musings of an outdoorsman

Catching Cutthroat

“Will you please stop! It’s too early… Ugh!” Normally I’m okay with it, but I didn’t get off of work until late last night. “Can someone please get that rooster to stop?” This being a holiday weekend, my radar was homed in on fishing. “What else is new?” I was

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Thinking About 1776

On what is the beginning of this fourth of July weekend, I sit here staring into the yonder, pondering on how far we’ve come from where we were and where we’re headed.  As I draw comparisons of where I’m at to where I come from, it’s hard to ignore the

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I’m leaving the Bitterroot Valley.

Welp, the end is nigh. In approximately three weeks, my time in the Bitterroot Valley draws to an end. I’m not going to lie, I am saddened. The original plan was to be out here for six and a half months, but the project is being handed off, so that

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Fishing the Slough and a Pike-Minnow

“Hey, G—, I just finished fishing the slough,” I shouted to my friend from my passenger side window. “I was driving by when I noticed you here.” “Oh, hey, what’s up, bro?” He shouted back, as he gathered gear from his car ready to hit the water. “Did you catch

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Freestone Fly shop

This isn't my Brown Trout

but I’m going to leave this royalty free image here for inspiration, until I can replace the picture with one of my own.