Wanna go fly fishing for steelhead? Wanna hold one of these spunky wild trout? Then join the owner of CrossCurrents Fly Shop, Chris Strainer, as he presents his do-it-yourself steelheading adventures in Northern British Columbia Thursday, February 6th, 2014 at 6:30pm at Montana Wild. The Skeena River system is the last stronghold of WILD steelhead.. read more →
The evening of Tuesday, January 21st was one fun night for all those who attended the premiere of the 2014 F3T (the “Fly Fishing Film Tour” for those of you under a rock). Helena, Montana was the site of the first showing of an awesome set of fly fishing films. Just over 200 enthusiastic flick.. read more →
The Missouri River offers some of the best trout fishing in Montana, maybe even the world. The vast size of this river carries much of the water in North America to the sea. Combined with The Mississippi it makes for the third largest river that man has discovered. As a trout angler there is always.. read more →
Fire bead, hot bead, hot head, orange bead, or whatever you want to call a pattern that is tied with a bright orange metallic thing at the head. Rumors of their success quietly circle their way around the shop, nobody really admits they are working. It’s like there is a secret, but everybody knows it… read more →
Check out the latest issue of Montana Fly Fishing Magazine.Click on the image to read. read more →
The man has done it again with a little creation he titles the Fish Skull MO Minnow. Its a shiny baitfish pattern that works wonders to fool some Missouri River fish. We will have an unlimited supply of them throughout the fall streamer season, so stop by and give one a try. We love them… read more →
It finally feels like fall in good ol’ Craig this morning. We have been getting some cooler weather and overcast skies the past few days. We are starting to think more about soup and streamers as the days go on. Waders are out for the fist time in months, but I wouldn’t put the BBQ.. read more →
Flows at Holter Dam this morning are remaining steady at 2,920 cfs. We have more or less remained at 3,000 cfs for the entire summer. I wouldn’t expect much to change as we head into the fall season, but you never know with this streamflow stuff. The best news is that we are starting to.. read more →
If you have been to Craig in the last decade then you have probably seen Jimmy B. He has been on the staff at CrossCurrents, fished Trico’s all morning long, chased risers eating Caddis after dark, and once he caught bobberitis when someone snuck a nymph rig into his boat. The inventor of the Jimmy’s.. read more →
