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We find that most anglers, when not actually fishing are reading about fly fishing. If you identify with this, then please help yourself to our library of selected articles. Read about the Big Hole River fly fishing experience from some the best in the industry, including our very own author Craig Fellin. You'll even learn techniques for catching Montana's wildest trout. We'll update this throughout the season, so feel free to check back for new, informative reading on your favorite subject.
7 STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL FLY FISHING YOU'RE FIRST TIME OUT
by Craig Fellin, Big Hole River Outfitters
Step 1. Reading the Water- It would seem obvious that before you make your first cast, you should have a general idea about where the trout are living or "holding" as we say. After guiding for 23 years now, I can say without hesitation that most novices and many experienced anglers don't have a good feel for where the trout are holding when they approach a stream or river.
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NIGHT FISHING NAILS BIGGER TROUT
by Craig Fellin, as told to Bob Whitaker
published in Western Outdoors, January 1988
My Basic fly fishing love is casting a dry fly during daylight hours to the rainbow, brook, brown and cutthroat trout populating Montana's famous Big Hole River. It's thrilling to watch an 18-inch brown roll up and take a No. 16 Humpy. Then I enjoy carefully removing the barbless hook and watching the gorgeous fish swim back to its spot to put on a couple more pounds before I hopefully take it again.
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MONTANA'S BIG HOLE RIVER VALLEY
by Barry and Cathy Beck
published in Fly Fish America Online
"You know you're in Montana when you fish the Big Hole." Those were the words of the late Joe Brooks. Author and fishing editor for Outdoor Life, Joe thought the Big Hole was the best in the west. This watershed is rich with history, and the list of fishing celebrities who have cast their offerings on this river is endless.
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WHERE THE TROUT JUMP ONTO THE HOOK
By Jake Mosher
published in The New York Times, July 11,1999
I hooked my first trout, a small brown, in a backwater where the Wise joins the Big Hole and, since Big Hole River Outfitters operates a strictly catch-and-release business, watched Mr. Fellin let the trout go. We floated down the Big Hole, through rock canyons of rapids, long pools where grass hung over the water and stands of cottonwoods. Over a shore lunch of seafood salad, grilled ginger chicken, banana bread and cherries, our conversation drifted to the places we'd been, those we wished to go, the trout of the day and the trout we had not yet caught.
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