general outdoors

Old dogs learning new tricks

by Wayne Mumford January 3, 2012

Last night I got off on one of those web tangents, sidetracked as it were. I was looking for some music and ended up on Youtube watching a couple “blues” videos. One was from the Crossroads concert, BB King, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and someone else… anyway, I followed that on to more Buddy Guy [...]

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Rick Hafele on internet radio | Chronic Egg Pattern | Oregon Ducks finally win

by Wayne Mumford January 2, 2012

A belated Happy New Years greeting. Flying below the radar over the holiday week getting in some R&R, trying to catch a little time with the family and catching up on some chores around the house. So will throw out a few lines on things that have come this way in the last couple days. [...]

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Gift Baskets for Landowners

by Wayne Mumford December 26, 2011

A week or so ago, anglers from the Pennsylvania Steelhead Association, Gem City Outdoorsmen Club and Fly Tiers, 3CU, and the S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie got together and delivered Christmas baskets to landowners who allowed public access to the shorelines of their properties on Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie tributaries. They have been giving out the gift [...]

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Home for the Holiday

by Wayne Mumford December 25, 2011

Just a quick note to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a thank you for keeping up with the blog. Been sporadic of late but winter’s here, a little more time now for posting. When your main job is delivery in the shipping business the month from Thanksgiving to Christmas is just [...]

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Missouri River Trout, Gulf Oil Spill Report

by Wayne Mumford December 17, 2011

First, some good news from the HeadHunters crew on the state of the Missouri river trout population- the fish appear to be doing well. MT FWP also report a 13.95 pound and 32.5 inches long Walleye from the Cascade section. Sounds like eradicating Wally and eating well go hand in hand on the Mo’. And [...]

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Ruby River Case against Madison County

by Wayne Mumford December 13, 2011

I got a couple comments on a post from last winter when we were deep in the battle over HB 309 and the news that the Montana Stream Access Coalition was reforming. I thought the comments would be of interest so I am posting them here. They refer to a current upcoming court ruling on [...]

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Montana Dam Dispute- Who powers the US Supreme Court?

by Wayne Mumford December 7, 2011

“Navigable waters” is back in the courts again. Now it’s the US Supreme court being asked to overturn a Montana Supreme Court ruling that the state owns the submerged land beneath 10 dams sitting on three Montana rivers. Montana PPL is up in arms because they would owe the state a few million in back [...]

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No-Tech Flats Boots | Emerger and Winter Midge Patterns | GreenFish CPR Mount

by Wayne Mumford December 6, 2011

What happened to La Nina, is she lulling us into a false sense of security? Weather around these parts is really nice. I should probably clarify that; it’s been sunny in northwest Montana for an inordinate amount of time (better part of two weeks) which is kind of unusual. It is of course cold, probably [...]

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