Episode Details

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Mark Raisler, from Craig, Montana.  Mark grew up in Washington State’s Skagit Valley, in an outdoors family where fishing was a distant third priority, behind skiing and hunting.  

He first came to Montana for something to do when he wasn’t skiing, but quickly found the Missouri River and fly fishing.  When he realized summers were nowhere near enough time to try to catch all the wild trout in the river, he moved to the banks of the Missouri full time.  That was 1997, and he’s been working on figuring out those fish ever since.

Now, Mark is a co-owner of Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig Montana where he has guided for years.

We discuss dry fly techniques, casting accuracy, and why “good drifts, near fish” are the keys to success when fishing to the surface on the Mighty Mo.  Mark and I also wax a little philosophy on how contextual memory is a special part of fly fishing, and life.

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