Deeter covers flyfishing

Jul 30, 2024 | fieldandstream.com | Kirk Deeter |Deeter covers flyfishing

Shortly after daybreak, on a hot, grimy Montana morning, Pete Cardinal and I stood knee-deep in the Missouri River and watched fies flutter by the thousands. Thick gray columns of the bugs wafted like smoke plumes over the foamy eddy upstream. The trout were already dialed in, swirling and gnashing at the surface, their mouths clicking and popping like castanets. An epic hatch was happening right before us—and I was feeling anything but confident.