Flies and Color – Kelly Galloup’s Advice

Kelly Galloup, guide extraordinaire, owner of Slide Inn resort on the Madison River in Montana, and developer of a list of flies like the Nancy P., Game Changer series, etc., visited our MSFF FFI club a few months ago. Kelly is well known for fishing from a boat with big articulated flies that land huge Read more about Flies and Color – Kelly Galloup’s Advice[…]

Woolly Bugger: The Old Standards Still Work

  After a couple of hours fishing below the dam, we decided to move down river to Cow Shoals. The first time I saw Cow shoals, it looked like s scene out of A River Runs Through It. Yesterday morning the water was down and the sun was up. At Cow shoals, the river was Read more about Woolly Bugger: The Old Standards Still Work[…]

Fly Tying and Fly Fishing On Hold: Moving the Office

So I’ve not posted for several days. And I’ve not tied any flies for several days. And I’m still trying to find stuff that I seem to have lost. Why? We moved. Everything. The inventory, the fly tying stuff, even my fly fishing stuff got moved over the last couple of weeks. So my office Read more about Fly Tying and Fly Fishing On Hold: Moving the Office[…]

Fly Fishing to a Rise: Where to Put the Fly

The best day in a fly fisherman’s life is often when the fish are rising. On a lake or pond it’s often at dusk or just before dawn when the mosquitos and other insects start to get active. You begin to see little rings of ripples on the water. Here’s one…there another. It’s the fish Read more about Fly Fishing to a Rise: Where to Put the Fly[…]