More years ago than I particularly care to contemplate, I was a catcher of bait as well as of fish. The two naturally went together. You had to have one to catch the ...

Walk through the brush that grows along any stream this time of year and you will see a multitude of grasshoppers leaping away from your strides. This is the season of the hopper. By now they have ...

Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

One of these caught fish, while the others didn't / Photo by Ken Baldwin Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect ...

The salmonfly hatch is one of the most anticipated big fish opportunities of the year. Sometimes, however, we become obsessed with the big orange bugs and ignore the golden stones that are hatching at ...

Fishing restrictions were lifted last week on the Yellowstone, Gallatin, East Gallatin and Madison rivers and anglers can now fish those waters at any time of the day. But don’t be fooled. While ...

The bite on the Beaverhead River has been consistent as we enter the cranefly and hopper season. Anglers are experiencing excellent trout fishing in the morning and late afternoons. As the season ...