By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist This might sound like the beginning to Norman Maclean’s treatise in “A River Runs Through It and Other...
By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist It’s 2015 and the holiday marathon is over. Most of us are back to our regular schedules at...
Peace on earth and a trout on your line By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist Is it holiday madness or holiday gladness we’re all...
By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist A good fishing client of mine has spent the past six summers working as a campground host in...
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...
The Yellowstone River: Grandiose indeed By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist I learned early in life that declaring my love for something resulted in...
By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist If you throw a dart, blindfolded, at a map of Yellowstone Park and draw a circle in a...
Fish closer to home during runoff By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist As a teenager and then college student, fishing in late May and...
Inevitable, but beatable By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist It’s going to get messy with muddy rivers, high water, and limited fishing options dominating...
Fishing unites and rewards By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist I believe in fishing karma. Not superstition or luck, but a yin-and-yang-type thing. Yes,...