Fly fishing Thailand

When you think about Thailand, your first thought probably isn't taking giant fish on mountain stream on dries. However, our good friends at Montana Fly Company, owned by Adam Trina, are changing all that. One of our North 40 Fly Shop staff, Kris Keller, will be heading to Thailand to finalize all of our custom fly patterns for the fly shop, working with the MFC to create some new fly patterns, working with their fly tying staff overseas, and hopefully getting to test the waters abroad.

Kris has come a long ways since moving to Great Falls a few years ago from Frontier Anglers in Dillon. He now hosts frequent fly tying classes at the shop, and is getting a reputation for one of our most creative fly tiers in the industry, so we are excited to see what he comes back with. According to MFC's Adam Trina, the fly fishing in Thailand can be pretty amazing...

"My company here in Thailand, Chiang Mai Fly Fishing (owned by MFC) holds the exclusive lease on the only 2 fly fishing only, catch and release rivers in Thailand. Masheer and Burmese Trout are the 2 species we fish for. The rivers are still under development from years of mismanagement and over-fishing, but the fishing is getting better and can be quite good at times, even on hoppers and droppers."

Kris has been tying every night preparing for his trip to the point, he was having neck issues yesterday in the shop. We are very proud of his accomplishments and can't wait to see what he returns with from his trip. If you are in the shop wish him luck on his adventures.

We also just received a call from one of our friends here in Great Falls who will be traveling to Thailand around the same time frame to shoot some fly fishing footage around Asia. Check out Robert Price Productions in the future to follow his trail on his adventures through Asia.