Fishing Report
Happy Holidays from Gates Lodge
The other day, on a short float with my kid, I was demonstrating how to work a streamer when a nice brown ate the fly. The problem was we were free-floating -- I hadn't dropped anchor -- and he was in the front seat. The result -- a predictable one, I think -- was...
Faces of winter
Winter only seems like a one-trick pony. It's not. Today's high: 9 degrees, windchill of -13. Tomorrow, 29 degrees. Friday, 34 degrees. It rained most of Monday, the river came up, the trout ate streamers. Tomorrow, in the snow and warmth (all is relative), the...
Winter fishing is better in the snow
To misphrase the Dude: "Snow really ties the woods together." Things get a bit dim in the winter around here, especially on these short days. It's nice to have some early snow, and extra water in the river. Walking upstream in higher water is nature's heater. ...
A few warm days
After nine days in North Dakota chasing the wily pheasant (and a few Hungarian partridges, now skinned and preserved) I was anxious to hit the river to see what's doing, as they say. Denny, Kim and I sped to the river around 1 pm today for a short float which we...