This evening’s late sun. And the people did smile.
April 2009
Yesterday was a good day. Camille and I had a chance to run out to Bear Trap Canyon in the afternoon for a few hours. It was the first time we had ever fished together, so it was a good opportunity to get to know each other better. As we walked in, we were both [...]
There are those opine these days that the world has become a less civil, less welcoming and less hospitable place. Some social science ‘experts’ say that folks around the world are less connected with friends, family, coworkers, neighbors and acquaintances than ever before in history, despite the almost overwhelming array of nuisance communication tools at [...]
As you can see from the snap taken around 4 yesterday afternoon off the Island Park webcam, the late spring snow ventured as far south as Island Park / Last Chance, though there’s sure not much left on the ground at the water’s edge, is there? Fishing conditions and the options are little changed from [...]
We’re humbled and amazed at the response to the announcement of our Good Chi newsletter yesterday – it appears that we’ve had so many folks sign up that it temporarily overwhelmed our subscription service. My apologies if you tried to sign up via the blog post link yesterday and were unable to. The subscription / [...]
For the past week, it has been snowing here in Bozeman. Many people, myself included, are getting pretty fed up with the snow by now. Spring snow can reduce some fly fishermen to pathetic depths. Normally during these spring storms, enormous amounts of alcohol are consumed as the fisherman nervously ties flies and checks out [...]
The cooler weather and snow this week have helped the Gallatin, even though almost everyone I know has been praying hard for the return of 70 degree days and sunshine. Water clarity has improved quite a bit since early this week when flows were at their highest. We made a run out to Four Corners [...]
I find myself up a bit early today (meeting with a business partner in Missoula for breakfast), just off the phone with my lawyer daughter, and thinking a bit more positively about the Clark Fork today. My daughter swears that her most fishable combo last year at this time was a purple bugger with a [...]
Now and then we get an email, letter, or chat with someone about the sport of fly fishing that really genuinely makes us stop and think about things. One came late last evening from Jake (from somewhere here in Montana, and not our Jake here at ChiWulff)…. Hey guys, I just want to say how [...]
The Chi Wulff team is pleased as punch to announce the arrival of our new weekly newsletter: Good Chi – A Weekly Journal of Fly Fishing in Yellowstone, Southern Montana, and Around. We’re doing this primarily in response to a hoard of requests that we’ve received during the past two years that we were blogging [...]
What a difference a couple of days of cooler weather can make. After being blown much of last week and weekend, flows are dropping and the river’s clearing, at least above Hamilton. The flow graph is pretty impressive actually…. From what I’ve heard in the past twenty-four hours, there still might be a Skwala or [...]
This report will be short and sweet – the Blackfoot blew out last week and is slowly dropping. One guy told me there was maybe 2 feet of visibility yesterday higher up; another guy told me whoever said that is a jackass. I guess it could drop and clear enough to make for reasonable nymphing [...]
Over the past few weeks, the team here has been working on ways to improve our site. One of the solutions we came up with was social networking. Today, Chi Wulff has joined two of the largest social networking websites on the web. I set up a Facebook page last night. We really intend this [...]
Jake’s lobbying for a better underwater camera…. The Fly Fish Chick went to Port Aransas – the Laguna Madre is a gem…. Make photo slide shows at www.OneTrueMedia.com Something actually useful, but you already know this….
I probably sound like a broken record by now, by what else can I say other than the Bighorn is fishing well? Flows over here have been increasing, but visibility is still good. With other waters beginning to muddy up, the Bighorn is a good option right now. A buddy of mine had some business [...]
