by Randy | Jan 21, 2021 | River Reports
Madison/Gallatin basins 74-78% of normal. It’s been an open winter around here so far…great for livin’ but not so great for soil moisture content and summertime river flows. March and April are typically strong moisture months for Montana so...
by Randy | Dec 24, 2020 | The Snag Hole
“We have met the enemy and he is us” Lone Mt. photo by Randy Brown Are we willing to step up, protect special places? By Dorothy Bradley Guest columnistDec 23, 2020, Bozeman Daily Chronicle This gorgeous and warm December, I find myself torn by each day’s...
by Randy | Dec 15, 2020 | The Snag Hole
Montana Standard…12/15/2020 Madison Plan Falls Short. A milestone has been achieved on the Madison with passage of a new plan. But it doesn’t really appear that the changes will have much of an impact on the overcrowding and nothing will be implemented...
by Randy | Dec 5, 2020 | The Snag Hole
I always believed the end of summer in Montana was when the colonies of cliff swallows disappear. If it’s not the end, it’s the beginning of the end. They spend a furious time swirling and dipping and daubing, building their mud huts one beak full of...
by Randy | Nov 21, 2020 | The Snag Hole
“While the issues before you today are not easy, and nor do they offer simple solutions, I think all of us on this call really care about crafting the best way forward.”…Martha Williams, Director, Mt. FWP. And so with that sterile, impersonal Zoom...
by Randy | Oct 27, 2020 | The Snag Hole
Wad of coots huddled together on Ennis Lake today. Cruising and birding with Janet today, we witnessed carnage, slow suffering and death. Any year when Ennis Lake does a quick freeze like this year, hundreds if not thousands of coots are too slow to flee and actually...
by Randy | Oct 22, 2020 | The Snag Hole
New home-tie for spring stillwater rainbows using high-viz beads & ostrich fibers… strip, pause…strip, pause…set! Hook: Mustad S82, 3XH, 2XL…#10, #12 Bead: Hareline Dazzle brass 7/64″ fl. pink, fl. orange Thread: Danville 6/0 nylon,...
by Randy | Oct 6, 2020 | The Snag Hole
Watching my beloved Madison Valley degenerate into a COVID escape hatch for hordes of hapless homesteaders…leaving their mess in the dust and bringing what’s left of it here, led me to read this thoughtful piece. Do you think if you just keep running,...
by Randy | Oct 4, 2020 | River Reports
Rexburg man lands new state record Yellowstone cutthroat trout. from KTVB-7, Boise Idaho Fish and Game says Nate Burr caught the 31-inch big trout while fly fishing in the Snake River. BOISE, Idaho — An angler from Rexburg now holds the Idaho state record for catching...
by Randy | Sep 22, 2020 | River Reports
We floated the Lyons to Palisades stretch and caught a dozen!
