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Check out this Blog. http://drawingflies365.blogspot.com/ A customer came in and showed me Jeff Kennedy's blog spot. He had recently framed this Grey Hackle Peacock for a lady who lives here in Great Falls. He posts a fly just about every day. I received an email from Danielle requesting a fly that has great meaning to her personally and her family. I do get many requests for flies, and I try to accommodate most requests. This one was special. Not only does the Gray Hackle Peacock have... Read more

The holidays are heating up with awesome gear deals from your Big R Fly Shop. Save on Patagonia, Redington, Simms and a whole lot more, so drop into the fly shop and stock up! Sale prices good through December 12, 2010. Click HERE to download the full ad.  Read more

I got to spend Thanksgiving in Oregon this past weekend.  Bruce and I got up early and headed out to the coast for a short half day float.  We had a great time, we didn't get any steelhead (which was the target) but it was a nice rainy coastal day.  Landed a few sea run cutthroat and hooked a Chinook for a moment.  Most of the Chinook we saw were spawning so we just took pictures but it was great too see lots of salmon in the river this fall doing their thing.  Will... Read more

Here is the new fly of the week using one of our new suppliers, Pro Tube Systems.  The tyer is Bruce Berry who is the rep for Pro Tube and we will be posting more flies using these new tubes in the future.  The video takes place in Sam's basement with KK, Sam and the crew watching intently with ideas in mind (hopefully you feel the same). We are working on some new ones in trout intended patterns...however the i-Fli is a great fly to start learning to tie tube flies with and... Read more

Here is an article from National Geographic on the issues in Bristol Bay and Pebble mine.  Click Here to Read Article Read more

Here is a video explaining "The Process" of fly engineering behind the doors at Idylwilde flies. The Process from Idylwilde Flies on Vimeo. Read more

This is from our hosted Big R Fly Shop trip to Belize this past April.  Next up Pesca Maya, Mexico...just north of this location.. we can't wait.  Sign-ups are in the shop for anyone interested and more information is on our site about the upcoming trips on our "Destinations" tap on this site! Read more

A couple weeks back I was quizzing some guys on the best dye to use for tying materials because I have shot a few birds this year and thought I would start to experiment a little.  I heard hair dye and bunch of others but Kool-aid got brought up more than once.  So I found this article on Field and Stream on the best way to die using Kool-aid... "Dissolve one or more packs of unsweetened Kool-Aid in a little warm water. Using more Kool-Aid gives greater color depth, so... Read more

For as hard as it looked to get a Musky in yesterday's posted video.  Some real avid anglers got a good one here. Read more

This is sweet Muskey video that should get everyone pretty amped up for next spring.  There are quite a few great Pike (mini musky) lakes near here. Musky Country: Zero 2 Hero Trailer from RT on Vimeo. Read more