In the midst of a busy event / travel / job prep week, I took advantage of a meeting-less afternoon this past week and ran up into the mountains. Temps were hovering in the upper 40s here in the valley, and as I turned south I could see heavy clouds blanketing the Gallatins. I worked […]
Notes from Base Bozeman
Here in Bozeman, we welcomed the arrival of fall with several days of temperatures barely nudging 50F and a fitting drizzle. Leaves are starting to change, boots and fleece are popping out around town, and every angler’s brain is switching into streamer mode. And while I can’t bring myself to pull the spare pair of […]
Teamwork makes the world go ‘round. Last night, Jake and his wife Kaitlyn rallied and helped me hang up a wall’s worth of canvases at downtown Bozeman coffeehouse Wild Joe’s Coffee Spot. The images are up and — as one customer noted when I was in the coffee shop this morning leaving final signage — […]
It’s been a hell of a few weeks here in southwest Montana. The news of the Yellowstone closure is becoming international — I spent a few days last week on assignment shooting photos for a major U.S. paper and subsequently has phone calls from contacts in Europe wanting images. It’s a story; a story taking […]
August has brought a bit of frenzy to Bozeman. Tourist season is still in full swing, the college kids are starting to drift back in, and that summer-is-ending-we-better-play mode is prevalent. While this means we have legit traffic and it’s hazardous to drive downtown at times, it also provides questionable entertainment. Eating lunch with a […]
Back to Montana after a week in Florida. The week of the International Fly Tackle Dealer Show was a sprint — it’s interesting and very different seeing it from the AFFTA side of things (the American Fly Fishing Trade Association puts on the show) and after everything wrapped up Friday evening there was that nice […]
By the time this post pops up Sunday morning, I’ll be on an airplane heading to the International Fly Tackle Dealer Show in Orlando. It’s a gathering of the industry — manufacturers, shop owners, personalities… the fly-fishing industry comes together in our own little way to do business. Look forward to seeing many of you […]
I’m heading off to the northwestern corner of Montana this morning; visiting compadres at Linehan Outfitting Company while on assignment for Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures. Looking forward to getting back near home country; that corner of Montana is a very different beast than the rest of the state. Check back next week for a report […]
Our clan was pre-occupied this last weekend with the wedding of Jake and Kaitlyn — Livingston is the scene of the party. And the past few weeks I’ve been running around chasing projects and trying to surface from a quagmire of paperwork. But, finally, here’s a bit of unorthodox early summer Montana fishing. I was […]
Last weekend marked the spring Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures retreat… we headed out of Bozeman Friday afternoon, meeting up at Great Waters Inn near Melrose, Montana, on the banks of the Big Hole. What followed was a night of good stories, some serious partying, and a few intense sessions at the pool table. The next […]
This past week the Orvis Guide Rendezvous returned, once again, to Missoula, Montana. Hundreds of guides, lodge owners, and industry folks descended upon the downtown Holiday Inn, Caras Park, and the surrounding bats / eating establishments for meetings, seminars, and several well-heeled cocktail parties. The Orvis crew did a good job of putting everything together […]
Programming Note: I’m at the Orvis Guide Rendezvous in Missoula this weekend, and had intended to report today (Saturday) on the event. Unexpectedly I was roped into the Guide Olympics and find I’ll be competing this (yesterday) afternoon. So check back next week for OGR coverage! I was the typical Western kid who grew up […]
Sometimes you just need a drive. To get in the car, point it in the vague direction of familiar water, and go. The road and the river… sure remedy for what ails you. After an unexpectedly challenging return to Bozeman late this past week, I’ve been needing a break from the editing computer and the […]
As we were wrapping a South Pacific shoot this past year, the Costa del Mar team ensured most of the photo sample sunglasses stayed with Anaa locals. It was fantastic to watch these islanders — who live so happily and so simply — try on sunglasses, ask their friends for opinions, and laugh. There was […]
We’re well into March; the trails around Bozeman have turned into springtime mud runs… frosty in the morning and mucky in the afternoon. Montana fishing licenses expired at the end of February, prompting a mass run into the local fly shop to renew. The rivers are slowly warming up, and locals are switching from down […]
