Category Archives: Montana
OWAA Hires Schoonen to Communications Post
A little local love to throw out here. OWAA is a great organization and a solid place for people getting into outdoors writing to meet brethren and gain valuable contacts. Whether you live in Missoula or elsewhere, and you want … Continue reading
Posted in Industry, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Outdoor Writers Association of America
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Beating Summer’s Fly Fishing Doldrums on the Beaverhead
August isn’t always the best month for fly fishing in the northern Rockies and recent stream closures around the state, including full restrictions on some portions of the Big Hole River, support that notion. However, if you just put a rod … Continue reading
Tactics for Tricos
I penned this story years ago but it remains relevant. Tricos are out on many western rivers right now, including the Clark Fork and Bitterroot in my backyard, and on the Missouri a couple hours away, so get out there … Continue reading
Posted in Flies, Idaho, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Bitterroot Tricos, Matching the Trico hatch, Tricos, Tricos on Silver Creek
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Floating and Fly Fishing Upper Rock Creek, Montana
Spring weather in Montana is crazy and that has been in evidence this past May and now in June. We’ve been hammered by rain, which makes the farmers happy, and trout later on in the summer, but it puts a … Continue reading
Big Ass Bass: Fly Fishing for Largemouth in Western Montana
Thought all of you might like to see the damage I did on bass over the weekend. The result of the only strike I got in the three hours I fished. Didn’t see any bass in the shallows, nor any … Continue reading
New Addition to The Family
Just picked up my 2011 whitetail from Shawn Andres and the boys at Alpine Artistry outside Arlee, Mont. This deer meant a lot to me as I’d been looking for a big whitetail for a long time and I wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Hunting, Montana, Northern Rockies
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Leaf Hell, Missoula, Montana-Style
I take a lot of grief from my friends, usually payback for something I’ve said to them.Some complain about my yard-care practices, which is pretty much to leave my house in Ennis to nature, and to procrastinate when it comes … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Montana, Northern Rockies
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fishpond’s Westwater Collection
FishPond rolled out it’s Westwater Collection at the International Fly Tackle Dealer Show in Reno this past August and I decided that I had to have the Westwater Guide Lumbar Pack. Here’s why: Since I wore a Patagonia hiking-specific fanny … Continue reading
Let The Training Begin for Mountain Biking 2013
I am not a bad ass. These guys are bad asses. That or they are stupid. Actually, I applaud these guys for challenging their bravery and being great athletes. Check out this Red Bull downhill mountain biking event and you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Montana, Sports, Uncategorized
Tagged mountain biking, New York Times
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More Groups Join Montana Stream Access Fight
Changes to stream access laws are the greatest threat to anglers in Montana who have had the right to access rivers and streams from bridges. However, landowners are making multiple pushes to get that law erased so that anglers could … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Industry, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Madison County, Stream Access
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