From the monthly archives:

January 2009

No more McFluff

by Wayne Mumford January 31, 2009

KBarton at Singlebarbed is trying to piss off the world of McDonald’s grade dubbing material by reminding us that we don’t have to eat anymore McFluff. With a coffee blender, some experimentation and the raw materials you can create your own dubbing masterpiece.

If this doesn’t inspire you nothing will.

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Snowed under in Montana

by Wayne Mumford January 29, 2009

Powell county sheriff deputies following a tip from a couple of snowmobilers, found a couple who had been snowed in up in the Garnet mountains with no way out. One person, a woman had starved to death and her common law husband was not far behind when they were found.
The two apparently set up in [...]

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Bead Bugs

by Wayne Mumford January 28, 2009

Lately I’ve been prowling around the hobby shops and fabric stores looking for cheap materials or odd ball things that might put a new spin on my flys. One of the first things I went after was the bead rack; like a raccoon in pile of marbles.

After practically driving myself over the edge fumbling around [...]

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PETA “Veggie Love” not Super Bowl fodder?

by Wayne Mumford January 27, 2009

The PETAphilians are at it again. “Veggie Love” is not going to be aired by NBC during the Super Bowl. This time they aren’t after the minds of our children, they are after the minds of men- any post pubescent male will do. The sequel to the “Sea Kittens” campaign, the PETA “Pussy Cat” campaign.

But [...]

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Blowfish gets last laugh

by Wayne Mumford January 27, 2009

People seem to go to no end to satisfy their culinary curiositiy. Not to be descriminating, but the Japanese seem to dine on the weirdest stuff, sometimes for even weirder reasons. Culture and palate aside, a few guys that were out for some apparent gourmet “thrill seeking” in Japan today got a little more than [...]

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National Geographic goes fishing for Largemouth Bass and Tiger Fish

by Wayne Mumford January 27, 2009

I just got the heads up today from the National Geographic Channel PR folks that they will be airing two new programs in February. First up is Hooked on Bass, a special on Largemouth Bass Fishing, the industry and the search for a record Largemouth.
Monday, February 2 at 10pm ET/PT
Saturday, February 28 at 8pm ET/PT [...]

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Montana Bridge access bill moving forward

by Wayne Mumford January 21, 2009

The Montana House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee passed House Bill 190, by Rep. Kendall Van Dyk, D-Billings, by a 16-2 vote today. The two “nay”s were Ken Peterson, R-Billings, and Joel Boniek, R-Emigrant. The bill guarantees access from public bridges to float or fish state waters.
Landowners will still have the right to attach fences [...]

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The mythical Icepecker? UFO identified.

by Wayne Mumford January 20, 2009

Is this the mythical Blue Icepecker of ice fishing legend and lore? Maybe if you read the National Enquirer it is. I must be spending to much time indoors in the winter because I have never seen this bird, commonly known as the Great Blue Heron, in northwest Montana in the dead of winter.
Northern Bird [...]

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