Big River Fly Fishing: Why Tenkara Beats Western Methods
The big brown's first aerial leap from the depths of the Madison River made me smile. The second one made me laugh. The third one, at the end of a run in strong current,…
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Kebari (Tenkara) Baetis – A Reverse-Hackle Emerger
Since it's high baetis season in Southwest Montana right now, I thought I'd share what I'd fish with during a baetis hatch if I could only have one fly: the Kebari (Tenkara) Baetis. The pattern…
Tenkara Fly Fishing and Packrafting on Montana’s West Fork Bitterroot River and Rock Creek
Brian and I have been friends, and fly fishing partners, for a long time. We've spent a fair bit of time logging trail miles and floating together, always searching for streams off the beaten…
Tenkaranicity
"There's more to life than fly fishing. In fact, real life offers, and demands, a lot more. And that's a good thing. Because fly fishing can get really boring. Unless, well, you're actually fly…
Jorden Lake: A Different Kind of Special
Jorden Lake is perched near the western terminus of the Beartooth High Lakes Trail, which you'd infer to be popular simply because the trail is named on the old USGS maps. In July, I…