So What?

Yesterday afternoon it was almost 70 in the Big Sky Meadow and down the road to the northern border of the Park on 191; with that kind of warmth, lots of sun and snow in the high country, Taylor Fork was pumping mud into the Gallatin – here’s a pic right taken literally right at […]

Out for an early meeting this morning….

Stuck in the office on a chilly Monday.  Ouch. Here are a few odds and ends to ease the pain of your afternoon in the office. Alex is now dispensing first aid training….. From Yves at Naked Capitalism….. Finally, two years ago when I offered commentary on anthropogenic global warming (on the now defunct Best […]

Reality is often indeed stranger than fiction. Reading one of the economics blogs that I follow every day (yep, most of us have to dangle our feet in the real world now and then) I came across an unusual statistic that our crack research team is now working to verify.  Those of you who are […]

On the Lower Madison (Warm Springs to Blacks ) this morning early as Jake had to be at work by noon; it was calm, cloudy, 59 and just getting light when we left Warm Springs but the day gave way to sun and increasingly pesky winds. Shane and Jake were pounding streamers much of the […]

We’ll be a little late in getting posts up today – off to the Madison early (more due to work schedules than anything else).  For the first time this year there are a few little thunderstorm cells wandering the neighborhood early – thunder in Bozeman this morning at about 0520.  Should see some bugs this morning […]

Ever have one of those days where the harder you try to solve a problem the further the solution seems to run away? That was my day yesterday. We had an early start around my camp around 0500 as She Who Must Be Obeyed was up early to meet Jess and hit the road for […]

Couple of pics from around town – yesterday’s afternoon get out and stretch drive….

From the non-fly fishing world comes an interesting read today. Real world responsibilities require that I spend a bit of my time everyday attending to the black hole that is the world of economics and finance.   Forays into the world of economics and finance are most often (in my experience) fraught with conflicting opinions, […]

From the weekend WSJ –  It’s Fish Versus Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley. Years ago many a bullet was fired over water rights in the West – today instead of bullets armies of lawyers line up and throw someone else’s money at one another.

The Marines have landed in Bozeman (the pic above was taken about an hour ago at our massive Gallatin Field). There’s an interesting story circulating among locals here in Bozeman and Ennis – it has to do with Obama, his upcoming visit to the area and a land purchase in the Madison Valley. Like most […]

We’ve had an astounding number of inquiries the past two days asking where we’re fishing this weekend.  Most of our team are fishing their home waters this weekend.  Missouri River Steve has floats booked every day for the next 26 days on the Mo; Al the Pal is fishing the West Fork (of the Bitterroot) […]

As distracting and distasteful as it may seem on some days – there are indeed bills to pay, shelter and food to purchase, vehicles to fuel, and clothes to buy – though you probably could wear waders around town here in Bozeman year-round and nobody would fire you a second look.  Several ‘real world’ projects […]