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Jun 12, 2011, 7:34 pm
Okay, no sentimentality because no one died, not even this blog. From this point forward I'll be joining the guys over at Chi Wulff. There are several reasons for this, but the primary one is that I can't really do this blogging thing justice by myself.
In my opinion, a good blog requires r... Comment - Like
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Jun 4, 2011, 9:59 pm
Not sure if this was the road old Bob Frost took, but I imagine it looked similar. First decent landscape shot I have taken in awhile.
Full screen version.
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Jun 2, 2011, 3:22 pm
Perhaps this will make your heart race for the weekend.
BEATTIE OUTDOOR PRODUCTIONS FLY FISHING DEMO REEL
Ht: this is fly
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Jun 1, 2011, 2:06 am
Check under the couch cushions. Oh and in the ashtray in your car, sometimes change piles up there.
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May 28, 2011, 11:57 am
“We plan our free time like a day at the office; a weekend spent at home is one in which we can “get a few things done.” We no longer simply wish to enjoy our leisure, we wish to be successful at it.” --Ted Leeson – Inventing MontanaI think I have written about this b... Comment - Like
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May 24, 2011, 10:25 am
This is a nice diversion and a way to set your mind on the run for the day.
God willing and the creek don't rise
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May 15, 2011, 9:06 pm
I haven't fished in a month. Its painful--like a dull, throbbing ache--but I am managing. I hope to get out this coming Friday. Of course while I have been tied up the rivers have been rising. Bob Dylan nuts like myself have had one song going through our heads.*
*Happy 70th, Bob.
Such circums... Comment - Like
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May 8, 2011, 9:32 pm
When I first moved to Idaho, the whole region was in the midst of a drought. Springs were dry and summers were drier. The earth toasted a crusty brown in a surprising number of places. Those first few years the snow melted early and they closed the Big Hole to fishing because the water temps got too... Comment - Like
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May 5, 2011, 2:00 am
I am speechless with admiration in reaction to this news. If I am ever in Missoula (and I better be at some point, right?) I know where I am shopping for flies.
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May 4, 2011, 1:54 am
Alright, this is really non-fly fishing related, so let me apologize up front for that. But Amazon has fifteen hundred albums on sale for five bucks each. Fifteen hundred albums! (Say it in your best Doc Brown voice, its fun.)
Anyway, seems like a good opportunity to pick up some new music. ... Comment - Like
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Apr 24, 2011, 10:03 pm
When I was a kid I had a lot of heroes. At least it feels like a lot now, as I look back. I was (still am) a massive Raiders fan. And as such I worshiped Mr. Marcus Allen and Mr. Bo Jackson, among a half dozen other players who wore the silver and black, most of whom are silver-haired now. On the ba... Comment - Like
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Apr 14, 2011, 12:58 am
Not that anyone cares, but life is a little crazy right now. I mostly bring that up to say I have been a little delinquent (or is that de-link-went...sorry) on the links lately. So now that I've got that out of the way, click you arms off.
A couple of weeks back I found myself in Salt Lake on the sa... Comment - Like
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Apr 11, 2011, 8:45 am
I have kind of a funky schedule. I get every other Friday off from the day job and I work a fair amount of evenings and weekends, which I can trade in for half days of here and there. And I accrue vacation at a pretty significant rate. This (along with my generally poor personality and overall lac... Comment - Like
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Apr 8, 2011, 8:44 pm
A month or so ago I groveled successfully to the Rio PR folks on twitter and managed to score a spool of the new Rio Streamertip line, which to be honest I desperately needed. My old sink tip was in dire shape and I was never very good at casting it anyway. Consider this post the first part of a ... Comment - Like
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Apr 4, 2011, 3:21 pm
Willfishforwork reports that Montana continues to value ore over oars. That is a miserable pun, but what the heck.
Follow the link and read all about it. Then fire off an email to a governor that knows how to use his veto and let him know he needs to get it out again (maybe someone can get t... Comment - Like
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Apr 1, 2011, 12:07 pm
Things have been quiet as of late on The Eddy for a few reasons--none of which are particularly interesting. I recently got a part time job teaching English at a local university, so some of the time generally devoted to The Eddy has been (and will be in the future) dedicated to that endeavor.
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Mar 28, 2011, 10:47 pm
For me, winter is like an intermission. It is the off season, the time between the championship of autumn and hopefulness of spring. The true beginning of any new fishing year for me is anchored at some floating date in March, perhaps coinciding with the first sighting of a Blue Wing Olive (saw th... Comment - Like
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Mar 26, 2011, 2:55 pm
Steve Trafton has stepped down as the director of the Henry's Fork Foundation (HFF) after nearly 9 years in charge. The HFF is now actively looking for a replacement of one of the most important advocates for the world famous river. Trafton will be taking a position with Trout Unlimited.
I me... Comment - Like
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Mar 23, 2011, 10:44 pm
According to multiple sources, HB 309 was tabled and is no longer up for debate. This is great news for anglers and advocates of public water recreation, though I feel a bit of caution until this particular legislative session draws to a close without a last ditch (pun) attempt at raising the dead.
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Mar 21, 2011, 11:23 pm
A couple of weeks back I had a fantastic weekend. The family came together for a milestone, which meant lots of food and catching up, great conversation and quality time with a bunch of people I don't see very often. It was a great time for all.
In the midst of this madness, my father and I sl... Comment - Like
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Mar 19, 2011, 1:24 pm
Seems like there is a lot going on lately, spring is the season for fly tying shows and early mayfly hatches. Its also a busy time at The Eddy's day job, which seems like rotten luck given how much I want to fish. Here are the latest batch of links, fresh from the oven. Click unto you must push away... Comment - Like
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Mar 16, 2011, 11:24 pm
I am sucker for three things (well, more than three, but for now we'll just focus on these three): a good nature poem, a father and son sentiment, and good writing about fly fishing. Midcurrent has a managed to find all three in this poem by the (recently) late John Haines. Here is a taste:
Last eve... Comment - Like
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Mar 14, 2011, 10:51 pm
Unlike the basement of winter, hope in spring seems eternal. An entire season is spread out before you like a buffet at a local eatery. Trip ideas that were mere fragments--so many pipe dreams--are now close enough to see clearly.
Winter is, in many ways, an off season. While you may fish, it is mor... Comment - Like
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Mar 11, 2011, 4:52 pm
Most of the fly fishing world in and around The Eddy has been focusing on the Montana stream access issue, and rightly so. Still, there a few other things happening in the world. So go forth and click.
Cool photos of Yellowstone bison in winter.
Wanna learn to double haul?
Orvis gives up... Comment - Like
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Mar 9, 2011, 10:58 pm
Welcome to part two of my conversation with Travis Lowe, a Canadian filmmaker making a movie about Montana, spring creeks, ranchers, and water (sounds like an epic). For more info (plus some archive footage from the movie), check out his website. Also, check out part one. In part two Travis waxes on... Comment - Like
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Mar 8, 2011, 12:56 am
Turn your cap upside down and track down a monkey, its time for the rally in Helena to help defeat HB 309. The time is 3 p.m. and the place is the Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation Committee in Room 303. Although I will be stuck to my day-job chair in Idaho (praying Arsenal finds a way to knoc... Comment - Like
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Mar 5, 2011, 6:30 pm
The Nature Conservancy has announced a plan for the removal of built up sediment in Idaho's famed Silver Creek. The Conservancy says that the sediment has built up from years of overgrazing. The details on exactly what will be done are rather few in the AP article I have linked to here, but it seems... Comment - Like
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Mar 3, 2011, 11:47 pm
Time is--unfortunately--finite. As such, there is only so much of it to spend tying flies. This conundrum forces fly tyers to essentially wager on the flies they will tie--especially as life gets more complex and fly tying time gets even more finite.
Like a lot of anglers and a lot of fly tyer... Comment - Like
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Mar 1, 2011, 7:51 pm
As I mentioned last week I am now a twitter user. Its been an interesting experience, but so far the best part (than the Norm Macdonald tweets) has been meeting some new people in the world of fly fishing, One such fellow is Travis Lowe, a filmmaker from BC currently working on a documentary called... Comment - Like
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Feb 26, 2011, 6:43 pm
I don't use egg flies, generally. Mostly because I don't fish in Alaska. I imagine that if I was up there fishing for massive rainbows following a school of salmon I would have my share of egg flies, bead flies, and perhaps a bottle of Pautzske's. But since I live down here in the lower 48 I general... Comment - Like
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Feb 25, 2011, 2:29 pm
The headline says it all really. I wonder if the senators and lobbyists from the dark side are pushing the vote later into March, hoping the blue wings start popping and all the fly fishermen will drop their picket signs and wader up like zombies, powerless against the lure rising trout.
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Feb 23, 2011, 10:34 pm
Its been awhile since we hit the links. So hit 'em and stuff.
There is a really odd thing going on with women using hackle in their hair (which if you think about it is almost weird as using a chicken feather to catch a trout). The Headhunter has the most interesting take on the subject.
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Feb 15, 2011, 10:54 am
The guys at Chi Wulff continue to lead the way with coverage of the fight over stream access in Montana. Check out the link below for an unfiltered interview with TU's Montana outreach director, which covers HB 309 and a host of related issues.
Montana Stream Access / HB 309 Update: 10 Questi... Comment - Like
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Feb 14, 2011, 8:00 am
There are--seemingly--an infinite number of things to enjoy about fly fishing. Each angler has something (or some things) about fishing with a fly that turns their own engine. Want to get away from the cubicle-lined maze of a day job? Go fly fishing. Want to see God's green earth in all her splendor... Comment - Like
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Feb 12, 2011, 2:22 pm
I have actually been kicking this idea around in my head for awhile now, and it still can’t decide whether it is complete madness or sheer genius. Which is probably an indication that I am a mad genius and two years from now I will be holed up in an underwater volcano lair (complete with a pool ... Comment - Like
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Feb 11, 2011, 1:13 am
Life has intervened lately and I haven't been able to post an update on the stream access fight taking place in the Montana legislature. Chi Wulff has it covered here and here. And Troutbugs (Josh Bergen's site) is all over it as well.
In summary, HB 309 (the bill that would change the definit... Comment - Like
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Feb 8, 2011, 8:16 pm
The guys at Chi Wulff posted an update on the Stream Access fight in the Montana legislature. It seems as though it didn't go to floor for voting on Monday as TU indicated. Hopefully that means there is not enough support amongst the legislators to even vote. The Chi Wulff post links to an article f... Comment - Like
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Feb 6, 2011, 2:40 pm
Much to my dismay I opened an article from the guys at Chi Wulff in my RSS reader today to find that someone in the Montana legislature (apparently a guy named Jeff Wellborn from Dillon) is trying to mess with Montana's fantastic stream access law. Chi Wulff has the details from a TU email that went... Comment - Like
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Feb 4, 2011, 10:02 pm
At the end of the November, I posted a black and white slideshow from the early winter trips I had taken. I thought it was interesting to experiment with black and white in a winter environment with the white snow and the dark river.
A week ago today I took my first trip of the year (just befo... Comment - Like
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