If Montana’s Official State Fish is the Cutthroat, then its Official State Weather Condition is probably the vicious, cast- eating wind.
It was blowing upwards of 30 mph today on the Missouri River; tolerable if you’re catching trout, but when you’re not – and you’re fishing with someone who’s spent a lifetime accumulating interesting places to go – you think hard about getting the hell out and hightailing it for calmer water.
Which I think we’re going to do Monday am.
[Name Redacted] knows about some cool small streams nearby, and though he hasn’t fished them in years, they sound like the perfect antidote to wind, poor hatches and too many drift boats.
We hooked a couple fish today (landed none), but I’ll be damned if I’ll spend vacation casting with one band while holding my hat on with the other.
More as it happens (and I can write on my laptop Instead of this damned phone).
See you where the wind isn’t blowing, TC.
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Monday here is rainy which is a nice change from the 500 continuous days of sunshine that we’ve had here in the Northeast (the trout certainly won’t mind some additional water in the trickles we used to call streams). But it’s also a workday which finds me at a computer slaving for corporate America.
I hope the change in venue improves the fishing.
Wishing I was fighting the wind in Montana, Steve Z.
Steve Z(Quote)
I can take all sorts of weather conditions, but wind just ruins my day. It cuts through even the best all weather gear, and basically makes me want to sit on the bank in a lawn chair and throw power bait.
Josh(Quote)
there is no wind forcast for the Berkly pit!! or here…just sayin’
Pastor Ben(Quote)
To paraphrase a well-worn weather-related aphorism, “Wind keeps the riff-raff out”. Sounds like the Montana I know and love.
JC(Quote)
Sorry to hear you didn’t do well on the MO this past weekend. We pounded em pretty well. Biggest taped fish was a 23″ brown on a Home Invader.
MTMadman(Quote)
We didn’t show up until Sunday mid-day, which is when the wind fired up pretty good.
With the wind already blowing hard Monday morning, we said the hell with sitting in the wind all day, and fished a smaller stream. Which was big fun…
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Tuesday AM. [Name Redacted] suggests the Missouri isn’t the only place to catch big trout….
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Lake fish? That would certainly be a pig for a river fish.
MTMadman(Quote)
MTMadman
Happen to know that the lads encountered that fish Tuesday morning.
Read Tom’s post for the thinly veiled directions to the hot spot.
Sully(Quote)
Wind sucks! I feel your pain! 2 weekends ago on the E. Carson, blowing so hard that I hooked everything BUT a fish! When I hooked my poor dog, I decided to call it quits! Maybe the 3 wt. was not the best choice?!
Link(Quote)
Wind? It ain’t windy at Pearl Cafe in Missoula. Maybe a few too many hot moms of nubile out-of-state coeds.
Too urban for you ex-Bay Area guys: how about Lolo Steakhouse? Plenty of ranchers willing to feed you to the trophy mammals on display.
But it surprises me that Tom didn’t take one of the best, cheap flyfishing/good living options available in this country: a Clark River-front room at the Missoula Doubletree (no kidding), and oysters, and cocktails at their restaurant. While you’re enjoying your steaks, you can at least admire the locals landing nice trout right out front.
Brad121(Quote)
Steakhouses? Coeds? Hell, [Name Redacted] and I are far too extreme for that shit; we’re roughing it in the wilds of Montana,
sleeping in the homes of friendsin the dirt and eatingpulled pork sandwichesroots and berries to survive.Where are those coeds (and moms) again?
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Tom,
I just want to “thank†you, and by thank you, I mean curse you in my sternest outside voice.
It was bad enough that you, and your Little Brownline Buddy, Mr. Barton, have me making a fool of myself trying to learn how to cast a fly line with aplomb as you two internationally recognized experts do. (What’s that about “imitation being the finest form of flattery?â€)
And, it was bad enough that with your exemplary skills of professional writing, including your resplendent blogsite, you have me spending four hours on a post that would take you and your Little Blog Buddy, Mr. Barton, 20 minutes.
Now you reveal that I can fritter away even more valuable time on my blog posts using my Blackberry.
Hell, it would have taken me two hours just to write all the text in your post, above.
Of course, I could just say no. Yeah, fat chance of that…
http://sanddollaradventures.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/posting-from-my-blackberry-great-now-sty-first-drafts-just-smaller/
A. Wannabe Travelwriter(Quote)
The Blackberry WordPress app is an excellent example of technology making our lives better by making our lives more pointless and less productive.
At least that’s what I’m thinking now – especially after investing upwards of 25 minutes writing something on my horrifying Blackberry Storm (Official Motto: It sucks) that I could have written in 45 seconds on my laptop.
Progress, thy name is written slowly…
Tom Chandler(Quote)
I still think Facebook and Twitter would win the contest for pointless and less productive.
A. Wannabe Travelwriter(Quote)