It’s worth the hype By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist For a short time in my early 20s, mid-September was my least favorite time of year....
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist The next two weeks are a love-hate dilemma in the world of southwest Montana fly fishing. As summer vacations across...
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist When divvying out our local trout species, the trout gods smiled upon our corner of the fly-fishing universe. Europe received...
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist Nearly 20 years ago I was a rookie guide on my first Madison River guide trip. All was well until...
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 phone call came late at night. An aspiring fishing guide was looking to get on the Upper Madison and needed...
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...
Striptease: Fish streamers and buggers during runoff By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist Don’t let the dirty water of runoff get you down. Fishing...
By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist I must have been suffering from idealistic optimism when I wrote my previous column, because it referred to...
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...