It’s suddenly the third week of July and we’re all in a bit of a time warp here on the Missouri. The relative slowness of August seems like a long time away. The shop is open early and late (0500 to well past 2100h), which translates into some very short nights of sleep if you […]
Jess McGlothlin
July madness is in full swing on the Missouri, and between working long hours at the shop, a hotbox of an apartment and a lovely, long-term run with cryptosporidia, I’ve rather been feeling like I’m living in a third-world country. A Russian fly fishing camp above the Arctic Circle had more creature comforts than this. […]
Independence Day brought a wealth of adventures to the village of Craig. Fireworks. Drift boats. Pool toys. Hot dogs. Beer. Flaming Stetsons. Oh yeah, and trout. A plethora of trout. The festivities were on full speed, and Headhunters and Joe’s Bar seemed to vie for the crowds. Joe’s had alcohol. We had free food and […]
The past week has been a blur. I just wrapped a seven-day stint at the shop, which in turn was coming straight off a three-day marathon of “real world” business in Bozeman. With a long list of things to do, stories to write and the day job, sleep has dropped to a secondary tier of […]
Somedays, oh-so-rarely, you catch the perfect light. Often perfect light, or even good light, is the result of setting up and waiting patiently for the sunlight to filter just right through the clouds. A process which sometimes takes hours. I’ve spent more than one very cold (or hot, pick the climate) evening camping out on […]
It’s been an odd week in central Montana, including being run off the road and walking into my apartment to find my entire floor – apartment wide – covered in water during a thunderstorm. Turns out windows that seemingly function don’t work as well when the sills fill up with water and said water streams […]
Nothing too exciting to report this week. The spring is continuing in full swing; slowly more and more tourists are arriving on the Missouri, and mornings at the shop are busy. After a rainy, cool early week, the weather seems to have finally decided we are due for some sunshine and warm temperatures. The past […]
It’s been a busy week. One of those where I’m absurdly grateful for every second of sleep I can get, and have been fueled repeatedly by exceedingly strong cups of dark Irish tea. That said, it has also been an exceptionally productive week. I’ve been able to wrap the majority of my grant applications, and […]
Swing the Fly Editor Zack Williams put Kelly on a nice Missouri River rainbow yesterday. More pics from a day on the river to come.
I was able to break away from Craig and the ‘Mo for a few days of family time in Bozeman. It was amazing. There were real stores, and restaurants, and… everything! At any rate, it was a good break to do some “real world” thinking and knock out a few projects that had been lingering […]
It’s Saturday night, and I am sitting in front of my iMac, realizing I’m due back in the shop in less than nine hours. I just got in about thirty minutes ago. The days, they fly by. Today was one of Craig’s biggest days of the year, the annual Craig Caddis Fest, a fundraiser for […]
Mid afternoon yesterday, I would have sworn summer had come. Temperatures on the Missouri tipped into the mid eighties, and with the Big Sky sun beating down at dust blowing in the wind, I looked out of the shop window and thought it could be July. Waders have been exchanged for sandals and billowy, quick-dry […]
After a day of running errands in town and catching up (or rather, attempting to…) on office work, I needed to get outside in the sun. We’re having a week of temperatures in the 70s, and despite a damnably stubborn cold that won’t go away, I decided it was just too nice not to be […]
