Montana Fly Fishing

Pteronarcys- aliens from earth

by Wayne Mumford May 15, 2012

There’s always a lot of talk in early May about one of the first big hatches, the Mother’s Day Caddis.  And of course it’s a big deal for fishermen and fish alike. Everyone’s been locked up in cold weather fishing mode and finally spring is hopefully bringing some tolerable weather and some serious bug action. [...]

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The Wild Turkey Post

by Wayne Mumford May 7, 2012

Montana’s spring turkey season is on and my youngest boy got his first this morning, a nice young Tom. Wild turkey are doing very well just about everywhere in western Montana. They are literally all over the place but seem to congregate around agricultural land; farms, ranches where there is a good mix of woods [...]

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Bass out west | Montana in spring

by Wayne Mumford May 4, 2012

Still working on what I hope is a good relationship with a new PC. I have been busy reinstalling this and that and trying to get stuff backed up that should have been backed up LONG AGO. I’d relate the experience as being similar to doing a detox/colon cleanse using acid based smoothies and a [...]

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Meltdown continues | alt worm material | CDC loop wing emerger

by Wayne Mumford April 23, 2012

I’m still nursing this ol’ computer along till the new one arrives hoping that it doesn’t go into it’s final nose dive in the meantime. I admit I’m cheap but I also believe in bleeding every last drop out my stuff because I hate contributing to the earths burgeoning landfills without making the most of [...]

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Montana Fly Fishing Magazine Spring issue | Pebble Mine Press Release

by Wayne Mumford April 15, 2012

Ah yes, the return of snow. A humbling reminder that snow is still just a cold front away. Spring tornado season on the plains seems to turn the northwest weather pattern into a side eddy where everything just sits  and slowly gets vacuumed into a collection of  whatever weather conditions happen to be in the [...]

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All about fly rods- building fly rods, the latest fly rod shootout

by Wayne Mumford April 3, 2012

Tomorrow night (Wed. April 6), Ask About Fly Fishing- Fly Fishing internet radio; Designing and Building a Great Fly Rod Jim Blood a lifelong fly fisher talks about what it takes to design and build a commercial fly rod. He’ll dispell the myths and sweep away the smoke and mirrors of advertising to get down [...]

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Art of the hunt- Fly Tying

by Wayne Mumford March 25, 2012

Art of the Hunt – Fly Tying from Indie Media: The New Journalism on Vimeo.

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Spring | April Volkey on Fly Fishing Internet Radio | The Muskytoe

by Wayne Mumford March 20, 2012

First day of spring, uh-huh. Temperatures aside, you would think it was December in some places around the state the way the snow has been falling. Not a good time to be cutting lines in the backcountry. It’s tricky enough keeping it between the lines in the low lands. We probably won’t have to listen [...]

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