My latest book, Favorite Flies for Yellowstone National Park, is now available at your local fly shop and bookstore. As well as Amazon:...

After a couple of delays, my new book, Dry Fly Strategies, has finally arrived! The book is currently available to order and ship from...

Southwest Montana's unseasonably warm January gave me the opportunity to fish an ice-free Yellowstone River in Paradise Valley this week....

January and the new year bring with them a chance to visit the places I guide in the summer, during winter's off-season. The 2020...

Montana's weather is unpredictable. Everyone who lives or fishes here knows that. Just a week ago, it seemed like warm spring weather...

The Yellowstone River's spring hatches are in full swing right now. I fished the river a couple days ago, and the Mother's Day Caddis...

The Yellowstone River in Paradise Valley has been fishing very well during the last week. Though the river is slightly off-color, levels...

I found some excellent midge fishing yesterday in Paradise Valley. Lots of rising trout in the afternoon. Rainbows are spawning and...

It's been a tumultuous week in southwestern Montana. A record producing early March storm dumped 3 feet of snow on the region. And...

The calendar says that it's spring. But it still looks like deep, beautiful winter along the Lamar River Moose were holding in their...

Pteronarcys stoneflies, called Giant Stoneflies by most eastern fly fishers and Salmonflies by their western counterparts have been one...

It's the time of year when I receive a lot of questions about the best time to plan a fly fishing trip for Southwest Montana and...

Time to carry your bear spray! Read the report from the National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/19008.htm

The Paradise Valley spring creeks are hosting their first mayfly hatches of the year. Beatis (Blue Winged Olives) are hatching in modest...