Geartalk

Carp Biology

Carp can tolerate a wide range of temperatures and water conditions. They can survive in lakes that freeze in winter, as well as in rivers and sloughs that can warm to over 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

Travel

A Long Pondered Question, Answered

For years the state of Montana stocked fingerling rainbows in Hebgen Lake, a fact not widely known among visiting anglers.

Bugs

A Riseform Detail

Calm, quiet rises usually result from smaller, less mobile food items being taken.

Kea and his river dogs, BONEDALE, CO. Liz Steketee Castwork proofs. Circa 2002.

News

Typewriter Vision

Every fly-fishing guide has a process, at least the good ones do.

News

Minam Store Float Trip Giveaway

Enter the Minam Store Float Trip Giveaway.

Three mirror carp in the shallows with their backs out of the water.

Skills

Carp Are Difficult to Pattern

No fish species connects the sports of angling and hunting better than carp.

Two fly anglers on a western river caught in a giant rainstorm. They are putting on rain jackets.

Skills

Shocking the System

Experienced anglers know that insect activity controls trout feeding activity. And they know, too, that weather plays a vital role in controlling insect activity.

Streamside cat sitting on a truck windshield, as we rigged up fly rods near Coyhaique, Chile.

Avoiding Buyer’s Remorse: Thoughts On Your Next Fly Rod

Here’s hoping that the next fly rod you purchase is an absolute gem.

A man holding a carp and getting ready to release back into the water.

Why Carp?

Carp do a worthy job of demanding all the skills an angler can muster.