Today's guest has been guiding fly anglers through Montana's legendary waters for nearly two decades.

Floating high water on Rock Creek, dialing in the dry dropper rigs on the Clark's Fork and adapting on the fly when the bitter root blows out.

By the end of this episode, you'll get practical tips for reading water, how to choose bugs during the stonefly season, how you can rig for

high water, and how to fish Missoula like a pro. This is the WebFi Swing podcast where I show you the

best places to travel to for fly fishing, how to find the best resources and tools to prepare for

that big trip, and what you can do to give back to the species we all love. Jake Hensley, the Missoula Fly Guy, joins us today to talk tactics.

He talks about why Shorter Rod might be a better choice in some situations,

how to actually fish a chubby Chernobyl correctly,

and the mistake most anglers make when mending.

We also find out why floating rock creek can unlock a lot more

water than just hiking it, how to match your rig to pressure and depth, and what Jake teaches his

daughter that most adults miss entirely. Here he is, Jake Hensley. You can find him at

Missoulafly guy.com.

How you doing, Jake?

Good. How are you doing, Dave?

Great. Great. Yeah, this is really great to have you on the podcast today. We are going to talk about an area. I think we're going to talk Missoula, which is an area I've been to quite a few

times that part of the world in Montana. But also we're going to talk about just probably

some techniques, maybe get into some rainbow brown trs and brown trout fishing and all that. But before we get in there real quick, let's take it back to fly fishing. I always like to start there. You know, how did you get into this? What's your first memory? And then we'll take it into your, um, your outfitting you do there. I've been fly fishing here in Missoula, Montana for about 18 years now.

Kind of got into it the way a lot of people do as far as seeing some videos or having a friend or a family member that was doing it.

And I'd say my first look at it was living in Missoula, obviously, a river runs through it, the video, the movie, the book.

It's also to go back to the book because that has come up obviously a lot over the years.

You know, we've had the, actually had the creative director of that movie was on.

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