By Patrick Straub EBS CONTRIBUTOR Seeing a trout rise to a dry fly is what hooked many of us on fly fishing. A sense of satisfaction...
Post-winter and pre-runoff waters By Patrick Straub EBS CONTRIBUTOR Spring fever is a real thing. For local anglers the day is spent daydreaming of trout lies...
Five flies for right now By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist Back in my early years of guiding—when phones still had cords and there was only...
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist Even if I’ve fished the same run on the same spring creek on the same day each year for over...
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist We’ve all heard that bigger is better, right? When fly fishing for trout, that is usually the case, unless you...
By Patrick Straub EBS FISHING COLUMNIST With snow on the peak and days getting shorter, it is evident fall is on the outs and winter is...
By Patrick Straub EBS FISHING COLUMNIST There is snow on the mountains and most of the leaves have changed. For anyone clinging to summer, get over...
By Patrick Straub EBS FISHING COLUMNIST Fall is here. Cottonwoods in the canyon and aspen on the hillsides are changing colors. Talk in Big Sky’s Meadow...
By Patrick Straub EBS FISHING COLUMNIST As fall creeps into our area, despite our desire to cling to our flip-flops and sunshirts, we can be excited...
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist A local angler who fishes more than 200 days a year told me the other day that he was struggling...