have on migratory steelhead and salmon.  The ultimate goal for this project is to remove any barriers that aren't being utilized anymore.  The numbers of steelhead recorded compared to pre-dam times are hard to believe, and while energy is necessary for our economy and effiencies of everyday life, if we are no longer using them we may as well let... Read more

"With time running short we packed up our gear and headed back to civilization to resupply and plan the next adventure. We got word from one of the locals in town that the Baja 1000 race was going to be coming through the area soon. This has got to be one of the greatest off road races any of us would get a chance to see, so we jumped at the opportunity. While searching for a good place to crash we ended up down a 15 mile dirt road that dead ended at a huge saltwater lagoon.... Read more

Have you ever wondered what the Missouri here in town would look like without the dam?  The truth is that the dam below Holter Reservoir is part of the reason that the fly fishing opportunities are as good as they are year around.  However, because of the short distances between dams here in town and the varied water conditions the fishing below Black Eagle dam can be very good or very poor depending on the dam.  We call this section Black Eagle Reservoir and it's not to be... Read more

The Brown Trout....      Brown trout are considered to be native to Europe and Asia, although there are large populations of landlocked Brown's in Greece and Estonia.      Kingdom:        Animalia      Phylum:          Chordata      Class:               ... Read more

Two very important rivers to us here in Montana have been reunited with the removal of Milltown Dam.  "A Merry Christmas for Two of the Nation's Most Beautiful Rivers by Hal Herring I’d like to celebrate something here today that has been almost 20 years in the making and that will be enjoyed by future fishermen and anyone who loves rivers and fish, for centuries to come. On December 16, workers completed the removal of Milltown Dam from the confluence of the... Read more

We have been getting asked a lot for Big R Fly Shop shirts and hoodies in the store, which we appreciate very much.  So we took our first stab at some hoodies and T-shirts and they just arrived.  There is apparel now available for men and women in the shop.  There are a lot of fly shop shirts out there from Bozeman, Missoula, and other places but we are from Great Falls... so we decided we had better... Read more