From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Federation of Fly Fishers Conclave- game on!

by Wayne Mumford July 24, 2008

The Federations conclave is under way in Whitefish. I haven’t been up yet but will attend Saturday. Work postponed my trip to the Mo’ for a week so I get to go. I popped into Lakestream today on my way through town and it was cram packed with conclavers, guides hooking up with clients, fly [...]

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Bull Trout

by Wayne Mumford July 21, 2008

No, we were not “targeting” Bulls- just in case you are an agent of the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. He was keeping questionable company among a pack of Mountain Whitefish as he was among a horde that my son couldn’t resist picking on for some late AM fun. He was caught on #18 [...]

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Westslope Cutthroat

by Wayne Mumford July 21, 2008

One of the few real natives left in the state of Montana. Personally, I’d rather catch Rainbows or Browns but they are a pretty trout. This one was fooled by an Olive Snowshoe Hare Emerger, #16.
We fished one of the smaller rivers in northwest Montana this week. Flows were normal but dropping fast. Temperatures are [...]

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yeah, boy

by Wayne Mumford July 18, 2008

Guess who’s playing here? I picked out a few. Letterman probably didn’t even realize what a lineup he had here. I got the obvious, Earl and Randy Scruggs (acoustic guitar), Steve Martin, Marty Stuart (Mandolin), Vince Gill (first solo, electric), Alvin Lee (second solo, electric), that’s as far as I got.

Now, slow it down a [...]

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When the big ones on, what do you say?

by Wayne Mumford July 16, 2008

My friend, Bert Gildart, an accomplished writer and photographer recently told me the story about a friend of his who was fishing in Saskatchewan and hooked into a 40+ inch Pike on Black Lake and the ensuing linguistic expression of appreciation of the fish by his guide.
A funny story about how fishermen, in the heat [...]

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The one that got away, current Montana river flows and conditions…

by Wayne Mumford July 13, 2008

After the fourth of July fly fishing orgy I am home grounded this weekend by commitments and yard work that the kids (who were off fishing) should have done this week. The worse part about the yard is that I can’t really jump them about it because I am just as bad, if not worse, [...]

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Back at the hacienda…

by Wayne Mumford July 12, 2008

Well, work issues got in the way of one of my top priorities for the week, fishing the Bighorn River. I did stop off at Bighorn Fly and Tackle during my stay in Billings and got all the gory details. Flows are still high but word is, the fishing is great. I ran into a [...]

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Down the road

by Wayne Mumford July 8, 2008

I finally found a spot along the road to get to a few lines off. I don’t have all the sexy gadgets to haul along other than a camera, fishing gear, and stuff for the working side of life.
Over the 4th we fished the upper Clark fork and although it was high and murky from [...]

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