We’re damned fortunate to enjoy some of the most fisher folk favorable stream access laws in the nation here in Montana. The nifty access we enjoy today has withstood several challenges over the years, the most recent just months ago (Mitchell Slough…).
Our friends and fishing brethren in Utah are battling one of the most significant [...]
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Utah Stream Access
Via The Big Picture
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Ran across an interesting story this morning regarding ocean fishery stocks – Aquacalypse Now. It’s worth a bit of your time today to ponder. Here’s how they opened the piece –
Our oceans have been the victims of a giant Ponzi scheme, waged with Bernie Madoff–like callousness by the world’s fisheries. Beginning in the 1950s, [...]
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Last night I had the enlightening opportunity to visit with my good friend, sometimes mentor and sometimes antagonist, Al the Pal from Hamilton.
Regular readers of our blog know that Al has spent his life running a family ranch in the Bitterroot Valley and that he’s a diehard fly fisherman with a good sense of humor [...]
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by Mark on August 3, 2009
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Due to all the rain in recent days, the Gallatin has blown back out. Taylor Fork is pumping a lot of mud into the rivers, as are all of the feeder creeks and tribs. Flows have bumped back up almost to the 80th percentile. Clarity is gone, all of several inches right now.
Before the water [...]
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Gallatin
Being fairly avid fly fisher folk, we tend to scrimp, save, hoard, and barter for new gear related to fishing first, river running second, and other outdoor related stuff third.
Other life needs such as shelter, vehicles, food, computers, etc. are ranked on a much lower scale. This has been known to engender some element of [...]
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From the road yesterday. 3 Dollar. Bugs galore. Magnifico.
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Madison