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Fly-fishing in Montana, where a river still runs through it. By Jon Gluck | New York Times News Aug 8, 2016. Gin-clear water winding past fields of sagebrush beneath snow-capped peaks: That's the ...
The town of Ennis, Montana, located near the river, is known as Trout Town, USA. Fly shops abound in the region. One can easily tell it’s trout country, and it’s certainly a special destination.
Sponsored by Visit Billings It’s summer so it’s high time to unwind and experience all the great outdoors has to offer. One of nature’s most relaxing activities is fly fishing. (Author Izaak Walton ...
By day’s end, the ending line of “A River Runs Through It,” Norman Maclean’s autobiographical paean to Montana and fly-fishing, started to take on new meaning to me. “I am haunted by ...
TWIN BRIDGES, MONT. • Ahead of my fishing trip to Montana in early July, my old fly-casting instructor gave me some troubling advice. "Cancel your trip," said Dusty Wissmath, who guides in the ...
In July of 2021, Montana fly fishing guide Zach Pleshar emailed clients, warning of potentially difficult drought-like conditions on the Yellowstone River: low water and rising water temperatures ...
Fly-fishing and beer go together like apple pie and ice cream or peanut butter and jelly. ... Western Montana has no fewer than 20 rivers to choose from for fishing.
Montana’s spring runoff is underway. Rivers across the state are on the rise and becoming off-color, so traveling to a lake may provide better fishing for the time being.
High rivers have kept fly fishers away throughout the West. But as the rivers recede, they’re booking trips and hiring guides. Here’s an Associated Press story on what’s happening in Montana ...
WISE RIVER, Mont. – Since the Fellin family founded the Big Hole Lodge in the 1980s to take people fly fishing on the Big Hole River, they have seen significant changes to the cobble-and-boulder ...
When Neale Streeks moved to Montana in 1978, guided fishing trips on the Missouri and the Smith rivers were rare. After 36 years as a fly-fishing guide, and seeing countless changes on area rivers ...
“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.” That’s how Norman Maclean began “A River Runs Through It,” his revered 1976 autobiographical novella about his ...