In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

In my experience, the best fishing guide usually isn’t the most expensive one – or the one with the pretty website that shows up as the first result on your Google search. Often, it’s the guy who’s ...

Guides are cut from a different piece of cloth. I did that job for twenty years. I’m not saying I’m odd or different—though plenty of people might—but most guides I’ve known marched to their own beat.

A bright yellow school bus rolled down the dusty road to Three Dollar Bridge in the early morning hours last Tuesday as warm morning light spilled over the Madison Range. West Yellowstone students ...

An extended wet stretch of weather is causing setbacks for local fly fishing guides. The Yellow Breeches Creek and the Letort Spring Run, both world-renowned trout fisheries, were running high and ...

Fly fishing guides won't likely tell you their real secrets to success right away (you've got to earn the privilege), but there's one tip they'll readily share, even with perfect strangers: Fly ...

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“Most other people who come fly-fishing or who guide are so focused on the fish and wanting to catch these big trophy fish, and that’s about it,” says Erica Nelson, one of only two Indigenous women ...