2 Guys and a River

Wisel Creek is a gorgeous spring creek fishery with a tragic past. On August 6, 1866, a flash flood destroyed a communit... Read more

Fly fishing tends to move from simplicity to complexity. You start out learning to cast. And you have one fly rod. You p... Read more

Fly fishing for brookies is one of the great joys of life. In this episode, we regale each other with stories of fly fis... Read more

Fly fishing wading boots are the undisputed, most important safety purchase you’ll make for the sport. There are felt so... Read more

Steve has fished in Alaska, but other than that, neither of us has gone on a fly fishing trip outside North America. We’... Read more

In this episode on dry fly dropper rigs, Steve and Dave discuss their favorites and how and when they use dry fly droppe... Read more

Dry fly fishing lessons are best learned by doing – not by reading or in a classroom. This summer, we had some great day... Read more

The East Gallatin River would look like a piece of ribbon candy, if you viewed it from a drone. It’s a slow moving creek... Read more

If we had it to do over again, we’d do a few things differently. In this episode, we ask the question, “What would we te... Read more

Hiring fly fishing guides is core to how we improve our craft. It’s not cheap, and we do it sparingly (about once a year... Read more

Fly fishing reflections are a good way to begin planning for the new year. In this episode, we look back on 2017 and dis... Read more

The fly rod is the foundational element of gear for a fly fisher. If you have one fly rod, you need two. And if you have... Read more

Fall fly fishing is here. Truthfully, it’s our favorite time of year to fish. The transition from summer to fall to wint... Read more

Success on the river comes in part from knowing your river. There’s an intimacy that forms between the fisher and the ri... Read more

Reflections on “A River Runs Through It” are often about family – and what it means to love someone you don’t understand... Read more

Fishing where grizzlies and mountain lions live requires a heightened level of vigilance. It seems as if there have been... Read more

Fly fishing is more complicated and more simple than it looks. It’s more complicated in that a newbie must buy gear, lea... Read more

Joe Brooks was one of America’s greatest sportsman, and his contribution to the rise of fly fishing in America, includin... Read more

Fishing Rocky Mountain National Park is a different experience than is fishing the national parks in Montana for several... Read more

All good things must come to an end, and this was the final day of our fly fishing trip in mid-September. Rain was in th... Read more