Montana Snow Pack and Precipitation

Backyard DVD released, Geezus Lizard tying tutorial, Josh Udesen Art

by Wayne Mumford October 17, 2011

Fall lingers. Snow is moving it’s way down the mountainsides,the days are getting noticeably shorter and DST is just around the corner; the entrance into the tunnel of another northern winter is just around the corner. I’m busy working on a new “man cave”, a place I can ride my ol’ Airdyne, tie some flies [...]

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Monday Misc

by Wayne Mumford October 10, 2011

Another reason why I like fly fishing better than hunting. Don’t like your stream side property landscaping? If you live in NY state now’s your chance to turn it into a cover shot for Better Homes and Gardens. After the recent flooding in NY, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a month-long blanket exemption from stream protection [...]

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Summers end

by Wayne Mumford September 19, 2011

I have not been able to make myself sit down here and write a post mostly because I couldn’t bring myself indoors long enough to do it. And the dogs been damn tickled about that. Where she used to stop at the top of the stairs to see which way I’d go (left means outside, [...]

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Montana fly fishing on the upswing, water levels falling

by Wayne Mumford August 1, 2011

Of course anybody that’s serious about their fly fishing is watching river levels, temperatures, and flows like a hawk. The good news for everyone is that we are now where we should have been about a month ago when summer fishing usually kicks in. And, the guides and support services are hoping for a good [...]

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Montana flood waters to recede | Montana TU can dispute water rights | Record Catfish

by Wayne Mumford June 26, 2011

Montana Trout Unlimited allowed to dispute water rights …the Montana Supreme Court said Thursday the advocacy group has a long history of active contributions on the Big Hole River and should be allowed to object to the water rights claims if it chooses. More. Great news for the recreational water use crowd. An advocacy group [...]

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Montana Fly Fishing river and stream flow forecasts

by Wayne Mumford June 16, 2011

For the compulsive water watchers in the crowd, here’s a couple graphs lifted from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service from the first week of June, 2011. We’ve all seen and heard about the snow water content. The second graph projects some stream flow forecasts. Snow Water Content River Basin Percent of Average Percent of [...]

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Grubby Weather | New Site | Ball size

by Wayne Mumford June 9, 2011

“The rain continued. It was a hard rain, a perpetual rain, a sweating and steaming rain; it was a drizzle, a downpour, a fountain, a whipping at the eyes, an undertow at the ankles…” The Long Rain- Ray Bradbury Enough flipping water already! Bring on the vitamin D, dancing girls, mind altering substances or something [...]

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$2,695 Hardy Bamboo Rods? | Gloom and Doom Montana River Reports

by Wayne Mumford June 6, 2011

It’s true, a $2,695 Hardy Bamboo with agate inlays. Those inlays are important. You can now buy one at the new guide service and fly shop at Aspen’s Little Nell Hotel & Residences. Half day trips  “to local lakes or rivers can run for as little as a few hundred dollars. Or, in the ballpark [...]

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