Finally, it’s opening day in Yellowstone. You’ve been reading our reports and others all week – it’s been warm, runoff is in full swing, and while finding fishable water is clearly possible there aren’t as many choices as opening day often presents. Fisherfolk world wide are always searching for a ‘secret-weapon’ to improve the quality […]
Culture, Books, Art
Couple of big events to remember today – VE Day 8 May 1945 Don Rickles born 8 May 1926 (here roasting Governor Reagan)
A fairly eclectic collection of topics for a single blog post – there’s so much to do / read / fish / eat and so little time. Wayne Mumford of WillFishforWork fame has a very nice post up about fishing for Grayling up on Rogers Lake in the Flathead (more or less the northwestern corner […]
Had to run to Helena today – haven’t seen this one before.
Yesterday in 1939 the Andrews Sisters recorded one of the all time greats in American music history – Beer Barrel Polka. Still a favorite here in Montana.
On this day in 1974 Steven Spielberg began shooting Peter Benchley’s Jaws in Martha’s Vineyard. Plagued by recurrent problems with the mechanical great white(s), the 58-day shooting scheduled more than doubled and the plug was nearly pulled more than once. Life would never have been the same without the original Jaws.
Hat Tip: The Big Picture (markets and investing)
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 just looked up from just over three hours of grinding out a project on the computer, and I’ll be damned if it’s not snowing like crazy in Bozeman this afternoon. My mental ruminations follow in staccato outbursts: Snowing hard. Big flakes. Flakes the size of a quarter. Visibility’s down to about a half mile. […]
As you may have noticed by now, I am a big fan of John Gierach. His prose seems to sum up what fishing is all about in an eloquent and thoughtful manner. No matter how good of a fisherman you are, or even if you don’t fish at all, Gierach’s work is enjoyable. His book […]
Western literature is a full genre, with many authors, books, magazines and such filling the reader’s mind with descriptions and stories of past and present. One of the giants in this crowded genre was A.B. Guthrie, Jr. Guthrie’s portrayal of the mountain men, wagon trains and the settling of the West is gripping. Guthrie, who […]
