“You should have been here last week!” “I think the hatch will start in about a week, depending on the weather.” That seems to be the normal conversation fly fishermen have when chasing the elusive ...

HAMILTON – Despite the wintry weather, the skwala hatch has started on the Bitterroot River. Doubters need only go to the river and look at all the boats and fishermen during the warmest part of the ...

There’s no official fly-tying season, but if there was it would be in the depths of winter. The image of a fly tier hunched over their fly-tying vise on a cold winter’s night is about as romantic as ...