From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Voices We Shall Never Hear, Leandro Blanco

by Wayne Mumford May 30, 2009

Film by Leandro Blanco.
“We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for their [...]

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Picture of the Day

by Wayne Mumford May 27, 2009

Things are looking up when the breeze blows a size #14 critter with wings into your world. I am hoping that this guy likes lakes because the running waters are big and ugly right now.
My guess is Callebaetis, and that would make him a likely part of some lake dwelling trout’s diet.

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Nesting Time

by Wayne Mumford May 26, 2009

Birds are not the only nesting creatures at the moment, Largemouth Bass are also cleaning house in preparation for the annual spring spawn. I am slowly but surly learning the life cycle of the Bass. One thing I am finding out is that Bass are every bit as complex as Trout.
In the local lakes and [...]

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Remember, it is Memorial Day

by Wayne Mumford May 22, 2009

To all the men and women in uniform who laid it all down, we thank you. To those of you who made it home, thank you. And if you fish, may you always have tight lines. Take a moment out of your day and say a few words for our countries soldiers.
All of them…(from Buster [...]

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And out comes the firehose…

by Wayne Mumford May 19, 2009

Late last evening brought in a round of thunderstorms and some pretty serious downpours that lasted through mid morning which turned most streams into gushers. Water color of the day- think chocolate malt.
The Flathead river, which was easing its way up with the last couple days of warm weather looked like it was working it’s [...]

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More on Montana Beer

by Wayne Mumford May 18, 2009

Some hot weather finally showed and you know what that means, fisherman and outdoor enthusiasts are working up a thirst and outside good cold clean water; cold craft brewed beer slakes the parched palette like nothing else.
Montanan’s and visitors to have a growing selection of craft brews to choose from. Last year Montana craft brewers [...]

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Spring Largemouth Bass

by Wayne Mumford May 16, 2009

It’s really to bad Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks got sucker punched on the Walleye gig when they already have a good Large and Smallmouth Bass population going. If you want to bring in tournament fishing dollars I think you’d have a tough time topping Bassmasters.
At any rate, with rivers getting ready to start plowing [...]

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Here comes the water, May snow pack and precipitation

by Wayne Mumford May 16, 2009

Warm temperatures, clear skies and still some water that is not running coffee and cream. The time to jump on em’ is now, the temperatures are coming up for awhile, throw in a little rain here and there and runoff will be on it’s way.
Check this chart out! Holy cow, you think late April and [...]

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