Lefty anGler & flies

As the Labor Day weekend ended, well, Montana summer seems to have ended as well. From the mid August, it has been a mixed bag of...

The 2024 EIFTE was a non-stopping busy event! It totally regained the "pre COVID" vibe! I can't emphasize how enjoyable and important...

Wasatch Expo, held in the Great Salt Lake area, was quite busy and fun. This is my third consecutive year to attend as a vendor. I...

Among all the fly fishing equipment and gadgets, are there any categories that you can NEVER find the best or the most suitable?? Have...

What a great trip to The Great Salt Lake City area and what a wonderful/busy show the Wasatch Intermountain Fly Fishing Expo 2023 was!!...

I hope everyone has had a good start of the NEW YEAR. I had good holidays with my family. Then I was planning to visit Western Idaho Fly...

**It's been quite a while for a blog update...... I haven't forgotten but it had been full of life matters. I'll announce on my...

For the past three Octobers that I remember for sure, we had massive snow falls in the middle of October (then melted quickly). This...

Each year as I age, my wet wading season, i.e., no wader but bootie and boots, is getting shorter. Exceptions have been the last year and...

It’s hot 🥵. It may not be as hot as last year but it feels hot days are continuing longer than normal years and the last year. As August...

Yellowstone River is finally good-to-go! River flow dropped to the historical average/median (so, what was that flood about!? - really)....

As July rolls, it's been a great summer. Here in Livingston, we are getting thunderstorm warnings almost daily however it seems dark...

For the past two years, all over the world, it was "before & after COVID" then "new normal". This year, here in Livingston, it's been...

By now many a US citizen, flyfishers or not, have seen and heard about the historical, if not “biblical”!, floods that are hitting south...

Well it’s been quite an honor and quite an experience. My work and myself are featured in an epic article of the Summer 2022 issue of Fly...

Finally I got there and fished there: The Henry's Fork of The Snake River. Being a spring creek enthusiast who promotes Livingston's...

As May rolls in, weathers have been still funny and unpredictable. However fishing has been good, some of the best and most enjoyable...

Something HUUUUUUUGE coming up!! Please keep your eyes on the next issue of Fly Tyer Magazine (www.flytyer.com) If you are not...

Wasatch Intermountain Fly Fishing Expo 2022 (https://wasatchexpo.com) was held in the huge venue, Mountain America Expo Center, in Sandy,...

I had a great time going fishing with my wifey and kiddo at a local small stream. It was great, mostly because I did all the catching 🤣