The boys are doing a little post Christmas fishing at Depuy’s Spring Creek today. Alex and his buddies Sean and Gavin invited Evan and I to tag along. Unlike the last time we were here on my birthday, today we have favorable fishing weather. Mild wind, […]
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Staring at this fish finder today, sitting on about 12 inches of ice. Brewer and I are on Hyalite Reservoir hunkered down in his shanty catching Cutthroat and Brook trout. When we got here the ice was clear of snow, now at least a couple inches […]
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Back to Poor Man’s today. Feels great to be headed to running water again, but I’m just thinking about how I have my fly fishing pack filled with ice fishing gear back at the house. And my forceps are there too. Good lord I am relentless […]
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I just don’t think I’m cut out to be a bait fisherman. Maybe I should stick to flies. As I am driving back to the house this morning to retrieve the can of worms I forgot, I am realizing that fishing with bait isn’t as easy […]
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Dec 13: Well, I was supposed to fish today with some buddies. But when She’s blowing over 25 MPH and its also 25 degrees out, probably not the best day for fishing. Welcome, Montana Winter. I’ll wait for better weather.
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Today Brewer and I are going to chase some hard water. We are heading to a lake just east of White Sulphur Springs in search for what has many names, Eel Pout and Poor Man’s Lobster are my favorites, but best known as Burbot. Burbot are […]
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“Hittin’ Poor Man’s if you’re looking for seconds.” Alex sends me a text today around noon. He and Lance are going fishing. Fuck yah, I’m looking for seconds. Looks like he and Lance have the right idea. Lance has a real person job, building fancy houses, […]
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Solo day today. Well, I guess not totally solo. Boh, my 7 year old black lab, wants to fish today too. I can’t be fishing the spring creeks every day this winter on my shop salary, so today we have to find some open water. I […]
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The main river out here has gotten mighty slushy as of recent, but that isn’t gonna stop us from finding good water to fish for my birthday. So I call the local spring creek and ask if they’d give me and my broke fishing bum friends […]
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Welcome to the newest addition to our Fly Zone blog, Yellowstone Country Chronicles – A Fly Fishing Journal! When you have talented writers on staff, and they want to write…! Follow along as James Mugele (and occasionally one of the rest of us) chronicles his day-to-day […]
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