by admin | Mar 22, 2011 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Madison River, Missouri River
Recieved this today from FOAM: House Bill 309, the ‘ditch’ bill, was tabled in the Senate Ag committee this afternoon. Amendments were offered to strip the bill of any mention of redefining what is a ditch and related access issues and to update the Stream...
by admin | Mar 18, 2011 | 10. THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE, 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide
After reading In the Back Eddy, I began to think about some of my own fly fishing poetry, written a few years back. Somewhere in my corner of the cabin, lies a book where I began to compile a few things I wrote before I had a computer……. I like...
by admin | Mar 16, 2011 | 04. GEAR REVIEWS, 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide
We have a friend in Big Sky who is a metalsmith, it is her trade and this is one way she pays the bills. I find the origin of the word “smith” facinating. It basically boils down to mean someone who has a specialized trade working with metal, using a...
by admin | Mar 13, 2011 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Madison River, Missouri River
The Skinny….. Smith River: 118% Upper Yellowstone River: 110% Jefferson River: 101% Madison River: 104%…..West Yellowstone: 107% or 46 inches on the level. Gallatin River: 109% Missouri Main Stem: 118% The snow continues to pile up all over...
by admin | Mar 11, 2011 | 04. GEAR REVIEWS, 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide
Having been a Patagonia Pro for 13 years and running, it is hard to find another company as diversital as these guys. Their gear is top shelf and flat out works in all situations. I use it for everything outdoors. Patagonia just released their Spring 2011...
by admin | Mar 11, 2011 | 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide
Now that the winter snow coaching season is officially over for me, I have been sequestered to our couch because of ACL/meniscus surgery. Bad timing you ask?…….is there ever a good time for this? NO, there isn’t. This gets in the way of...
