Spinnin’ n Stackin’

Slabs of prime Montana Whitetail buck deer hair. As good as it gets. Long and straight for spinning, stacking, flaring, clipping. Perfect for X Caddis, Z Caddis, Hedgehogs, Stimmys, Bullet Heads, Dave’s Hopper, Bunnys, Divers, Bass Bugs. Harvesting the full hide...

A Fine Sept. Day on the Water.

Headed to the still water with Terry and Andy. The boys hooked 25 fish using scud home-ties and blood midges. The weather held nicely for us and the wind stayed down…all in all a fine day of fishing! October Update:

Cally Special

In August/Sept. we get heavy callibaetis hatches around here. These large, stillwater mayflies hatch out of shoreline cattails and weedy growth and spread their gray speckled wings learning to fly. The big trout love them…gobbling the nymphs…slurping the...

Jimmy Buffet…One Last Ride.

‘The longevity of mischief.’ Jimmy Buffett looks at 50 years after his first Key West gig BY HOWARD COHEN A profane phone call and Jimmy Buffett’s inability to keep his daily planner organized 50 years ago in Miami set in motion events that changed the music world....

Another One Bites The Dust

So the New York Times has ditched its’ sports department. Over, adios, kaput. You want to read sports? Click on The Athletic (behind the paywall). But don’t bother leafing through The Times. You won’t even find the Yankees’ scores there. Who...

Red Rock Lakes NWR

Camping and birding at one of our favorite spots on earth…Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in the Centennial Valley, near the Continental Divide on the Montana-Idaho border. This year, the Centennial is lush, green and full of wildflowers with both the...