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When it comes to knots, a fly fisher can get away with these three. By Dillon Given

I’ve been lucky enough to float the Smith River in Montana quite a few times, and even still, it’s fun to plan the 50 (58.9) mile drift down the limestone waterslide. However, there aren’t too many, if any, resources out there that actually show and explain each of the campgrounds you can choose from for your journey. So this is my attempt to break them down for you one by one.  If you do decide to float the Smith at 100 CFS (not recommended) then you will probably have the same amount of time that Jake and I had to literally write and photograph each of the campgrounds as you grind down your kayak on the salmonfly and caddis casings lining the river bed. Until someone ignores my advice and does it anyways, this is what I got. First, let's start with the list of campgrounds/sites and where to fish. Upper & Lower Spring Creek on...

The Missouri River Fly Fishers of Great Falls and the Pat Barnes Chapter of Trout Unlimited from Helena are teaming up for a Missouri River Clean Up on Saturday May 20th.  The plan is to meet in the Trout Shop parking lot at 10:00 am. Participants will disperse from there by boat or on foot to recover stuff that should not be in the river or on the banks. If you have questions or would like to RSVP your participation, please contact Paul Considine at riverreporter@gmail.com Plan to return to the parking lot between 3 and 3:30 pm. Brian Neilsen of Fin Fetchers Outfitters is going to provide a flatbead trailer to pick up all the trash bags, tires or whatever other items are removed from the river.

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Another successful North Idaho Fly Fishing Expo is in the books! This year’s event featured a slough of the Northwest's best tiers, a large showing of area vendors, and presentations from some of the sport’s most knowledgeable people. Our sincerest thank you to all who make this event possible. See you next year! For more information, visit Niffe.org Support your local fly fishing club. http://www.kellycreekflycasters.com/

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Invincible Ice Keepers by Yeti Quench your Thirst and Keep Satisfaction Coming Customers of North40 Fly Shop have raved about Yeti coolers since we began 'importing' them from Texas to the PNW. These guys just know how to keep your beverages (and anything else) cool pretty much in perpetuity -- or 'forever' for us farmers. The latest invincible Yeti products to hit North40 Fly Shop shelves are a line of Tumblers, Mugs, and Can Coozies. These stainless, gleaming goodies are uber-designed with hard corps (or just accident-prone) folks in mind. In fact, Yeti has reclassified them as "Ramblers" -- which fits fine when you consider how you'll probably tote these handy canisters around for life. Coming in at a pretty penny, they gotta be pretty handy, eh? Well, like the famous coolers, these double-walled babies are worth it. Incorporating pop-...

T-Posts, Tensile Strength & the DL on Fencing  When it comes to running fence in the Northwest, there are a group of veteran ranchers and farmers who will have all the answers- and they will have been doing it the same way for decades if not longer. For those of us not yet  indoctrinated into the realms of t-posts, corner bracing and wire strainers- there are some basic questions we have such as which T-post should I use for my specific application- running fence for horses is going to be different than running fence for cattle. So let's get into one of the basic components of fencing. T-post strength. We got a question in on #AskNorth40 that went like this: What weight T-post would be good for running a barbed wire fence? Jesse gives us a lot of information in this clip. He gives us 1.25 T-posts, which are a t-post with 1.25 pounds...

It's that time of year again... the store is filled with a little extra noise, a little extra bustle and you can feel the excitement of some of our youngest customers as they scan the youngest arrivals to our store. You guessed it... the chicks are in at North 40 Outfitters in Spokane, Washington. While our fowl breeds vary by store, if you come in on or after Valentine's Day (February 14), you'll be able to pick out some new additions to your flock, or even get started as a backyard chicken farmer. If you are interested in getting started with chickens, you'll want to check out our chickens 101 page. This page covers everything you need to know about raising your first meat or layer birds from getting them the right brooder set up to transitioning them to their adult feed and everything in between. Raising your own chickens, turkeys or o...

  Okay, I realize one thing about archery right now.  Everyone around me knows way more than I do.  Everyone is a mentor to me at this point, but the way that I've learned other skills is by reading everything that I can, slash YouTube; then digging in and doing it and learn what not do through failure.  Not so much this time.  My main fear in archery being the bow string hitting my forearm (I should probably wear a forearm guard) or blowing up in my face, I've seen people do that and I'm okay NOT learning my lesson the painful way.  So, this time, I'm excited to learn from Rob's instruction on how to shoot properly. The first thing we realized is that I was shooting too low, consistent but low, even though the pin was at its highest possible point.  So, we first had to order new mods for my bow to increase my draw length and ...