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...
To hire or not to hire? By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist Guide: 1) A person who leads or directs other people on a...
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...
By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist It wasn’t until college that I became a float-fishing fiend. During those years, I gravitated to fly fishing...
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,...
It’s been a long, snowy winter but dry flies are coming any day By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist Fly fishing is a pastime...
By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist Many fly fishers inherently believe they are superior to conventional anglers. As much as I’d like to think...
By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist My angling timeline looks like this: Childhood fishing on the Gallatin River; skipping class in high school to...