ONE OF THE MASTERS OF WILDLIFE ART IN THE U.S. once suggested that Northwest Wyoming is an area of angles born of elevation, aridity, and the sun’s illumination. So it was an elegant accomplishment when the combined genius of architects, builders, landscape designers, and homeowners...
“FOR ME, THIS HOUSE — MORE THAN ANY HOUSE I’VE DONE — this is the one I tell people that I would love to have the problem of standing in that kitchen and doing the dishes,” says architect Kyle Tage. “I would do dishes every...
“WE WANTED A FAMILY RETREAT THAT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH to our permanent place in Bozeman so we could get there often, yet far enough to feel like we were away,” says the owner of a new lakeside house that he, his wife of 30 years,...
WHEN ANDREW BRECHBUHLER FIRST GLIMPSED THE SITE FOR THE KLANN family’s home in Bozeman, Montana, he immediately knew this project was destined to take full advantage of the stunning views. “Our approach is always to design for the site,” says Brechbuhler, principal architect at Brechbuhler...
IN SIGHT OF TWO TROUT STREAMS JUST OUTSIDE OF WHITEFISH, a home composed of three utterly simple buildings celebrates the beauty of Montana. Just hours before flying home to Columbia, Missouri, at the end of a two-week visit to this mountain town in 2014, Mary...
WHEN JIMMY AND MALINDA LEWIS PURCHASED PROPERTY in Big Sky, Montana, instead of focusing on the potential obstacles that they might face during the building process due to the steepness of the sloping lot, the couple set their sights on something else completely: the views....
For those of us who regularly fish the fabled rivers of New York’s Western Catskills, the issue began early in the summer of 2016. That’s when anglers started reporting a dramatic decline in sulphur mayfly hatches along the East Branch of the Delaware River. At...
I’m standing alongside the Gallatin River in Southwest Montana, stringing up my new custom rod. I’m careful taking it out of the tube, and I avoid putting it on the ground like I usually do for fear of getting it dirty. But truth be told,...
In the world of American freshwater angling, the Nez Perce tribe occupies a special place. Take, for example, the case of Rapid River, a relatively obscure stream approximately 150 miles north of Boise, Idaho. The trout-filled, remote, and rugged upper 27-mile section, accessible only by...
On a sweltering August evening, our trip to Idaho’s sylvan St. Joe River was winding down. After dreamy days of camping, hiking, and fly fishing along the swift, intimate, fir-fringed headwaters, my wife Mary and I washed up on the wide, languid, lower reach in...