Tippets: Podcast with Author Kirk Wallace Johnson, Fall Flies for Montana

September 2, 2018 By: Erin Block

  • Zach Matthews welcomes Kirk Wallace Johnson to the most recent episode of his podcast “The Itinerant Angler.” Johnson is the author of The Feather Thief, a new book about “‘Edwin Rist–a trained American flautist who stole a million dollars worth of rare birds to sell to fly tyers desperate to evade international restrictions on the sale of threatened and endangered species.” Listen here.
  • From classic topwater patterns such as parachute BWOs and orange stimulators, to the well-known pheasant tail and prince nymph, John Herzer of Blackfoot River Outfitters writes about the top 10 flies to have in your box this fall on Montana rivers. Via Orvis.