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  Here's why high water is sweet. 1.  For some reason larger fish are caught. 2.  It's okay to fish the San Juan Worm. 3.  Montana agriculture is prosperous  4.  Encourages one to fish where they usually don't 5.  The Smith and Sun will still be fishable in August 6.  You don’t see how many fish you actually are missing 7.  Feel less bad about having to work 8.  Fewer crowds on the river (people think the fish stop... Read more

 Not too many instructional videos on fly casting with fiberglass these days... so here's one. Read more

 Here we go... we won the first round.  Tomorrow is important for the USA.  Here is a video of some national pride/passion that we often miss here in Montana for our footballers in South Africa this year.   Read more

...and here is a video of why fly fishermen get stereotyped.  Read more

It's a river that goes under the radar by many throughout the state, but it's a river that should be near the top of any trout angler's bucket list for Montana streams.  The Dearborn River is viewed by many as a low water, small trout stream who's sole purpose is to feed the Missouri with rich, cool mountain water.  Wrong.  I began floating the Dearborn last year and was pretty skeptical about it to be quite honest.  I've heard rumors/stories of really big brown trout... Read more

Saw this video via thisisfly.com of this 81cm brown trout...which converts to about 32 inches.  This dude was pretty excited upon netting this fish and it's worth watching just his reaction... I wouldn't be any different so I'm not judging. Read more

I am not one to follow to much on disaster's for the sheer fact that it is what it is. It is never a good thing when something like this happens but their isn't much to be done that isn't already being done now that it has happened. Although last night, while sitting at a, well lets just say an establishment, I was visiting a doctor who lives on an island off the coast of Pensicola, FL. Talking with him about the current situations and long term severity of this event brought me in a... Read more

Right now we have on sale a product that I have used for the last ten years as a dubbing brush. (Sounds like a dude from an info-mercial). You can pick up a rifle bore brush/ dubbing brush for $2 in the rifle cleaning section. I think I snagged mine out of my dads .22 cleaning kit when I was starting out tying. The best thing about these brushes are you can gauge them out. Starting from a .22 for your #16 shrimpies or a... Read more

Every year around this time I experience a phenomenon that one would call a "learning" experience, but for some reason I haven't learned anything about this subject in the last 23 years; the sun can burn you.  Yesterday KK and I were on the river and it was one of those days where there wasn't a cloud in the sky and absolutely no wind whatsoever.  So what did we do?  We took our shirts off to soak in some rays and of course didn't put any sunscreen on.  You... Read more

Apparently its time to start carpin.  Here is another pic. from team LaBrel.  They have landed more carp this season than I have made casts to (it's ok I haven't made a cast to any yet).  This year's carp classic is gonna be a tight race.  I think it's time for team Big R to chase some golden bones.                Read more