Culture, Books, Art

Three quick thoughts on today’s anniversary. One, Jake and I were just leaving a meeting this morning here in town and were amazed at how most fly fishing blogs today haven’t mentioned anything about 11 September; between us we screen / read about 60 different fly fishing blogs every day.  Only one of the sites we […]

Like every other community out there, our little burg of Bozeman has a lot of things I really like about it, and some that aren’t so great. A couple of things that are pretty nifty include the fact that town is small enough to get around on a bike (and by that I mean a […]

I’m still plowing through Isaacson’s Einstein biography and as a result am feeling a bit more philosophical and thoughtful than usual. The more I ponder the world around us, the more I realize that the reality of living in today’s world is indeed at times “stranger than fiction”.  Weave these great mysteries into the world […]

I’ve been reading Einstein’s biography by Walter Isaacson this past week. I know, that sounds like something crazy to do this time of year; it’s late summer, there’s more fun stuff to be done in the great outdoors right now than you can shake a stick at, and the press of a fall season looming […]

The Madison River Foundation is sponsoring their Ennis on the Madison Fly Fishing Festival this weekend – here’s a link to the Foundations web page for the event (full schedule available). Here’s part of their description of the event – For the fifth year in row ClackaCraft Drift Boats of Clackamas, Oregon has donated a […]

Via the BS Report

Couple of non-fishing vids for the weekend. First, for you non-pedestrian fly fisher folk out there – here’s an ad from The Big Apple… More importantly, for you single guys out there – watch out for this new piece of legislation being debated… Nation’s Girlfriends Unveil New Economic Plan: ‘Let’s Move In Together’

Bob Bogle, lead guitarist of the Ventures, died Sunday in Vancouver, Washington at age 75.  The Ventures were probably the greatest instrumental band of all time.  Bob and Don Wilson formed the Ventures after meeting on a construction site in Tacoma and playing together for a year or so.  Here’s a few of their great […]

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Now and then a woman simply has to visit the ‘big city’; the one who must be obeyed sojourned over to the metropolis of Missoula Monday and Tuesday.  She visited with Jess while over there, and they walked a bit along the Clark Fork.  There are some impressive fish just below the Higgins Avenue bridge. […]

Yesterday in Missoula by she who must be obeyed.