Online Shopping Service

Our website has a new look which includes an online shopping service! Some of you may have already looked at it. We are having some technical difficulties and are ironing the glitches out. If you want to place an order and have trouble, please give us a call at 1-800-886-9111. We want to hear your feedback on the site.

Thanks to all of you for your support this past year. We truly appreciate it and look forward to another great year of trout fishing in Montana.

Fly Fishing Argentina Presentation

Rod King from the Bozeman Angler will be giving a presentation on fly fishing in Argentina on Wednesday, March 11th at 7:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on North 7th Avenue. The meeting and presentation are open to the public, so come on down and see photos of big trout.

Explosion in downtown Bozeman 3/5/09

As many of you may have already heard there was an explosion and fire two blocks from our shop in Bozeman yesterday. The good news is that we are fine and our shop didn't suffer any damage, in fact, we were open for business this afternoon for a while. Four buildings are gone and seven businesses were destroyed including the Pickle Barrel, Rockin' R Bar, Boodles, Montana Trails Gallery, Lilli Lu's and the American League with damage to the Rocky Mountain Rug gallery and Starky's Deli. We are grateful for the quick response from the Bozeman Fire Department and Police Department as well as the National Guard to keep us safe. Thank you to all who called and sent emails to check on our status.

Hebgen Dam Update - 9/22/08

It was reported to us today that the problem in the tower at the Hebgen Lake dam has been fixed and water flows are beginning to drop. The hope is to drop the flows by 20% each day until we reach 850 cfs on the Upper Madison. With dropping levels the fishing most likely will be affected this week until the river stabilizes. Thanks to all the crews, FWP and PP&L for their hard work in resolving this situation. We look forward to more great fishing on the Madison this fall. The Browns are coming into the Lower and are looking good.

Girls Gone "Mad" (river)

In spite of the high water levels in the Lower Madison the fishing has been very productive. Check out Eunice Carroll and Pam King with nice Brown Trout from the Lower this week. The male Browns are finally making their way upriver and are "dressed up" for mating season in the beautiful spawning colors. The weather has been spectular with sunny, warm days and crisp clear nights. The high water during the never ending spring runoff is paying off now with great fishing conditions on all local rivers. We are still seeing some grasshopper action, but streamers and small nymphs are working well.

Hebgen Dam malfunction

We received a report this morning that there has been a malfunction at Hebgen Dam and the river has jumped to 3500 cfs and is rising. All fishing accesses from the dam to Ennis Lake are closed at this time. Check out the USGS website at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/current?type-flow. Looks like the fishing is on hold for a few days!