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...
Have a three-day weekend in Montana? Here’s the perfect fly-fishing road trip. By Patrick Straub You’ve read the hype: Paradise Valley and the native Yellowstone cutthroat...
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...
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...
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...
By Patrick Straub Explore Big Sky Fishing Columnist Large flakes of snow fall to the water’s surface, disappearing the moment they land. A moose devours a...