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Reattack

The Fish Are Always Biting – Mindset.

We had to pull the drift boat back upstream to reach the pull out. It was our first day on the Bighole River and fishing had been slow. I pushed and my brother pulled until we reached the concrete that jutted into the current and my brother handed the rope to my father and left to get his truck. It was not a far distance to move the drift boat, but combined with a slow day fishing, I stood waist deep in the cold water a bit deflated.

On August 6, 2022 • By Jason Shemchuk

Photo from Daniel Bragg

Podcast

Podcast Ep. 103 – Daniel Bragg Part 2. Applying the Five Fly Fishing Skills to the Madison River

In this episode we Wadeoutthere for Part 2 of our conversation with Daniel Bragg from Cameron Montana.

On August 4, 2022 • By Jason Shemchuk

Tactics and Techniques

Change One Thing to Know What Worked

If you change one thing at a time on the river you are able to assess and analyze how that one variable affects the results and be more certain about what is working. I say more certain because there’s no guarantees in fishing, but I think we can at least get closer to a reasonable idea if we approach it methodically.

On August 1, 2022 • By Jason Shemchuk

Reattack

Seven Reasons to Fish Small Streams

It is easy to chase the big waters. I am guilty of it myself.

On July 30, 2022 • By Jason Shemchuk

Photo from Daniel Bragg

Podcast

Podcast 102. Daniel Bragg Part 1. The Five Fly Fishing Skills and Fighting Big Fish

In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Daniel Bragg from Cameron Montana. Daniel cut his teeth fly fishing as a youth in the Ozarks and later the mountains of Tennessee while attending school. When his promising career out of college left him feeling stuck, Daniel moved to Montana and took a $10/hr job in a fly shop to pursue his true passion, fly fishing. It wasn’t too long before he was guiding the Madison River at Kelly Gallup’s Slide Inn. He’s been hunting and fishing in the Big Sky State ever since.

On July 28, 2022 • By Jason Shemchuk

Lessons Learned (Stories)

Patterns in How Trout Fight. Understanding the “Program.”

I saw the flash in the current below the surface and knew it was a nice fish. Big brown if I had to guess. That’s what I told myself, at least, as I thought of how to reach it. It had risen, rolled over and back down to the pool that swirled behind the boulder that made the seam across from where I’d been fishing.

On July 25, 2022 • By Jason Shemchuk

Reattack

Let Them Rest.

I had two goals on the river that day. First, catch trout. Nothing new there. Second, scout a place to take my five year old son fly fishing. My first objective influenced the second. Thus, I drove the shortest distance possible to a Colorado trout stream and sought a shallow stretch of water that would be close to the truck and fish well.

On July 23, 2022 • By Jason Shemchuk