JANUARY 2024 UPDATED 1/30/2024 Well winter is finally upon us here in the Madison Valley, kinda. We have had a heck of a January with temperatures ranging from 60 degrees fahrenheit to -39 degrees fahrenheit. Yep, you read that right -39....
We recently had a customer reach out to us with a fairly common question we receive here at the shop, “Why does the tip on my floating fly line sink in the water?”. It seems counterintuitive that a floating fly...
During the early days of February, the Madison River Fishing Company voyaged to Idaho for a company steelhead excursion. After another brutally cold Montana winter, it seemed only right to get away for a few days and search for warmer...
The weekend before Thanksgiving, a group of 12 Defective Gene Club members headed down to The Big Easy for 3 days of chasing redfish around the bayou. This was a trip that many of us had never done before, but...
FLY FISHING THE MADISON ON NEW YEARS DAY 2020 “The charm of fly fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable. It is a perpetual series of occasions for hope.” ~John Buchan The calendar flips...
CUBA TRIP REPORT - JDR MAY 2019 Last week a group of 11 of us went on an adventure of a lifetime to The Jardines De La Reina. Also known as “The Garden of the Queens”, these chain of...
CAMP BULLWHEEL - ENNIS, MT Peter Pauwels is a guy with a selfless desire to help disabled individuals enjoy the great outdoors, with trout fishing at the forefront. Peter has been working with disabled individuals and innovating adaptive fishing, shooting...
ALASKA TRIP REPORT - AUGUST, 2018 Last week I had the greatest time ever hosting a group of anglers, and fellow members of the #defectivegeneclub (including my dear wife Rikki) on a return trip to Tikchik Narrows Lodge in the...
MEXICO PERMIT QUEST - MAY 2018 Angler: Nicholas A Peterson Location: Punta Allen, Quintana Roo, MX Target: “Grande palometa, once en punto” - Fish of a thousand cast “100 feet, permit, right to left” Black tailed devils “Go” Things that...
BELIZE NAVIDAD - A FLY FISHING CHRISTMAS Montana winters can be long and hard, but they are much more tolerable if you have a plane ticket or two to the tropics. This year my family decided to break with tradition...
TROUT SPEY As fly anglers we are not generally disposed to do things the easy way. Our sport isn’t generally about efficiency. Part of the draw is in the difficulty of the doing rather than the attainment of the goal...
Montana winters are long, and often brutally cold. Skiing and snow are a part of life in the mountains but after freezing your ass off for a few months, sometimes you just need some sun and saltwater to loosen...
Our good friends Arthur and Galen of The Wooks, pickin' on the Trout Stalkers front porch. August, 2015. There is something about fly fishing and Bluegrass music!!
Where: Slough Creek - Yellowstone National ParkWhen: August 14-17, 2015Who: Tim Beardsley, Outfitter - Adventures Outfitting along with 8 guests: 4 Dads and their 11 yr old childrenBest Gear: 3, 4, & 5wt rods, Patagonia Sweet Pack Vest, Simms Wading Sandals, YETI Hopper (for the beer),...
