Montana Angler Fly Fishing Blog

The world is a big place and holds more unique fly fishing destinations than any one angler can visit over the course of a lifetime. There are few things I love more than travelling to see new waters in novel locations. Sometimes, however, a place simply demands return visits. New Zealand is on the...

Montana first started its Automated Licenseing System (ALS) several decades ago. The system was created to streamline the process of buying a fishing license as well as protect personal information, as purchasers had to give their social security number to obtain a license. Things are changing once...

If you spend enough time around veteran fly fishing guides in Montana, the weather and its impact are going to come up in conversation. From stories about bluebird days and twitching grasshopper patterns to fishing through the rain on a great day of streamer fishing, the weather dictates fly fishing...

Do you love to fish streamers but think it’s only a fall season game? You’re not wrong, but you are missing out on some of the fun—you just need to adjust your skills. When fishing in winter, fishing tandem nymphs below an indicator can get it done, but fishing streamers has the potential to be a...

The most experienced fly fishing guides have spent years on the water. For a fly fishing guide who can catch trout in any condition and on a variety of fly fishing rivers, they've often been there and done that. To catch fish consistently, and to catch big fish consistently, certain skills come into...

Even the most experienced angler will tell you that one of the biggest appeals of fly fishing is that there is always something new to learn or a new place to fish. In our area, we’re lucky to have abundant access to both float and walk-and-wade fishing options, and many of these waters offer both...

Fly fishing in winter is not talked about much by many Bozeman, Montana, fly fishing guides. Several reasons exist why you don't hear much about winter fly fishing in Montana. It is often too cold to fish, and the skiing at local resorts like Big Sky Resort or Bridger Bowl Ski Area is good enough to...

Magic Waters Patagonia Lodge is located near the city of Coyhaique in the Aysen Region of Chile. After five trips to the area over the last few seasons, I’ve come to think of the trout water in this part of the world much like my home waters near Bozeman, Montana. A diversity of spring creeks...

Few places in the world are as synonymous with great fly fishing as Bozeman, Montana. Within an hour’s drive of Bozeman, anglers have their pick of the Yellowstone, Gallatin, Madison, Missouri Rivers, the Paradise Valley Spring Creeks, and dozens of smaller creeks and rivers, plus a variety of lakes...

Yellowstone National Park is the only place on the planet where native trout swim in waters also created by the flowing water from geysers. There are many amazing places where anglers can pursue great fly fishing. There are massive brown trout in Patagonia; tigerfish in southern Africa; bonefish...