Montana Angler Fly Fishing Blog

After a stellar week at Magic Water’s Lodge in Chile, Rick and I traveled north and west into Argentina to join Pancho Panzer at the Carrileufu River Lodge. Located near Cholila, Argentina and just outside the spectacular Los Alerces National Park. The travel day involved a long but very scenic...

After a stellar week at Magic Water’s Lodge in Chile, Rick and I traveled north and west into Argentina to join Pancho Panzer at the Carrileufu River Lodge. Located near Cholila, Argentina and just outside the spectacular Los Alerces National Park. The travel day involved a long but very scenic...

When I talk about bucket list fishing trips I have a problem. First off it’s a list that grows with locations faster than I can check them off. Secondly I have been lucky enough to find a few places that don’t ever get “checked off”, even after being there. Our recent trip with a Montana Angler...

When I talk about bucket list fishing trips I have a problem. First off it’s a list that grows with locations faster than I can check them off. Secondly I have been lucky enough to find a few places that don’t ever get “checked off”, even after being there. Our recent trip with a Montana Angler...

If you are looking for one location on the planet where fly fishing reigns supreme; Bozeman, Montana should be your destination of choice. It is physically impossible to walk three blocks in Bozeman without running into fly fishing references. Gift shops are overrun with fly fishing Santas, royal...

By Matt Morris: A dozen years ago, I watched a fly fishing film on Patagonia. The movie glorified adventure fly fishing in solitude on untouched trout streams. Big glaciated mountains shot straight up out of the ground, while anglers crushed large trout on dry flies. I immediately put a fishing trip...

By Matt Morris: A dozen years ago, I watched a fly fishing film on Patagonia. The movie glorified adventure fly fishing in solitude on untouched trout streams. Big glaciated mountains shot straight up out of the ground, while anglers crushed large trout on dry flies. I immediately put a fishing trip...

The third leg of our January fishing trip to Patagonia brought us to the legendary Baker River watershed in southern Chilean Patagonia. Our base for the week was to be the Orvis Endorsed Patagonia Baker Lodge. The Baker is Chile’s largest river – a truly massive body of water. The Baker is basically...

The third leg of our January fishing trip to Patagonia brought us to the legendary Baker River watershed in southern Chilean Patagonia. Our base for the week was to be the Orvis Endorsed Patagonia Baker Lodge. The Baker is Chile’s largest river – a truly massive body of water. The Baker is basically...

If variety is the spice of life then life is pretty good when fly fishing in Chile near the central Patagonia town of Coyhaique. In our travels to different regions of Patagonia over the last several years the Aysen region of Chile has proven to offer some of the most diverse opportunities for fly...