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Sure, but not really an expert. Once you are in town, connect with: The International Angler fly shop out towards the airport. They always had a good take on what’s going on and where. Also connect with the Penn’s Woods West chapter of Trout Unlimited. I attended a few of their meetings...

Once I retired from the USAF in ‘96 I became a consultant and landed several clients in Pittsburgh. Although I was at first living in Alabama then Bozeman I spent an average of 50 days annually on the road in the Pittsburgh area until the pandemic hit in ‘20. Lots to see and do. Great sports...

I’ve got a Hardy Fly Weight loaded with 1/2 of a 3 wgt DT SA line. I pair it with one of the below rods when visiting small headwaters streams. Diamondback Diamondglass 7’ 3wgt. Scott F403/3 7’ Winston Retro 7’ 3 wgt.

Got to spend about four hours and cover a couple of miles of the Rio Cabeza de Castor this morning. On the water at 5:20 AM just about the time the sun started to peek. Off around 10AM as the wind picked up. River was low and relatively clear. By 8AM, bugs--caddis, pmd and tricos came off in...

I actually got to do some beach fishing off of the Vung Tau peninsula during several R&R trips in 1969. Cool place back then.

2018 - Bozeman, MT to Deloraine, Tasmania, AU - 8690 miles 2020 - Bozeman, MT to Darwin, Northern Territory, AU - 8182 miles

Sometimes USPS tracking is just annoying because there’s absolutely no explanation for what you are seeing. A recent used book purchase from a dealer in Ashland, OR made some unusual twists in its journey to Bozeman, MT. Sometimes whoever or whatever within the USPS is reading the address...

Small leech patterns work well - a lake with grayling and cutts

I was introduced to Amnesia as an indicator element of the leader by Harry Murray, Virginia smallmouth guru back in the 1990s. Fishing heavy nymphs and baitfish patterns in the turbulent waters of the Potomac and Shenandoah watersheds, Harry advocated using a short piece of Amnesia attached to...

Thanks Jerry, Memorial Day has become a tradition for me as for the last 15 years, I’ve made the trek South to Yellowstone to fish the Firehole or Gibbon at dawn. Yellowstone is a magical place, no matter when you visit and it remains so since its creation over 150 years ago. Although I am sure...

"We do not remember days, we remember moments." – Cesare Pavese highlights that the significance of life lies in meaningful experiences rather than the passage of time. On that Sunday morning in May I was a 1st Lt stationed at McChord AFB and living just a few miles north of the base. We were...

The USPS, most likely unintentionally, is delivering a fly line in a “tight loop”. I acquire a big portion of fly fishing and fly tying stuff from Ebay. It’s almost always shipped with USPS and usually without issue. But a recent purchase is indicative of part of the reason the USPS is going...

Indeed, when it comes to the so called “climate change crisis” there is no end to the scientific, social and political contradictions out there.

This seems to contradict the above to some extent https://notrickszone.com/2026/05/11/new-paleo-research-modern-climate-change-has-had-no-apparent-impact-on-precipitation-patterns/