Posted in Fishin' stories, Fishing, Humor, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Trout fishing on May 9, 2007 | 13 Comments »
I love the opening day of trout season in Montana, when I get to re-learn everything I forgot since last year! While the season doesn’t open for two more weeks yet, I can vividly remember opening day last year because I took notes:
Yesterday I Drove out to the Little Thompson River.
The fun started with the [...]
Posted in Fishin' stories, Fishing, Humor, Montana, Nature, Outdoors on April 21, 2007 | 6 Comments »
It’s a fact of life these days, and probably soon to be enacted into law, that you must be specifically (and expensively) dressed and equipped for every recreational activity in which you intend to engage, including but not limited to, fly fishing for trout.
The Federal trout fishing dress code regulations have not yet been [...]
Posted in Fishin' stories, Fishing, Humor, Montana, Nature, Outdoors on April 17, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Most people who aren’t intimately involved with the outdoors have the impression that fishing is done in oceans, lakes, streams, rivers and an occasional pond. Nothing could be further from the truth! As any experienced fly caster can tell you, most fishing is done in trees!
My personal favorite fishing tree here in Montana is the [...]
Posted in Fishin' stories, Fishing, Humor, Montana, Outdoors on April 12, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Give a man a fish and you’ve fed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and you’ve pretty much ruined his marriage!
As usual in the off season (defined as any time I’m not actually out on a stream fishing) I was tying up another batch of trout flies, when my wife walked in and [...]
Posted in Fishin' stories, Fishing, Humor, Montana, Nature, Outdoors on March 20, 2006 | No Comments »
It’s common knowledge that fish come from fish markets unless you live in a flood zone, and then they all too frequently come directly in through your front door or your living room window, depending on the direction of the current and the time of the month as noted in the Solunar tables.
After doing [...]
