A few notes about some items I've used. The opinions expressed here are mine and are derived from direct use of the product during real world fishing conditions.--more
Setting up your stuff
Simple explainations and tables about fly lines, fly fishing leaders and knots. This is information I needed when I first started fishing so I decided to compile this list. Please note that there are many opinions, tables and charts available and the information provided here should be weighed against other knowlegable nuggets you dig up. This is a baseline. Expand from here.--more
Other special reports and features
Montana 2009--the Missouri River slide show
Montana 2008--the Missouri River report
It was a great trip so I'll keep the words to a minimum and just let the photos tell the story.--more
Montana 2007--fly fishing the Missouri River
The fishing is great and the scenery is spectacular. There's not much more to ask for when we fished the Missouri River in Craig, Montana, with Big Sky Anglers. Guides Joe Moore and Greg Falls really know how to handle their drift boats and they put us onto some quality fish every day for five days. --more
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Steelheader
2009
Cold steel, Pulaski, New York,
December 12-14, 2009
There's only one fish species on the
planet that will push an angler to drive 300-plus
miles up the ass end of a major snowstorm to fish
from dawn to dusk in freezing conditions for
three straight days--steelhead--more
The Salmon River, Pulaski, New
York, November 14-16,
2009
I tag along
with Jin and guide Greg Liu to pursue
steelhead on the Douglaston Salmon
Run--more
2008
The Salmon River, Pulaski, New
York, December 14-15,
2008
Your line
freezes to the rod guides and the reel has
just stopped turning because it is now a block
of ice.--more
The Salmon River, Pukaski, New
York, November 15-16,
2008
Heavy rain,
plunging temperatures, wind, possible sleet
and snow. Perfect steelhead
weather.--more
The Salmon River, Pulaski, New
York, October 18-19,
2008
The year
is rapidly coming to a close. The morning air
is crisp and cool and leaves are turning
crimson and gold. This change also means it's
time to put away the three and four-weight
rods for awhile and break out the heavy
artillery. It's steelhead time on the Salmon
River.--more
The Salmon River
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