The last several days my fishing colleagues and I have chatted a time or two about the dramatic reports of snow-induced travails of those living along the eastern seaboard. The media has portrayed a couple of feet of snow as an almost apocalyptic event, paralyzing the cities and and painting a broad stripe of hardship […]
spring fly fishing
Getting close – the sun is out and the birds are singing this morning in Bozeman. The Twelve Days of Yellowstone – Day 11: On the eleventh day of Yellowstone my fishing buddy gave to me – Eleven fishers casting Ten Tourists Tripping Nine Dancing Drakes Eight Brookies Biting Seven Swans a-Sunning Six Geese a-Swimming […]
Damn these big April storms. I’m gonna have to get a snowblower with some power. I got just right at two feet of snow at my cabin this past week with drifts easily pushing four feet. People were stuck everywhere, and it’s going to be muddy and crappy when it melts around here – the […]
That time of year has finally arrived – the promise of spring is in the air, taunting mountainfolk, a hint of the summer to come. And, as all too often happens in the north country, there are days when the approach of spring is delayed by a late, last blast of winter. Snow, rain, wind, […]
Spring is my favorite time of year. Everything starts to green up after a long winter, the air begins to get crisp and fresh, the sun stays out longer, and the fishing becomes really good. Spring always seems like a fresh start to me, and it is a great time of year to upgrade some […]
