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The Coronavirus Sickens the 2020 Outfitting Industry: Guiding Through Uncertainty
2020 will be a tough year for guides and outfitters due to impacts from Coronavirus, what can you do to stay afloat? It has been said, “you can’t swing a dead cat in a Missoula bar without hitting a fishing guide.” Well, right now you could, as the bars are closed and all the guides…
Read MoreBarracuda Fly Fishing in the Bahamas: Broken Lines, the Blues and a Red Sunrise
Pursuit of the barracuda can leave anglers with broken tackle…and hearts, as Justin Karnopp recently discovered on a fly fishing adventure in the Bahamas. An initial scan revealed a marauding missile, the outline of the fish was umistakable and I was about to get my shot at a big barracuda. From a high vantage, sun…
Read MoreThe Skwala Hatch: Montana’s Spring Dry Fly Fishing is a Vile Temptress
Karnopp sprinkles a dose of reality on the hype surrounding Montana’s Spring Skwala hatch. There’s an inch-long, dark-bodied stonefly, called a Skwala, that shows itself out here in Western Montana in the latter stages of winter (“Spring” is a myth here). The timing of this “hatch” is congruent with cabin fever, unpredictable weather, hungry fish…
Read MoreBullfroggin’!
On a late July Sunday Funday, we were invited to a friend’s suburban bass pond while the neighbors were on-vacation. Private neighborhoods with private lakes, stocked with bass and panfish, were pretty common in this part of Illinois and offered fishing opportunities for the children of these communities. The goal was to keep less-desirable…
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