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Mid-Summer Mayhem: Montana Fly Fishing in July & August   Montana’s high summer is simply electric. As one Fishtales Outfitting […]

“Willow Flies” Are Crawling—And the Hatch Is Starting The Salmonflies have begun their crawl up the banks and into the willows—exactly where the trout are looking. These insects don’t emerge midstream. They migrate to the edges climbing rocks grass...

Why I Choose Smith Optics and Suncloud for Fishing Around Livingston by Max Smith and Matt Swan Fishing around Livingston means dealing with a variety of water conditions—from the gin-clear spring creeks like DePuy’s and Armstrong’s to the bigger of...

Every great trout water has three “signature hatches ” I’d argue. Applied to the Yellowstone River you’ve got the Mother’s Day Caddis swarming over the river prior to runoff and the ‘hopper “hatch” in mid- to late-summer as the Montana breezes blow...

The rivers are all in great shape! Golden stones pmds caddis and sallies are providing good dry fly opportunities out there right now on the Blackfoot Clark Fork and Flathead River. Salmon flies are out on the Blackfoot and the single dry can hunt u...