montana fish wildlife and parks

Smallmouth on the Fly

by Wayne Mumford September 15, 2010

The more brown trout, smallies and steelhead I see from Michigan the more I am getting the itch to go there and fish for say, a few years. I know, I live in Montana, what could be better for a fly fisherman? Well you see, I had this experience a couple years back, I caught [...]

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Monster Bighole Brown

by Wayne Mumford June 21, 2009

Bob Kingston and Gary Keeler of Butte found one of the Bighole Rivers legendary monsters this past week. Kingston tied into the fish with a 5 weight and an 8lb. tippet. 30 minutes later they were looking at a 35 inch, 20 lb. bruiser. There is a lot of buzz about whether or not the [...]

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Montana weather and the “wake zone”

by Wayne Mumford May 23, 2008

The afternoon started with rain and wind. Fishing was lousy for me, a lot of casting practice. I was out fished by my youngest son yet again. To make matters worse the jet boat freaks with skis, tubes and boards began their summer assault on the lake. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks sold out yet [...]

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