Tying Flies

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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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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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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Olive Quill Dun, Dying Quills

by Wayne Mumford March 5, 2012

Been out pirating fly tying ideas again. Tying the olive quill dun with Johnny Utah at Utahs Fly Corner. Nice site, well done fly tying videos and some nice patterns. Thanks Johnny! Dying the stripped peacock quills.

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Montana Fly Fishing Ezine Debut | Sticky Sculpin

by Wayne Mumford February 20, 2012

Montana Fly Fishing Magazine (Ezine), a new entrant into the ever expanding world of online fishing media has just released it’s debut issue. It’s amazing that no one hasn’t pounced on a Montana fly fishing ezine idea already. By the looks of this issue we’re in for another great ezine full of good reading and [...]

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Make your own zonker strips

by Wayne Mumford January 26, 2012

From the Acme department at willfishforwork.com. This whole episode started last spring on the tip that a large woolly bugger tied with a crosscut muskrat collar was a killer for smallies on [name redacted] reservoir in Montana. I had other projects going and let this one stew till I accidentally bumped into a source of [...]

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