By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist Whether or not we openly admit it, we all want to catch the biggest and baddest trout out there. Watching...
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist My last column described the process of becoming a dedicated streamer angler, a slow transition that typically yields one big...
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist “The tug is the drug.” “Streamer addict.” “Streamer junkie.” “Strip it and rip it.” Sounding more like lines spoken by...
Choose the best dry fly for the situation By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist One of my guiding mentors, nicknamed “Rio” by his peers, used to...
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist During runoff it feels like high summer will never come. These days, love it or hate it, it feels like it...
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist A longtime Yellowstone River guide once admitted to me his disdain for the salmonfly hatch. “It’s so anticlimactic, overblown, and...
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist The transition from spring to summer in mountain country is defined by change: The snow line creeps up, rivers are...
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,...
Great fishing surrounds us – know where to go By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist It’s officially spring. That means daylight savings time, NCAA...