Why do some anglers keep getting better year after year while others fish just as often and feel like they're standing still?

It's not about chasing harder water or switching flies every drift and it's rarely about talent.

This episode moves through Spring Creek's Big Free Stone Rivers, tailwaters, and fall transitions,

all through the lands of someone who spent real time guiding anglers through

those moments when things finally start to click. This is the Webfly 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 fish species we all love.

Chase Glowacki from Montana Fly Fishing Lodge is here and he is going to break down

everything we know about Montana and this part of the state. We're going to find out how reading

water with your eyes changes everything. We're going to focus on that and talk about that today.

We're going to get into why relying on nymphing, dry droppers, or streamers can make the difference in how to fish

all of these differently in different water types. We're also going to find out how different

rivers of Montana demand completely different approaches. We're going to get into this style with

Chase today and what actually helps anglers move into the next level in fly fishing. All right,

here we go. Chase Glowacki, you can find him at Montanaflyfishing lodge.com. Here he is. How you doing, Chase? I'm doing good, man. How are you doing? Pretty good. Pretty good. Always good to get started with the podcast, you know, like we're doing today. How are things going out there? Are you guys getting the winter yet? I heard things were pretty mild in some parts of the west. Yeah, so this winter, Montana's winter for sure is not

doing too good from snow-wise. I think it got a little cooler. This winter, I actually am down in

Targgy, living in Victor, Idaho skiing, but even here, it's not the best. They get a good amount of snow,

but it's not what we usually see. Yeah, it's not quite there. Well, hopefully we so have time.

It's, as we're talking, we're just into February. So it's, fishing is right around the corner.

When do you start getting fired up? When do you switch from the skiing, snowboarding stuff over to

to fishing fishing for guiding

i switch over probably about you know march i start getting in the guiding headspace but right now

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