By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist We’ve all heard that bigger is better, right? When fly fishing for trout, that is usually the case, unless you...
By Patrick Straub EBS FISHING COLUMNIST In the days before the internet and social media, anglers had to contact or visit a local fly shop to...
By Patrick Straub EBS FISHING COLUMNIST As fall creeps into our area, despite our desire to cling to our flip-flops and sunshirts, we can be excited...
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist A local angler who fishes more than 200 days a year told me the other day that he was struggling...
By Patrick Straub EBS FISHING COLUMNIST For the past seven summers, as the former owner of one of Big Sky’s busiest fly shops, my days were...
By Patrick Straub EBS FISHING COLUMNIST You’ve heard of the famous rivers—the Madison, Yellowstone, Missouri—but have you heard of the many small creeks that are also...
Twelve flies you love to hate By Patrick Straub EBS FISHING COLUMNIST Although clothing manufacturers would want us to believe otherwise, fly fishing is not a...
By Patrick Straub EBS FISHING COLUMNIST Simply put, the powder we enjoyed throughout the winter is leaving. It is leaving as snowmelt runoff in most of...
Winter fly fishing and angling travel By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist The countdown has begun for an annual end-of-season saltwater flats trip—this year myself and...
By Patrick Straub EBS Fishing Columnist There is indeed frost on the pumpkin; fall colors have peaked; and armchair anglers have gone back to suburbia and...
