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While working on a forest fire I once got to see a Mount Graham red squirrel, Tamiasciurus fremonti grahamensis. Following the devastating Frye Fire their population is today estimated to be just 156 individuals. Habitat loss is the primary factor pinching the squirrels but in one of nature’s...

Upside down in a float tube is no fun. From my little e-book- July 1 marks the opening of large parts of Georgetown Lake. In 2000 Norm Guay, Paul Redfern’s sort-of-uncle and I were the very first anglers on a well-rested part of Georgetown. Norm was in his pontoon boat and he lent me his small...

Great forum name/post synergy there, Willy. Stay away from Memphis.

Simple and barely functional is exactly how my wife describes me. Nice table though.

BF Magnet!

The Plano boxes and Cabelas's zipper case with multiple sheets hold EVERYTHING I ever need. As a bonus they all fit in the green carrying bag behind them. PSYCH- the storage stuff shown above IS really handy. I tie out of the Plano holding thread and hooks almost every session, but...

Lived in Butte for 15-years. Can confirm.

Life finds a way.

Tying and fishing the tiny bugs used to be one of my very favorite approaches. Here's a box of midge pupae tied that were intended for use on the San Juan. Smallest ones are #26 if I remember correctly. Stories of overcrowding down there kept me from going back down there. My friend Steve Herter...

Tony Schoonen, one of the prime movers behind Montana's Stream Access Bill and long-time guide on the Big Hole was a big proponent of Albolene.

Big Y Fly's Suspended Ant is the inspiration. #16 Gamakatsu C15-BV hook. 1.25 mm dense foam; Iridescent magpie feather secured by black thread for hanging rear segment: Fluorescent cerise UTC thread for front; FTD white Hy-Float post; brown/grizzly parachute hackle.

Despite winning Messi disagrees

I grew during Peak Margarine. My depression era mom was as "thrifty" as anyone you ever saw. However, she refused to have anything but real butter in the house. These days we buy big hunks of Amish Country butter. All the Missoula markets carry it.

Ronaldo: Bust?

Here is a picture of who I think is a young Dave Whitlock. Not named in the photo, but Oklahoma is a strong clue.

TMI for most of us and definately NFR, but interesting if you care about both sports and science. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/the-world-cup-ball-has-the-aerodynamics-of-a-champion/ Lifted the article from comments made to the Defector website, a must read for the sports afflicted.

Al Troth taught lots of us in SW Montana to document what we tied, "You think you'll remember but you won't". So true. I now keep a journal (in an old unsupported version of MS Word) which includes fly recipes as well as general observations and pithy quotes from this site and elsewhere. Very...