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Fish Wildlife & Parks on Duty

The sky is grey and the clouds are low.  It's still a little chilly, but it will feel balmy compared to the last week.  You know the fish are going to go nuts. Wednesday looks perfect.  Cloudy, rainy, calm, 53° water temperature, and 50° air temperature....

Montana Fly fishing guides/bums travel the world seeking out the best spots to fish. Follow the trials and tribulations as they teach a blind man to fish and row unruly strippers down the river. Getting Guided from achiever on Vimeo.

What's wrong with this picture? The "Bread Fly". This is a fly that looks like bread. How does this catch fish? Well, what you do is create a hatch by simply throwing bread in the water. Once the fish start coming up to the bread, then throw the "Bread Fly". it is very simple...

Fall is upon us and the scraggly people who love to "throw big junk" are starting to appear. Dirty wadered anglers will be walking the streets of Craig for the next few weeks talking about "Sex dungeons", "Flu shots", "Slumpbusters", "Belly...

From This: To This in Less than 30 Days: To This: Winter starts December 21, 2009  What will it be like? 

Wylie and the Wild West played inside.  Wisdom grows with age.  You have to smoke outside the Craig Bar.  It's a strange sight.  Smokers smoked fast.  Outside that, nothing has changed.  Still, it's a big change. Winter is not here.  You wouldn't know it...

Kevin & Wade, Can you come back, soon?

For awhile, it seemed like the fishing season was over.  Mid week, the boat ramps were not packed, fly shops were only so-so busy, the bars were quiet, and the restaurants were either closed or busy for an hour or two. It's amazing what happens when the bugs start popping and the fish start...