Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

The salmonfly hatch is one of the most anticipated big fish opportunities of the year. Sometimes, however, we become obsessed with the big orange bugs and ignore the golden stones that are hatching at ...

Fishing restrictions were lifted last week on the Yellowstone, Gallatin, East Gallatin and Madison rivers and anglers can now fish those waters at any time of the day. But don’t be fooled. While ...

Those are both the first utterances from Kurt Russell, a stinky caster, in Paramount’s “The Madison” and also the query I’ve cast on many mid-summer fishing outings. As long as people have plied fly ...

If you come into the fly shop and ask what is working, you will be likely to leave the shop with at least one “hopper” fly. The caddisflies are still flying around, but the trout are not as committed ...

Dave and Joe's hoppers in the smaller sizes are producing along with PMD patterns. n Dave Snyder, Don's, Lewistown. Tongue River Reservoir: Crappies are still hitting on jigs with a tube body and a ...