Kubie Brown

Kubie Brown has been a professional trout fishing guide for more than a decade. A former Orvis fly fishing instructor and current freelance writer, blogger, and all-around trout bum, Kubie has pursued and guided for trout across the United States, Canada, and Patagonia. When he’s not guiding or fishing, he spends his time driving around (and often living in) a beat-up Toyota Tundra between fishing, hunting, and camping expeditions. Kubie currently lives in southwest Montana. When he’s not out in the field doing what he loves, he spends most of his free time tying flies, playing rugby, and sampling different varieties of whiskey. Kubie attended Southern Vermont College where he played rugby and studied literature before receiving his B.A in creative writing.

Author Articles

Late Fall Steelhead Tactics

Late fall brings with it a tidal wave of activity. The upcoming holidays sends people out in a mad rush of shopping, decorating, and preparing food. The kids are out of school, the relatives are on their way, and if you aren’t careful, you can be swept away in in a hurried frenzy of unbridled chaos. Yet if you’re a fly angler, there is another autumn...

How to Choose the Right Streamer

There’s no such thing as one tool for the job. Even the most basic toolbox will have a hammer, a couple of screwdrivers, wrenches, and a decent set of pliers. The idea of trying to frame a house with just a hammer or rebuild a carburetor with just a screwdriver seems ludicrous to most people. Yet so many of these same folks will go out and chase trout...

Early Autumn Trout Tactics

As the first cold nights of autumn leave their first frosty kisses on the grass and leaves begin to change from green to fluorescent oranges, reds, and yellows, we trout anglers begin to get excited. Cooling water temperatures bring new life to the river. Trout become more active as they feed heavily preparing for winter or, depending on the species, as...

Nocturnal Missions: How To Catch Big Trout at Night

Everyone is a little afraid of the dark. Whether you needed a nightlight as a kid or just get nervous walking down a dark alley, there’s something unnerving about the night. It’s an inherited fear, left behind from when our ancestors lived in caves and built their fires high for protection from the things that lurked beyond the flickering flames. Now...

Hopper Fishing How-To

If you ordered a hotdog in a restaurant and the waiter brought you a giant T-bone steak, would you send it back? Hell no. You’d inhale that thing faster than a starving Labrador eats his kibble before someone comes to take it away. At least I would. That’s exactly how trout feel about hoppers. The large terrestrial insects are such a hardy meal for...