On the return from a quick trip over to Washington State, my Durango’s engine gave out at a Taco Bell drive through in Missoula Montana. We’d had a beautiful afternoon driving up the Clearwater and Lochsa Rivers. I was seriously considering replacing the brakes and getting new tires and rolling through one more season. After [...]
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“Fins Up” Salute
Posted in Alaska, Montana, The Bad, The Good, tagged Alaska, Durango, Montana, Road Trip from Hell, Yukon on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Heat Wave, Blizzard, Freezing…Montana
Posted in Beer, Fishing Reports, Montana, tagged ale, Beer, fly fishing reports, freezing, IPA, missouri river, Montana, sunburn on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My goal this spring has been to spend a week with my boat (Monday through Friday) fishing on the Missouri. Up to now, most of my time has been a few hours here and there alone, on a quick trip with friends or a short trip with my family. The few full days I have [...]
Spring into Montana
Posted in Fishing Reports, Montana on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Original Message: —————– From: Tom Lackey Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:15:14 -0700
To: info@mysticfishing.com
Subject: Fishing…what else?
Hey Fred,
How’s it going? When we spoke back in September in Alaska, you talked about possibly doing some fishing in Montana in April or May before you head up to Alaska, is that still your plan? I haven’t been [...]
Healing Waters
Posted in Montana, The Good, tagged fly fishing, Montana, Project Healing Waters, Smith River on January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I recently attended the monthly meeting of the Missouri River FlyFishers. The presenter was my friend Brian Neilson of Fin Fetchers and the topic was Project Healing Waters. Brian volunteered on a Smith River trip in 2007 that was documented on a great DVD. It was very interesting to watch the DVD and listen to [...]
Snaking Down the Missouri
Posted in Fishing Reports, Montana, tagged fly fishing, gopher snake, missouri river, Montana, report on May 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Took the family out for an evening adventure on the MO. What a difference a week makes. The snow was nearly gone from the Big Belts and the grass was green and climbing the mountain sides. Bugs were thick. It seems like the BWO’s just got started, but March Browns, Callibaetis, Caddis and even a [...]
Floated the MO in a RO
Posted in Fishing Reports, Montana, tagged Alaska, fly fishing, guide, missouri river, Montana, report on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brian Neilsen of Fin Fetchers holds a representative of evening activity below Craig, MT. Brian provided the boat and the beer. All I did was talk too much, drink half the beer and miss some of the fish. When guides get together, the stories fly better than the fly line. I [...]
Kenai Trout Fishing Closed Until June 11. Glad to be in Montana for now.
Posted in Alaska, Fishing Reports, Montana, tagged fishing, fly fishing, missouri river, reports, The Trout Shop on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Trout fishing season on the Kenai River closes from May 1 through June 10. Good thing Stacy went out on Tuesday and caught a big fish.
I stopped at The Trout Shop in Craig this morning to say hello to Brian Neilsen and grab some hooks and a couple flies. The word in the [...]
A beautiful day to fish the Missouri!
Posted in Fishing Reports, Montana, tagged fishing report, missouri river, Montana on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Between baseball, track and snowstorms, I finally got an opening to take my kids fishing.
While a number of browns and a couple rainbows were landed by Keeli and me, that is not the big news. Kyle added a sculpin, some kind of dace minnow and two crayfish along with a bunch of midge larvae, [...]
Still Not Fishing Montana
Posted in Fishing Reports, Montana, tagged Fishing Reports, Kenai, Montana on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Still Not Fishing, MT Last Updated: 04/21/08 07:30:28 MST
Current Conditions
-8°F
Fog
Real Feel: -9°F (-23°C)
Relative Humidity: 95%
Barometer: 29.94″Hg (F)
Wind: W at 3 mph (5 kph)
Visibility: 0 miles (0 km)
Sunrise: 6:23am Sunset: 8:25pm
Cooper Landing is 34 degrees warmer right now. Should be fishing the Kenai today.
Skiing Last Sunday. Planned to Fish Today.
Posted in Fishing Reports, Montana, tagged Fishing Reports, Montana, Water Skiing on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Planned to fish today. It was 11 degrees this a.m.
Montana Water Skiing at Great Divide
Last Sunday we went skiing for one more day. It reached 79 down by the river.
