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I am biased: I guide on the Horn and the Yellowstone as well. The Horn is my fav tailwater and the Stone is my favorite freestoner. If you have not fished the Horn it should be on your list.
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Most stone flies crawl to the edge of the water and emerge into the winged adult out of the water. I have though seen many early black stone flies emerging mid stream on my old home stream back in...

Looks like an early black (or brown) stone fly that is in the process of emerging into a winged adult.

In Montana the small streams (most of them) close around December 1st. For the most part the rivers are open year round. We always get a Jan and or Feb thaw and when this happens the fishing can be...

They replaced one of my boat rods last year. This rod was given to me by a client and I even told the rep that. She said no problem. So, in a short time I recieved a new, upgraded model, the model...

I am a very firm believer that it is bad luck to be superstitious...

In Montana you can never, ever say the word "wi*&". If you say something like, "Hey, the wi*& is not blowing you will really be...

Please pass along my prayers and thoughts to this young man and his family. Also, a very huge thank you to all those who have, are now and will in the future serve our country.

Good story about that pic. I had a simular experience on the Yellowstone a few falls back. A well known photog was on the same section as a buddy and I one afternoon while we were pontooning. This...

Matt, do you ever get back out this way, Montana? I know what it's like to leave Montana. Did that once and do not plan on doing it again.

That must be the "Three Dollar Bridge" on the upper Madison. You are right, that place is iconic in the fly fishing world. We almost lost that access when the ranch was for sale some years ago. There...

Thanks for that link FishnDave!

"those look like pills...that could open up a whole new topic of conversation..."

Especially if one of those indicators was blue! To get beyond the bickering, I will say that I have never used a...

Fly Goddess, you are very right. Hairwing, I understand that you have a prefered way to fly fish and do not pass judgement on that. (Who in the heck am I to do that anyway?) A couple of your posts...

Joe Valencic, you used my quote about eletist, arrogant and snob to say that this thread disentigrated into a bashing, insulting thread with posts like mine. However, if you honestly and carefully...

I am so glad that so many others got their response to Hairwing in before I did. Words like arrogant, eletist and snob do a fair job of describing that mentality.

Hairwing, I would bet any amount...

I just love these posts, almost as much as peta does. Isn't it great that some of us who fish feed peta all this amo about how we torture fish for our fun? Most of the fishermen that I know go out of...

Catching a fat rainbow on the Big Horn is not at all unusual. What makes this fish the most interesting that I ever had a part in was the way it was caught. I was guiding two brothers and we stopped...

If you have not fished the Big Horn I would recommend making a trip there this summer. There is some camping available in the Fort Smith area and if you want camper hook-ups and or running water the...

Made my first trip to the Horn last week. The weather warm was, but very windy, and the fishing was real good. This is a pic of the two browns that my buddies hooked at the same time. They were not...

With any luck my guide season will start in March on the Big Horn. If my plan (I know the danger of having a "plan") of being very busy March through June works I will have time to take off a few...

I have used simular stuff before and really liked the end result. Wing burners help with the unraveling problem, at least with craft ribbon I have used before.

It's always fun hanging out in the...

John, the temp at hoe was mid 30's. In the Park the air temp flirted with the 32 mark. The very big deal was that there was little to no wind in the Park. That made it feel like T-shirt weather.

There were plenty of sheep, elk, bison, coyotee and other critters close to the road. The only wolves around were very far off, even for the wolf hounds and their big scopes. There was, however, a...

We celebrated Christmas with a ride through Yellowstone enjoying the critters and the first day above freezing in a very long time.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!
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We very well may have a warm spell in February and you will be right on the upper Gallatin river. The one problem with the upper Gallatin is that it flows through a canyon and the water gets very...