You know it’s time to reevaluate your life when you’re friends start using you as an example of what not to do. In our little circle, to “Pull a Jake” means to choose work over fishing. (Hat tip to Mark for that little gem.) It’s kind of like realizing you need to get a haircut […]
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With winter in it’s last days, everyone is thinking spring and warm weather. What better way to do that than with tropical drinks? Sure, you could do what everyone else does and sit in some beach chairs in your snowy backyard and drink Corona but why not be a bit more creative than that? There […]
Now that March is finally here it’s time to start getting ready for the upcoming season in earnest. Winter is in the home stretch, the days are getting longer, and the snow is slowly receding up the mountains. It won’t be too much longer before grass is greening up and pre runoff mayflies fill the […]
There are several ways to go about car repairs. You can take it to a shop, or do it yourself. And if you do it yourself, you can do it alone, or call in more knowledgeable reinforcements. Such as I did last night. I’ll say this about German cars.. They make them hard as hell […]
Tomorrow is the last day for 2012 fishing licenses here in Montana. So pull your old one of your wallet, fishing vest, waders, or wherever you keep it and go get a new one. It’s one of those things that is better done now. If you wait until the urge to fish strikes, then you […]
Tell you what, cabin fever is not helped by getting the text “Hot damn, drew a Smith permit for April 30”. Especially on a slow day at work when you are already thinking about fishing. As soon as Mark told me the good news, I had a map out looking over the river and was […]
Once again, summer calls. Photo by Shane Rickert.
During a conversation today with Shane about my upcoming career change, he said something that stuck with me: “Well. Get fired. Eat beans. Go fish.”. We recently were told we had a reasonably good chance of keeping our jobs with the new company that is taking over, but my chances were dashed today after a […]
(Mary Ellen – SWMBO – emailed me this last night and asked that I post it.) On this Valentine’s Day I will channel Ma Orviston and share a piece of my mind about you crazed chasers of fish. There are many things I love about fly fishing, as I have seen it reflected in the […]
Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays that everyone either loves or hates. Depends on if you’re in a relationship, and how long that relationship has lasted. It seems like in some relationships, the woman expects certain things on this day. And God be with you if everything isn’t perfect If you have one of […]
Who else is ready for Salmonfly season? Photo by Shane Rickert.
Everyone knows that working retail kinda sucks. The hours are odd, you often have to work holidays and weekends, and you have to take a lot of abuse. It sucks even more when your boss calls you up into the office and tells you that the store has been sold, and everyone in the company […]
I’ve been sitting at my desk for almost an hour now, staring down the blank page, waiting for inspiration to strike It’s not happening. Damn. I blame the Nyquil. Mark and SWMBO were still both a little sick when they came to visit a couple weeks ago, and I believe they passed the bug down […]
It snowed here again today. Damn. January is almost over, and we still have at least two-three more months of wintry weather before Spring really hits southwest Montana. Despite that fact, more and more thoughts are of sunny days, green grass, and large trout rising to spring mayflies. This lust of better weather was not […]
Access to public land is getting harder and harder to find these days. Amidst all the fighting to secure our existing rights, sometimes we get a chance to enhance what we’ve already got. Montana currently has such a chance. For years now, outdoorsmen in Montana have been unable to “corner jump” between section of public […]
