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Voices from the River: River sunfish of summer
By Mark Taylor The local river is a trout river. Sort of. From October through May the state dumps thousands of hatchery-reared rainbows and brookies into it. By summer those fish are long gone, caught and creeled by locals who are both dedicated and skilled. Then the river is back to what nature intended, which…
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Guides asked to donate a day’s tips to Montana TU
Montana Trout Unlimited is hosting the second annual Tip of the Hat event, this Saturday, July 22. Led by MTU volunteers (and revered outfitter and guide), Tim Linehan and Brian Neilsen, this event raised $3,500 last year. Tim and Brian understand that guides are constantly asked to “donate” a trip, and this event invites guides…
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Video spotlight: A Shark
We've all got our "ultimate" fish, that one river or sea creature that has eluded us over time. A few years back, I finally got my bonefish. Then I got my permit. Just this summer, I landed a 6-pound native brook trout, and I remember thinking, "If He wants to take me, now's as good…
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Are you up for the GRTU Tomorrow Fund Challenge?
Click here to inspire and support the next generation. Are you up for the GRTU Tomorrow Fund Challenge? The 066 - Guadalupe River chapter (GRTU) has a hunch. They're thinking that chapters and councils across the country care about engaging the next generation of river stewards as much as they do in Texas. So when…
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Voices from the River: Confessions of fly tying junkie
By Dave Atcheson It was one of those perfectly still, fog-draped mornings on Trout Lake, so tranquil its surface looked as though it might shatter if I put paddle to water. My buddy Jim and I, as we had so many mornings, angled the canoe toward a favorite weed bed and glid ed to a…
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Voices from the River: The Princess
Photo by Rachel Andona By Chris Hunt A year ago, I was well into the British Columbian interior, motoring north toward my eventual destination at Deadhorse on the Arctic Ocean, a new camper in tow, many miles to go and about six weeks to get there and back. It was a marathon pocked by dozens…
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Fly tying: The Casual Dress
I love fly patterns that incorporate a bit of inventiveness, or include some new tricks that I never considered at the vise. Polly Rosbourough's Casual Dress is one of those patterns. Not only is a fairly simple endeavor to tie a few of these small streamers up, but the tying itself incorporates some nifty procedures…