A beautifully spotted Montana brown trout
©Carol Ann Morris
Okay, we admit it: we love our jobs.
But they do involve a lot of hours and sweat and plain work, and, when we go fishing, it's not just for fun—though there's plenty of that—it's for fly and tackle and technique testing and photography and requires weeks of preparation and planning.
Absolutely worth all of it though.
Our work—which is also our passion—takes us up to places like a great Alaskan river of huge and brawling rainbow trout, the massive Upper Columbia River and its big rainbows, cutthroats, and even brook trout, chilly little Crab Creek rising from underground in the Washington State desert, and the forested clear lakes and rivers of British Columbia ...among others.
We've recorded those adventures in photographs,
and they'll all show up here eventually.
Crab Creek Rainbows:
Chasing Big 'Bows in Washington's Desert
Fly Fishing Wild Western Washington: Outlands
Upper Columbia River Rainbows:
In Search of the Wild Redband
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Skip has an essay in Big Sky Journal's annual Fly Fishing issue, called "Montana Hoppers: the Princess and the Brute" released February 1, 2023. Skip rewrote it a bit; I painted and illustrated it here, on our website. Here's the link on our web page to check it out:
Click here to read Skip's essay Montana Hoppers: The Princess and the Brute...
Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them, is now available on Amazon as an ebook...check it out! Click on the links below to go to the information page on Top 12 Dry Flies (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page...)
Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them
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Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page)...
Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them, 2nd Edition, originally published as an e-book only, is now available on Amazon as a paperback...check it out! Click on the links below to go to the information page on Top 12 Nymphs (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page...)
Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (2nd Edition)
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Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (2nd Edition). . .
Click here to get more information about Skip's e-book,
500 Trout Streams...
365 Fly Fishing Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish
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365 Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish...
Go to Skip Morris's Trout Fly Proportion Chart
Skip's ultra-popular Predator—a hit fly for bluegills and other panfishes and largemouth bass (also catches smallmouth bass and trout)—is being tied commercially by the Solitude Fly Company.
The Predator
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Tying the Predator
CLICK HERE to see Skip's detailed video on how to tie the Predator...