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Picture of the day

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 this [...]

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Canon G9, the perfect fly fishing camera, Part 2

by Wayne Mumford March 26, 2009

If you missed the first post on the Canon G9 you can find it here. Following is Part Two of the Canon G9 review.
The viewing portal. The Canon G9 has the old fashioned eye viewfinder (why, I don’t know) but the LCD screen is truly impressive at three inches; even aging eyes can deal with [...]

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Picture of the day

by Wayne Mumford March 23, 2009

Stonefly from the Flathead River near Kalispell. I’m not sure of his exact pedigree, if anyone knows please leave a comment.

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Picture of the day

by Wayne Mumford February 26, 2009

I was just getting use to driving on pavement again. The upside, our latest little weather brouhaha has left us with several inches of new snow to extend the summer fun.

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Picture of the day

by Wayne Mumford February 22, 2009

Sun and ice, Bitteroot Lake, Montana

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Photographing flies

by Wayne Mumford February 17, 2009

Learning to tie better flies and photograph them is one of my ongoing projects. Fortunately, there is a growing body of resources.
From Midcurrent: Techniques and Gear for Photographing Flies
Some good tutorials and nice fly photographs from Neal Osborn’s Fly Art Studio.

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Montana SB 314, turning rivers into irrigation ditches

by Wayne Mumford February 9, 2009

We Montanan’s have good, hard fought for stream access rules and they may be getting better soon with the new bridge access bill (HB 190) that will allow the public free access at all bridge crossings and easements. That wrinkle in stream access has taken a few years to iron out as a result of [...]

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