I used my unintentional anonymity and sloth-like reflexes to slip away from my conference duties and go undercover at Q2Cast as an obviously worldly and mildly-educated summit attendee.

You see, ever since we started planning this year’s summit way back at the beginning of last week, there has been a single 45-minute time slot in the late afternoon blacked out. Hmmm. Suspicious?

If you read ATG Q2Cast Preview: Your Day on the River, you’ve probably already realized that you need to get up pretty early in the morning to eat your lunch by 8:30 am.

8:10 am – You’re blindfolded and driven to the Guide’s secret fishing spot. You don’t understand why they felt the need to pistol whip you after your eyes were covered but you play along because you heard they do things a little differently up here in Montana.

It’s tough to nail down exactly why, but food really makes a person feel alive. Paris we are not, but Missoula has its fair share of unbelievably fun eateries.

Breakfast – the most important meal of the day before lunch and after last night’s dinner. If you’re going to grab a bite before hitting the office, which is a good idea because Jay Allen will most likely have eaten all the doughnuts, these are the top places your food-deprived feet can carry you in and around downtown.

There are a handful of seats left ahead of next week’s registration deadline, so we thought we might try to sway you with a some hard-to-resist reasons you need to be here in Big Sky Country.

There is a saloon for every ilk, from the deepest dive to Montana’s version of swank. Clubs? Not really. But you can dance at just about any of the following and no one will care. Maybe stay off the tables.

Our industry is faced with an array of new, promising technologies that offer immense potential, or can impose tremendous distraction.

Ahhh… June in Montana – the nights are getting long, the sun is out in full, and the raging rivers are finally clearing up and awaiting the Salmon Fly hatch. It must be time to think about Quote 2 Cast 2018!

Well, ATG’s inaugural Quote 2 Cast Summit is in the books, but I am pleased to say that the ripples from this deep dive into the pond are continuing to flow!

You have a typo in your title.” Everyone keeps telling me that. “Quote to Cash is spelled wrong.” “No, that is intentional,” I respond. “Troutforce was taken, so we went with Quote to Cast.”