From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Monster Bighole Brown Part 2

by Wayne Mumford June 29, 2009

I got a call today from Bruce Rich, Region 3 Fisheries Manager, in response to an email that I sent to Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks concerning the Monster Brown trout that was caught up there a couple weeks ago.
The email I wrote was in short, an inquiry as to why Montana Fish Wildlife and [...]

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National Geographic chases Taimen

by Wayne Mumford June 24, 2009

Is Mongolia a good place to be a fish? Apparently not if there is a gold mine nearby. While the locals have an affinity for four legged land dwelling protein sources on which to sup, their religious beliefs which are largely Buddhist, hold the the fish and his water in high esteem. Not the place [...]

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Monster Bighole Brown

by Wayne Mumford June 21, 2009

Bob Kingston and Gary Keeler of Butte found one of the Bighole Rivers legendary monsters this past week. Kingston tied into the fish with a 5 weight and an 8lb. tippet. 30 minutes later they were looking at a 35 inch, 20 lb. bruiser.

There is a lot of buzz about whether or not the angler [...]

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Another Bass Smackdown

by Wayne Mumford June 15, 2009

I think I’ve had about enough of dredging for Largemouth with a bottom setup on the fly rod. I sometimes have a hard time feeling the bite on spinning outfit with a Texas rig much less a sinking line with what sometimes seems like a cannon ball tied to the end of it. I’m thinking [...]

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Weekend Barbecue idea

by Wayne Mumford June 13, 2009

I’ve been seeing a lot of tasty looking “barbie” ideas bandied about lately so I thought I would offer something a little different. In South America in the Inca highlands the Guinea Pig or Cuy is a traditional entree that is served with potatoes or rice and a spicy sauce.
While Queen Elizabeth I was one [...]

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Condom Pike Fly

by Wayne Mumford June 11, 2009

Fly tiers are a creative bunch, pretty much anything that has the possibility of attracting a fishes attention will also attract a fly tiers attention. Simon Graham the Pike whisperer over at Pike Fishing Articles was inspired by the alternative uses that the natives of Papua New Guinea came up with for using Durex Condoms.
I’m [...]

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Flathead River getting its green on

by Wayne Mumford June 9, 2009

I took this image last night while prowling the sloughs looking for bass. Water levels here are effected by the lake and the little fingers of old river channels are now filling and making prime little havens for species like Pike and Bass.
I made a trip up the river past Hungry Horse today and the [...]

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It rains, it snows, it blows…

by Wayne Mumford June 8, 2009

Up here in the northwest part of Montana we managed to slip through without getting snowed on this weekend and other than wind, the weather call turned out better than expected. If you happen to be on the Missouri you are probably wondering if you have been beamed back into April.
Like the rest of the [...]

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