0 Cheeky Reels Review Derek Olthuis November 28, 2012 Gear Reviews 4 Comments We hear it all the time, "reels are nothing more than expensive line holders." This might be the truth when fishing small streams and lakes for average sized trout or other freshwater species. The reality is...
Attack from Above & the Undercover Submarine Nathan Leavitt November 1, 2012 One-Hit Wonders 8 Comments Perched atop my lookout, I'd seen this fish cruise in and out of this backwater. A healthy rainbow wandering slowly and occasionally swallowing suspended morsels or going tail up for one off the bottom. It's...
Fall Colors and Pics Derek Olthuis October 29, 2012 Fish Stories 3 Comments So obviously fall is here. Even the "evergreen" are changing colors 'round these parts. Just a reminder to pick your head up from the water to look at what's around you! Hope fall is treating everyone well!...
More than a Fish Derek Olthuis October 22, 2012 Memorable Fish 28 Comments "What are the chances?" said Nate. "Who knows?" I responded, "but it was the baddest brown I have ever seen!" Rewind several hours and once again that cursed alarm is buzzing uncontrollably.  A long drive...
Fifteen Days Derek Olthuis October 15, 2012 Memorable Fish 20 Comments The task seemed daunting at times, almost impossible to tell you the truth. It's the hunt, the challenge, the reward, those rare times when things just come together. I am talking about hunting trophy brown...
Eat More Brook Trout Derek Olthuis October 11, 2012 Fish Stories, Popular 7 Comments Back on the road again, the first leg of the week long fishing adventure had concluded. More than content to have caught an amazing fish, the rest of that night's drive passed quickly. It was about 6 hours in...
Night Fishing Tips Nathan Leavitt October 2, 2012 Fly Fishing Tips & Tricks 30 Comments We receive a fair amount of inquiries and it seems that over the last little bit many of those inquiries have been in reference to night fishing tips. Not that I - or we - are pros by any means, but I've been...
Punch Me in the Face! Derek Olthuis September 26, 2012 Fish Stories 6 Comments Mishaps and days where you think nothing else can go wrong.... These are the days that we call paying dues and this trip just happened to be one of those trips, one of those days....
Bearded Maniac Meets Kypezilla Derek Olthuis September 17, 2012 Memorable Fish, One-Hit Wonders, Popular 16 Comments Hundreds of miles of driving, miles and miles of hiking, camping in the woods with unpredictable fall weather in the forecast, all in order to chase char? What can you say when you are invited to go on a week...
Tryin to Catch Me Riding Dirty Derek Olthuis September 8, 2012 Fish Stories 3 Comments There we were chattering excitedly about the next days fishing adventure. We had just pulled on the the highway and driven no more than a few miles when... slam!!!...
Fishies and Freshies Nathan Leavitt August 29, 2012 Fish Stories, OSF Video Edits 2 Comments So when I first started blogging I had a blog called "Fishies and Freshies" cause back then skiing and fly fishing were about 50/50 for me as far as stoke level. Turns out that about the time that I started...
Small Streams and Beaver Ponds Derek Olthuis August 27, 2012 Fish Stories 1 Comment Eyes tired and sick of driving. I had been in the car for hours, although with the amount of time on the road lately you think I would be used to it by now. I was heading back to Utah from Montana for a quick...
Bull Trout are Ugly Derek Olthuis August 22, 2012 Fish Stories, OSF Video Edits 18 Comments Pulling up to the Missoula airport waiting for Matt and Kyle to come out I thought, the time is finally here! Months of phone calls, emails and planning finally about to become reality....
Orange Mouse Revisited Phil Tuttle August 15, 2012 One-Hit Wonders 7 Comments We've spent a number of nights out in the dark lately with menial results. He're is one of Phil's successes: Despite the need our physical bodies have to sleep, night-time opportunities to catch over-sized...
Grayling Fishing in the Uintas Grant Bench August 13, 2012 Fish Stories 6 Comments In between guide trips I had a day off to do some hiking and fishing for grayling in the mountains of Utah. Meanwhile, my wife was back home coordinating the assembly and packaging of 200k meals for starving...
A Welcomed Wet Wade Nathan Leavitt August 6, 2012 Fish Stories 8 Comments I'm not a photographer - I'm a fishing addict. I'm also pretty obsessed with trout. They're beautiful. It has; however, started to bug me a little when I get back from trips and all I have is a bunch of fish...
Lay Down Sally – Yellow Sally Dry Fly Grant Bench August 3, 2012 Fly Tying Instructions | Fly Tying Videos 2 Comments The Lay Down sally is easy to tie and it hunts! What more do you want, chucko? It's proven itself to picky feesh.
Pike Fishing Montana Backwaters Derek Olthuis July 26, 2012 Fish Stories 2 Comments It seems like everytime I have been to Montana lately the weather has tried to shut me down. Rain, lightning and hail. I get a few hours each day to go chase fish and the weather suddenly turns on me....
No Refunds Stillwater Fishing Nathan Leavitt July 9, 2012 Fish Stories, OSF Video Edits, Popular 2 5 Comments Blitz trip. Again. I think this was the gnarliest one we've taken this year so far, but you gotta pay your dues right? Sometimes it pays off and sometimes it doesn't. We had a little of both but without a...
Roadtrippin’ Ch.2: wiggywiggywoo Nathan Leavitt June 26, 2012 Fish Stories 5 Comments I don't even recall when we arrived at our ultimate destination in Wyoming. It was late. I swear we get dumber and dumber the more we fish together....