NorthShore had it season opener on May 13th, 2011 with the Madison River Foundation 2nd Annual Guide Meeting.  NorthShore’s outfitter, Joe Dilschneider, along with NorthShore’s good friend, Mike Lum, manager of Madison River Fishing Company, are both on the Board of Directors of the Foundation.  We were grateful for the opportunity to be able to [...]

One of the best fly fishing magazines, hell best magazines in print today is The Drake magazine.  With every new issue there is one page in particular that the guys of NorthShore look forward to seeing and that is Page Six Chix! During last fall, Letty landed this huge Brown down here in South West [...]

River Otters are kind of a novelty for me.  I have only seen a few in my whole life.  The first couple were on the dock of the Lodge.  We woke up one fall frosty morning, and looked out to a steamy lake and there were three river otters playing on the dock.  We watch [...]

NorthShore IT Guy Vito “The Godfather” Valentenetti, yes that is his real name, was in town for the first time in the summer months of Montana.  Which means, we took him on the Madison River for the first time in his life.  It was a great team trip. Shadow casting? We had a great time [...]

With the summer being rainy and unpredictable, the crew at NorthShore is still crushing trout on our local river, The Madison.  Here is Letty Powell’s Trophy Brown Trout on the float from Palisades to McAtee Bridge. Kurt Konz’s Trophy Brown Trout on the float from McAtee Bridge to Varney Bridge. Lately the Hoppers have been [...]