August 2008

Every fisherman’s dream

by Wayne Mumford August 28, 2008

Catching fish and getting paid for it. To good to be true? Not! The Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Program is paying $4-$8 for each northern pikeminnow caught in the lower Columbia (mouth to Priest Rapids Dam) and Snake (mouth to Hells Canyon Dam) rivers. This year’s qualifying tagged fish will be worth $500. In my hierarchy [...]

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Snooty Bass

by Wayne Mumford August 25, 2008

If you think a Trout can be finicky and Bass eat anything, anytime- you are in for a surprise. Being in the beginning stages of my assault on Bass with a fly rod I am finding that Bass, Largemouth in particular, are as willing to flip you off as the most persnickety Trout. The morning [...]

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Someday, I’m gonna be a real boy! A real boy!

by Wayne Mumford August 20, 2008

Thank god for “no child left behind”. At least we know it wasn’t the Mercury in the fish he ate during his early childhood.

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Montana August 2008 low river flow info

by Wayne Mumford August 18, 2008

This is the latest on low flows from Montana NRCS. Almost all are a month behind where they were last year. So, as summer comes to an end it looks pretty good going into fall. With temperatures climbing (Missoula and Kalispell set records today, 100° and 98° respectively) the hoppers are flourishing. Time to break [...]

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Can you say “circumventing”?

by Wayne Mumford August 18, 2008

Ok George, say it fast three times- I guess if you can say it once in context I’d be happy. The GOP wrecking ball is swinging faster and faster the closer we get to the election- the masters of circumnavigation working around the clock. Dubya should consider buying the complete collection of “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood” [...]

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Fishing Gigalo

by Wayne Mumford August 17, 2008

Tom over at Trout Underground posted a story about “Glamping” that was published by the newspaper in Calgary. The twist to this blue blood fishing camp is that its for women. Now, at $5500 for 3 days I think we can safely say that these gals could be using $50 bills for toilet paper. In [...]

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More Partridge Soft Hackle

by Wayne Mumford August 15, 2008

This is a Soft Hackle Pattern I have been using in some local Montana rivers. Nothing special. Sometimes I dub a body, maybe some copper wire over it etc. When Caddis are around, tans, light brown, olive brown etc. Black seems to work well late evening near dark. The biot body is something new I [...]

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Why ice fishing sucks

by Wayne Mumford August 13, 2008

Ok, I hate to put a chill on summer but the kids found this and it is to funny…

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