Pic of the Day

Jake leaning that glass into the wind. Upper Gallatin, YNP, Father’s Day 2012.

With all the rivers in the area blown out, I took a walk up Hyalite trying to find some decent water on the creek.  Alas, it was not to be.  Even little Hyalite Creek is running high and fast. At least Ol’ Yeller got some time on the water…

More from Shane Rickert.  Hopefully one of these days the two of us will be able to get a picture of actually catching a fish.

As Mark said yesterday, sometimes the view ain’t so bad.  After a long week at work, all I wanted to do on my Friday night (which is Monday night on the calendar, but welcome to retail!) was go fishing. I opted for nearby Davis Pond, a body of water that I maintain has it out […]

Under the guise of doing some camera research ran into these guys on the Gallatin a few days ago…

After what seemed like an inordinately long week, I had to get out of town yesterday.  The original plan was to drive down to Between the Lakes on the Madison, but as soon as I got there and saw the hordes of people on the water I changed my mind.  Shoulder to shoulder fishing is […]

Lower Madison, summer afternoon, Montana. From Fire Girl Photography.

Ran into an old neighbor from back home at the local marina the other day. Montanan’s do seem to favor ‘lifestyle’ names for their watercraft.

Fire Girl Jess and I happened to be headed to the Yellowstone River on the day this fire blew up in the Park.  We’d fished a bit on the Yellowstone (very difficult baetis day), saw a puff of smoke and thought nothing else about it. As we were driving topping the ridge between Canyon and […]

Some days things just align to make it work. Yesterday the sun came out, SWMBO had the day off and my work schedule was light so we packed up, grabbed a coffee and headed up to spend a tourist day exploring the western side of the OP. Caught the ferry steaming out of Port Angeles […]

From Fire Girl Photography who’s not much longer in the Lone Star state.