Have a three-day weekend in Montana? Here’s the perfect fly-fishing road trip. By Patrick Straub You’ve read the hype: Paradise Valley and the native Yellowstone cutthroat...
Get your (dry) fly on Story and photos by Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist April showers bring May flowers – but April also brings...
Fly fishing on a budget? You betcha! By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist A young guide came to me the other day and asked,...
By Tyler Allen Explore Big Sky Senior Editor BOZEMAN – On April 2 at Bozeman’s 406 Brewing Company, the Montana Wilderness School will host a scholarship...
By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist Large flakes of snow fall to the water’s surface, disappearing the moment they land. A moose devours a...
Refinement in the West By Taylor-Anne Smith Mountain Outlaw magazine Staff Writer Three Forks, Montana sits at the Missouri River headwaters and is home to the...
Anglers have it pretty darn good in southwest Montana By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist I had just returned from sledding with my daughter...
Headwaters or bust, part two By Jamie Balke Explore Big Sky Columnist In my previous column (EBS, Aug. 22) I described day one of the Headwaters...
Fly fishing benefits us all By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist “You got to load it up with Zap-A-Gap,” my guide says as he...
Grasshoppers, beetles and ants, oh my! By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist A Montana fly-fishing professional’s life is arguably cause for envy. On the...