Archive for November, 2007
Posted in November 30th, 2007
The flags will be at half mast soon - Montana’s own legendary Evel Knievel died today; there will no doubt be more than one round drunk in his honor tonight in Butte (his rough and rowdy home town).
I don’t know if he ever fly fished - if he did it was probably off the coast of […]
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Posted in November 30th, 2007
It’s true - we’re jumping for joy in the Yellowstone region these days - it’s been cold and a fair amount of snow has fallen thus far considering the time of year. I was out for an early morning meeting at 0530 today and brushed another 2 inches of powder off the truck on our […]
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Posted in November 30th, 2007
Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish. ~Roderick Haig-Brown, about modern fishing, A River Never Sleeps, 1946Technorati Tags: yellowstone fly fishing quotes
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Posted in November 30th, 2007
There are so many very good Yellowstone NP fly fishing guide books we had a bit of a dilemma in choosing which one we should recommend on the Christmas list. After much pondering and a few cold ones - the choice was clear - The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide.
Craig Matthews of West Yellowstone needs no introduction […]
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Posted in November 30th, 2007
Best Fly Fishing Montana’s 30 Days of Christmas (for the non fly fisher) post today reviews a bombproof luggage set - Samsonite’s Lightweight Spinner Luggage. Moving gear through an airport was never easier than when using this tough, durable, wheeled luggage……
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Posted in November 29th, 2007
“The two best times to fish is when it’s rainin’ and when it ain’t.” -Patrick McManus
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Posted in November 29th, 2007
The U.S. Forest Service has reopened the Beattie Gulch area near Gardiner and just north of the Park, which had been closed since October after two hunters were mauled by a grizzly bear (or bears).
The closure affected a strip of national forest between Yellowstone National Park and public lands; Montana’s big game hunting season in […]
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Posted in November 29th, 2007
Enjoy watching those short video clips of the guys and gals fishing on some great river on a great day - we do, and we’ve been working on different approaches to video for some time. Like lots of folks around - we’ve carried video in the boat when drifting, but the video cameras have just […]
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Posted in November 29th, 2007
Best Fly Fishing Montana’s 30 Days of Christimas (for the non fly fisher) post today reviews an amazing Godiva Chocolate gift basket - what a gift for the chocolate loving someone special…..
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Posted in November 29th, 2007
We’ve post an update today for the Bitterroot River on Best Fly Fishing Montana today - as you’d expect things have slowed a fair amount over there as winter seems to be truly knocking on the doorstep today.
Speaking with a buddy in Missoula yesterday, he said it’s finally too cold to really fish the Blackfoot […]
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