The Backstage Pass

The world of fly fishing floatants has become a huge diluted pool of options. The vast selection will leave anglers with more questions than answers. Can this be used on CDC? Is this one solely a desiccant? What happens to this in the heat? Find answers to all of these and more, along...

Late October and November bring cold mornings and the very real possibility of snow to the Rocky Mountain West. But, that doesn't mean it is time, just yet, to hang up the fly rods. In fact, if you have the desire to get in one more western trout fly fishing trip this season,...

The East Gallatin River forms just to the east of downtown Bozeman and runs its course in a northerly direction to its confluence with the West Gallatin River near Manhattan, Montana. This relatively placid, small stream flows through the Gallatin Valley with limited public access. The East Gallatin is highly regarded throughout Montana's...

Summertime provides some excellent angling opportunities. Bugs start hatching, fish start eating dry flies, and the weather is cooperative for the most part. Once the big bugs start to appear, I have a very hard time putting an indicator rig back on. It is all about fishing a dry with a dropper. This...

Distant, remote, and home to amazing saltwater fly fishing opportunities, the Seychelles is a nation in the Indian Ocean consisting of hundreds of atolls rising up from the ocean depths. Boasting a sheer diversity of fish species found nowhere else in the world, these saltwater fisheries are truly unlike any other found on...

As the summer fishing season gets into gear, it is an ideal time to load up the car and hit the road on a fly fishing road trip. With two decades of experience traveling and fly fishing the fabled waters of the western US and Canada, our team at Yellow Dog knows how...