Montana Brothers Rodworks: The Inside Skinny

You can’t put these rods in your fly shop. You can’t sell them online. You’d be insane to turn one over to a client in your drift boat…

By Todd Tanner

I don’t imagine that the angling public will ever realize this, but most of us who have been part of the professional fly-fishing community for a while–I started guiding on the Henry’s Fork and the Madison back in ’92–eventually realize that it’s hard to get excited about gear.

The old days, where the prospect of a new rod or reel would have me waiting for the UPS truck to arrive, are long past.

Now a package shows up–perhaps it’s a reel I ordered for the School of Trout, or a rod that someone wants me to review–and it’s liable to sit in the corner for a few weeks before I get around to opening it.