Montana

This blog has been looking pretty stale from the lack of updates, and there is no better way to give it a fresh look than to post some pictures from my recent trip to Montana!

Sunset over the Missouri River.

We planned our trip for 9 days, splitting our time between the Missouri, Gallatin, and Madison Rivers. We caught the Missouri just right, nailing fish on dries, droppers, and nymphing. We took a lot of fish form the Might Mo once we figured them out and had a blast playing with the cookie cutter 16-18'' Rainbows.

Trout BOSS Fly Line

For the past month or so, we have been putting our New Trout BOSS Fly Line to the test. Here are some results.....

Tight Lines,
Artie

Spring is Right Around the Corner!

It may not seem like it, but Spring really is right around the corner!

A prime example is the 18'' Brown Trout below, that was caught on a Dry Fly on March 7th!! The fish was rising consistently to stoneflies around 5PM. My first few casts were short and it took me a cast or two to get the right drift. Once I found the sweet-spot, it took about 3 or 4 drifts over the fish until I got him to eat.

 

It isn't the best picture - I was using the camera on my phone. The fish fought well, took some drag, and jumped once. Of course, I was using our new Trout BOSS Line so I kept trying to think of some funny things to say, like....

"I just BOSSed that fish around."

"I just gave that fish a new BOSS!"

"BOSSed 'em!"

Tight Lines,

Artie

Cortland Line Company New Fly Lines: Switch Line

The last (but not least) of our new lines that I will write about is our Precision Switch Line. This line quickly became a favorite of mine last fall while targeting Steelhead on Lake Ontario Tributaries because of its versatility.

 The new Switch Lines from Cortland performs 3 major functions to help you get maximum performance from your switch rod - Overhead casting for tossing streamers or bulky flies, spey style roll casts for swinging flies, and indicator nymphing with ease, at impressive distances. Cortland's Switch Line is 100' total, a color change at 45' with a 12' rear taper extension for supporting long mends and roll casts. Tip diameters are oversized to turn over bulky flies, indicator rigs, or connect a polyleader to the Cortland Super Fused Loop.

Cortland's Camo Monofilament Review

Click here to read a review of our Camo Monofilament by Andrew Ragas (Fishing Headquarters).

These are results that no one can argue with!

 

Thanks for the review, Andrew!

Tight Lines,
Artie

South Florida Fly Fishing with Rhett Fisher

Check out this short video from Rhett Fisher about fly fishing the canals in South Florida!!


Freshwater Apocalypse from Rhett Fisher on Vimeo.

Thanks for sharing, Rhett.

Tight Lines,
Artie

This video speaks for itself!

chasing hatches from RA Beattie on Vimeo.

Tight Lines,
Artie