Sight Fishing to Rising Fish on the Madison River

I’ve been strapping on my new fly fishing pack for a few months and thought I’d share my thoughts using the Umpqua Northfork pack. I wrote about replacing my worn out Temple Fork Outfitter pack with this Umpqua Northfork 5L pack in June. You can read my post here – New Fly Fishing Pack. I’ve…

The next stop on our fly fishing road trip is the North Fork Shoshone, WY. Why the NF Shoshone? We’ve heard from a variety of people about how overlooked this river is because it is so close to Yellowstone and most fly fishers fish in the Park. And we see some large trout pictures on…

Here we are back at the Madison River. We had some spectacular fishing in July (Fly Fishing the Madison River in 2020) during a caddis hatch and wanted to return for the legendary Baetis hatch, hoping for another wonderful experience. We’ve grown to love this Valley, not only for the fishing, but the beauty as…

Ever wonder if you have the perfect fishing net? Are you looking to purchase one? Well, there isn’t a perfect net. At least I got your attention! I’ll provide some criteria I use to select fishing nets I carry and use along the river. There are a wide variety of nets for the fly fisher….