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Clark Fork, Noxon road trip

by Wayne Mumford July 20, 2009

Last week we pulled out for a few days fishing on the lower Clark Fork and Noxon Reservoir. Originally I planned to fish for trout in the southwest part of the state but the weather was a little sketchy early in the week and the Georgetown caddis hatch didn’t seem to be full scale and [...]

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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 [...]

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Montana Snow pack, March 27, 2009

by Wayne Mumford March 27, 2009

Here’s the latest from Montana NRCS for the current state of Montana’s snow pack. Also included is Montana river flow forecast for April-July 2009. If  NOAA’s climate model for early April is correct there will be little relief for  my nearly manic case of cabin fever. I am starting to have some serious doubts about [...]

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Montana HB 228 will have everyone packing heat?

by Wayne Mumford March 19, 2009

Is it the wild, wild west all over again? Montana HB 228 will allow everyone to carry weapons for self defense and bypass the current permit process for carrying concealed weapons. Everybody gets to have a gun. Is this like the cold war way out west? What’s next, a run on flak jackets and bulletproof [...]

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Gray Wolf delisting upheld by the Obama Admistration

by Wayne Mumford March 6, 2009

I have been wondering since the election how the new administration would rule on the Wolf delisting issue, in fact I was viewing it as a metric of “on the ground” common sense from our new DC occupants. Honestly, I did not think that Obama would support delisting the Gray Wolf but today the Obama [...]

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Relearning Fishing From the Kids

by Wayne Mumford March 5, 2009

Most of us get our starts in the fishing world with our dad or our grandpa. I was lucky to get a little of both. I fished a lot as a kid but once I hit my teens it was no longer cool. In my early twenties I was busy chasing skirts and fished occasionally. [...]

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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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More bills for Montana water lovers

by Wayne Mumford February 16, 2009

This week we have two legislative bills of interest to sportsmen/women. First we have the ongoing warm water hatchery issue at Fort Peck. The demise of the four Walleye bills from Don Steinbesser, Sydney has apparently motivated Senator Keith Bales of Otter, to put new paint on the same ol’ fence so to speak. Bales [...]

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