February 2009

Need to get rid of that old nag?

by Wayne Mumford February 27, 2009

If Montana HB 418 passes, the horse slaughter house bill, you can ship her off to Montana and have her turned into dog food, pectin, Oscar-Meyer wieners and other mainstream by-products. The bill, believe it or not has been heard in the house and is now off to the Senate. From Rep. Ed Butcher (ironically [...]

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Picture of the day

by Wayne Mumford February 26, 2009

I was just getting use to driving on pavement again. The upside, our latest little weather brouhaha has left us with several inches of new snow to extend the summer fun.

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Picture of the day

by Wayne Mumford February 25, 2009

Swan River, rain, ice, snow and running water. Water in every form.

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Using the Quik Tye line threader

by Wayne Mumford February 24, 2009

Awhile back I wrote about the Quik Tye line threader and how it looked like a pretty good solution for aging eyes. Granted a good pair of readers is essential but even that doesn’t solve all the putzing around sometimes, especially when you have had one to many cups of coffee or fish are flying [...]

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Ammonite Nymph, one tasty looking bug

by Wayne Mumford February 23, 2009

I was looking around for information on using latex for nymph bodies after seeing a few samples around in magazines, the web and so forth and ran into this article on UK tyer Steve Thornton at Global Flyfisher. The picture of the Ammonite Nymph got me stoked to go ahead and try doing some latex [...]

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Montana SB 425, Fort Peck Hatchery funding bill passes

by Wayne Mumford February 23, 2009

While the details are of course vague in the bills official description, one thing is now certain; funding shortfalls for the Fort Peck Walleye Hatchery are now secured by “REVENUE IN THE GENERAL LICENSE ACCOUNT OR any FEDERAL funding available to the department”. And how do you interpret that? I think I hear the cash [...]

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Picture of the day

by Wayne Mumford February 22, 2009

Sun and ice, Bitteroot Lake, Montana

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Blood in the Water

by Wayne Mumford February 22, 2009

Edra Blixseth and the Yellowstone Club are back in the news. A warrant for her arrest has been issued in Colorado for failing to make a court date. I am guessing she’s probably in Mexico getting a cheap but massive face lift while listening to Warren Zevon singing, “send lawyers, guns, and money”… Meanwhile, back [...]

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